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Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory 2003rd Edition

by K. Anderson-Levitt (Editor)
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Is there one global culture of schooling, or many national and local cultures? Do educational reforms take school systems on diverging or parallel paths? These case studies from five continents use ethnography and history to challenge the sweeping claims of sociology's world culture theory (neo-institutionalism). They demonstrate how national ministries of education and local schools re-invent every reform. Yet the cases also show that teachers and local reformers operate 'within and against' global models. Anthropologists need to recognize the global presence in local schooling as well as local transformation of global models. This is a collection that scholars in the field of the anthropology of education will not want to be without.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1403961638
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1403961631
  3. Edition
    2003rd
  4. Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan
  5. Publication date
    June 5, 2003
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.62 x 8.25 inches
  8. Print length
    270 pages
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'All the contributors are of an exceptionally high standard and are of equal interest to anthropologists and specialists with an interest in comparative education.' - C.W.Watson, British Journal of Educational Studies

About the Author

LESLEY BARTLETT, Teachers College, Columbia University BOUBACAR BAYERO DIALLO, Université de Conakry and Université de Québec à Montréal DIANE BROOK NAPIER, University of Georgia THOMAS HATCH, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching SUSAN JUNGK, National-Louis University BOONREANG KAJORNSIN, Kasetsart University, Bangkok JOHN D. NAPIER, University of Georgia HUAHUA OUYANG, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies FRANCISCO O. RAMIREZ, Stanford University DEBORAH REED-DANAHAY, University of Texas-Arlington LISA ROSEN, University of Chicago KALANIT SEGAL-LEVIT, Haifa University AMY STAMBACH, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan; 2003rd edition (June 5, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 270 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1403961638
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1403961631
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.62 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Local Meanings, Global Schooling was purchased for a class that I am currently taking, but it is a very interesting read. While I find that I like other textbooks better, this is a book which I will certainly keep (unlike most of my textbooks) because it is engaging and insightful. It examines the global connectedness of education in the modern era, and does so in an authentic, objective voice. Different authors examine different aspects of globalization, and overall, it is an insightful book that does a nice job of examining the themes of globalized education in a fair and insightful manner.
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