Education, Globalization, and Social Change

Description

Education is seen as central to economic competitiveness, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and environmental sustainability. This book is an invaluable collection of key readings, with particular reference to globalization, for anyone concerned with the study of education at a time of major economic and social change.

• This authoritative selection of writings defines the field of sociology, political economy, and cultural studies of education in one comprehensive volume. It provides lecturers with the key papers and enables them to give students a single point of reference for their course.
• The general introduction, which sets out the major issues in the field, and part openers, which introduce each thematic section, provide a framework to help readers gain the greatest value from the articles.
• An entirely new selection of over seventy papers written by leading researchers worldwide (including many specially commissioned pieces) covers key areas such as globalization, sociological theories of learning, higher education, gender, and race, to present readers with a definitive guide to the state of contemporary thinking in the field.

About the Author(s)

Edited by Hugh Lauder, Professor of Education and Political Economy, University of Bath, Phillip Brown, Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Jo-Anne Dillabough, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, and A. H. Halsey, Emeritus Professor, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

PART 1: CLASSIC TEXTS
PART 2: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
PART 3: EDUCATION, GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION STATE
PART 4: EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND THE GLOBAL LABOUR MARKET
PART 5: THE FAMILY, OPPORTUNITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
PART 6: POWER, CULTURE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITIES
PART 7: CHANGING EDUCATION AND TEACHERS' WORK
PART 8: CURRICULUM, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
PART9:UNIVERSITIES, HIGHER EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING
PART 10: EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT