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Education in a Globalized World

The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

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Education in a Globalized World

The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

The seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call "globalization" involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economics, technology, and mass media to show how globalization is producing unprecedented impacts on education and culture. Education at all levels--from primary school to university education--is undergoing a world wide transformation of its objectives, values, and practices. New technologies and communication practices have promoted the West's optimism that market forces can replace the former governmental responsibilities for social welfare and the inclusion of diverse cultures. New emphasis on competition, quality control, parental choice, marketing, and the linkage of education to work means that schools all over the world face innovations and challenges to established practices. Meanwhile, the worldwide expansion of entertainment and advertising media convey notions of individualism and consumerism that are changing definitions of gender and solidarity among social groups. This book offers a vivid introduction to these complex changes, recognizing the role of the state while explaining new forces like transnational corporations and nongovernmental organizations. Stromquist points to governmental and school policies that can actively shape the future of education at a time of rapid change.

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Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

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Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

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Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women's groups have established nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America constitutes one of the first detailed analyses of the political and educational work of these organizations. Focusing on NGOs in the Dominican Republic and Peru, the book presents three case studies of feminist work, showing the careful balance they must navigate among satisfying basic needs, promoting legislation to address profound gender asymmetries, and creating countercultures essential to the development of a gender-attenuated society. In documenting the work of feminist NGOs, Stromquist identifies the ways they provide nonformal education (outside the school system) and informal learning (through experiences and internal discussions) to produce a new consciousness and assertive identities among women.

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Education in a Globalized World

The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

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The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge

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Literacy for Citizenship

Gender and Grassroots Dynamics in Brazil

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

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Literacy for Citizenship

Gender and Grassroots Dynamics in Brazil

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experiences of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three-year period. Their low limited acquisition of literacy and their limited reading and writing practices are explored in the context of their circumscribed environment of poverty, living in families and societies that place definite boundaries and expectations regarding the everyday tasks they must perform. The analysis of the women's individual experiences is linked to a political and structural inquiry into the grassroots groups and the political party implementing the literacy program. In this way, contradictions, ambiguities, and antagonisms within and among social forces regarding literacy for social change are made transparent. Literacy acquisition is shown to be a process fraught with multiple exogenous demands that distance these women from the constant exposure to print required for literacy competence.

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SUNY Press

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Globalization and Education

Integration and Contestation across Cultures

By: Nelly P. Stromquist,Karen Monkman

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Globalization and Education

Integration and Contestation across Cultures

By: Nelly P. Stromquist,Karen Monkman

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as “globalization” is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transformed. The essays contained in this comprehensive yet readable book, strive to provide a thorough examination of the impact these changes are having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. Globalization and Education is organized into three sections. The first addresses conceptual and theoretical issues underlying such notions as globalization, internationalization, and multilateralism. The second presents empirical data from various contries and provides examples of shifts and transformations within a specific level or modality of the educational system. The third looks at the totality of educational changes taking the nation as the unit of analysis.

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Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

By: Nelly P. Stromquist

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Education in a Globalized World

Education in a Globalized World

Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

Education in a Globalized World

Education in a Globalized World

Literacy for Citizenship

Literacy for Citizenship

Globalization and Education

Globalization and Education

Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America

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