Full Description
This book addresses students, practitioners and scholars in educational policy studies. The authors use Mongolia as a case to illustrate how global influences shape domestic developments in education, and how imported education reforms are locally modified, re-contextualized, or 'Mongolized'.
Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION From Socialism to Post-Socialism, From Second to Third-World, From Lender to Borrower PART II: GLOBAL FORCES IN POST-SOCIALIST MONGOLIA: FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LOCAL ENCOUNTERS Speaking the Language of the New Allies: Decentralizing Educational Management and Finance The Long Decade of Neglect (1990-2003): Stalemates in Nomadic Education The Fear of Falling Behind: The Policy Talk and the Enactment of Vouchers in Teacher Education The Mongolization of Student-Centered Teaching PART III: CONCLUSION Globalization in Education: Real or Imagined?
