Zimbabwe suffered severe economic crisis in the decade before 2009, and anecdotal evidence indicates that public education suffered due to uncertainty about salary payments and inflation. As the country recovers, it is important to understand how this crisis affected schooling participation before and during the crisis. This study focuses on the…

This study provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the challenge of achieving international educational goals by examining the political, economic, and cultural forces working to expand education globally. I analyze the effect of domestic and global institutions, specifically democracy, global economic integration, and receipt of…

The article explores Rabindranath Tagore's ideas on child education, focusing on Tagore's notion of the child, method and nonmethod in education, a deep understanding of education in relation to the child's surroundings, and the ways in which Tagore envisaged the relationship between the child and the teacher--the "guru-shishya"…

This essay explores the role of UNESCO, the World Bank, and the US Agency for International Development as key international actors shaping teacher development in Palestine. The argument presented is that international influence, particularly through donor-funded projects, combined with limited capacity within the Ministry of Education and local…

The purpose of this article is to explore Microsoft Corporation as a new international actor shaping educational reforms and practices. This study examines how the implementation of Microsoft's global Partners in Learning (PiL) program varied and was mediated by national politics and national institutional practices in two different contexts,…

In Uganda, the implementation of universal primary education (UPE) in 1997 and universal secondary education (USE) in 2005 have led educational policy makers, teachers, parents, and students to seek creative solutions to the problem of ensuring educational quality as schools incorporate 4 million more students. Some Ugandans worry about…

Human rights have become increasingly salient for nations, organizations, and individuals since the end of World War II (Lauren 2003). Discussions of human rights now are common in formal education, including in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). A variety of indicators suggest that countries in Latin America have integrated human rights into…

Reviews three books that contribute to understanding similarities and differences in educational reform trajectories in national and regional contexts. Examines two issues that influence the relationships between globalization and education: the importance of discourse, which shapes policy and action, and attention to who participates in…

This paper tried to show that education is one of the mechanisms developed by the dominant segments of (or the segments competing for influence in) Brazilian society, through direct initiatives and/or use of the political system, to enforce their respective interests. (Author/RK)

Discusses the participation of interested social groups in the process of educational development and communication between committees and advisory councils and the general public. (RK)

Emphasizes the importance of comparative education in the development of our society. (RK)

Objective is to explain how the process of rapid and thorough-going educational change is intricately bound up in the process of radical social reconstruction. (Author)

The "revisionist" educational line that China is denouncing is in many particulars the educational policy adopted in the Soviet Union in the 1930's after the failure and repudiation of an earlier, more "revolutionary", educational policy. (Author)

Article addresses the question of whether comparative and international education in its research and teaching roles is effectively illuminating the universals and differentials in schooling as it develops and changes all over the world. (Author/RK)

Describes the dynamic expansion of Zimbabwe's education system since independence in 1980, and resulting problems of teacher and facility shortages, financial crises, and declining quality. Discusses whether the change to mass education has furthered the revolution's goal of a more egalitarian society. Contains 34 references. (SV)