The global and the local : diverse perspectives in comparative education. / edited by M. Fernanda Astiz and Motoko Akiba.

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The book examines how the understanding of the global and the local has changed in response to ongoing reconfigurations between the state and society. It also emphasizes the importance of schooling as an institution both within and across national contexts, a holistic approach that helps us move beyond a conglomeration of isolated local events to pay attention to global trends. In this regard, the book underscores the richness of contextual factors that may create opportunities for innovation, or may serve as constraints in the implementation process. As a whole, the book brings new questions about globalization and the imperatives of education policy and implementation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION: Diverse Perspectives on the Global-Local Analysis in Comparative Education Research; ABOUT THE CHAPTERS; REFERENCES; 2. GLOBALIZATION, INNOVATION, AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM: Lessons from International Testing; GLOBALIZATION AND ITS AGENTS; NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL REGIMES AND TEST SUCCESS; TEST SCORES AND THE DEMISE OF MACRO POLICY; EFFECTS ON SCHOOLED KNOWLEDGE; WORLD DIFFUSION OF A SHARED 'SCHOOLED' CULTURE; MODELS OF 'BEST PRACTICES'; CULTURAL RESISTANCE: EFFECTS OF NATIONAL CONTEXTS; Regional Ethnic-Religious Cultures.

Policy Contexts and the Failure of "Best Practices"Organizational Sources of Failure: De-Coupling of Reform from Practice; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA: Human Rights Education and Women's Rights; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WHY THE CHANGES? THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; External Level Explanations; Domestic Institutions and Actors; ISSUE NETWORKS, HRE, AND SEX EDUCATION; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES.

4. THE EFFECTS OF NORMATIVE ASSUMPTIONS ON MICRO-LEVEL ACTIONS IN EDUCATION: The Contextualized Impact of Teaching with ICT in Turkey and the USAINTRODUCTION; THE GLOBAL ICT DISCOURSE; RESEARCH ON ICT AND EDUCATION; ICT and Student Achievement; ICT-Based Classroom Instruction; Variations in ICT Implementation; Contextual Effects in Education; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; Critiques of Neo-Institutional Theory; METHODOLOGY; Variables; Data Limitations; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 5. TRAVELING TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL: Local Interpretation and Adaptation of Lesson Study in Florida.

INTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND; Globalization and Teacher Reforms; Lesson Study Traveling from Japan to the U.S.; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: SENSE-MAKING PERSPECTIVE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; METHODS; RESULTS; Lesson Study and Organizational Contexts of Teacher Learning in Japan; Interpretation and Adaptation of Lesson Study in Florida; Organizational Contexts and Beliefs about Teacher Professional Development; CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; 6. GLOBALIZED LOCAL & LOCALIZED GLOBAL IN A WOMEN'S EDUCATION PROJECT IN PAKISTAN; Muslim Women as Local/Global Agents.

Women's Education: The Localized Global & Globalized Local in PakistanMETHODS AND PARTICIPANTS; Education, Rights, and Honor: The Project of Women's Education in Pakistan; Education and Choice in Marriage; Education and Family Honor; Education: Wisdom; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 7. THE NEW MODELS OF PUBLIC POLICY ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE IN SPAIN: Trends and Implications; INTRODUCTION; The Spanish Early Childhood Education and Care System; Educa3 Program in Spain; The Mechanisms of Privatization in Early Childhood Education and Care in Spain; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES.

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