Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory by K. An

Description: Local Meanings, Global Schooling by K. Anderson-Levitt 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 sociologys world culture theory (neo-institutionalism). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 sociologys 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. Notes Kathryn Anderson-Levitt is the author of "Teaching Cultures: Knowledge for Teaching First Grade in France and the United States". Back Cover BE THE GUY THAT WOMEN CANT RESIST Want to meet and attract beautiful women? The UKs no.1 pickup artist Richard La Ruina has created a foolproof plan for doing just that. All you need to do is follow it . There are no gimmicks, tricks or lies - just simple, powerful techniques to boost your natural seduction skills. Discover how to open conversations, build rapport and make your moves so you always get the girl. Turn encounters into phone numbers, dates and relationships - with stunning consistency - and become the man that men admire and women desire. Author Biography KATHRYN ANDERSON-LEVITT recently published Teaching Cultures: Knowledge for Teaching First Grade in France and the United States. She is a former editor of the Anthropology and Education Quarterly. She has published on education in France and Guinea in AEQ, Elementary School Journal, and American Ethnologist. Her work has appeared in edited volumes including Policy as Practice, (Sutton and Levinson), Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (Bloch, et al.), The Cultural Production of the Educated Person, and Interpretive Ethnography of Education at Home and Abroad (Spindler). Table of Contents Introduction: A world Culture of Schooling?; K.M.Anderson-Levitt PART I: MINISTRIES AND SCHOOLS TRANSFORM Thai Wisdom and GloCalization: Negotiating the Global and the Local in Thailands National Education Reform; S.Jungk & B.Kajornsin Transformations in South African Education: Policies and Practices from Ministry to Classroom D.Brook Napier & J.D.Napier Teaching by the Book in Guinea; K.M.Anderson-Levitt & B.Bayero Diallo PART II: TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS RESPOND The Capacity for Local Control: Developing Alternative Approaches to Instruction in the United States; T.Hatch Resistance to the Communicative Method of Language Instruction Within a Progressive Chinese University; H.Ouyang World-Cultural and Anthropological Interpretations of Choice Programming in Tanzanian Education; A.Stambach The Politics of Identity and the Marketization of Schools: How Local Meanings Mediate Global Struggles; L.Rosen PART III: OUTSIDE OR BEYOND A GLOBAL CULTURE World Culture or Transnational Project? Competing Educational Projects in Brazil; L.Bartlett Europeanization and Education in France: Supranational Policies and Regional Identities; D.Reed-Danahay Transforming the Culture of Scientific Education in Israel; K.Segal-Levit Comment; F.O.Ramirez The Global Model and National Legacies Review 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 Promotional Kathryn Anderson-Levitt is the author of "Teaching Cultures: Knowledge for Teaching First Grade in France and the United States". Review Quote "Anderson-Levitt has brought together a rich array of authors and case studies to show how globalizing trends and policies (such as standardized testing, or teacher autonomy) are appropriated and incorporated into the lived lives of schooling. The book is a model of scholarly engagement; it eschews polemic for a nuanced, yet critical interrogation of world culture theorys central postulates. The inclusion of an incisive final commentary by Francisco O. Ramirez, one of this theorys key proponents, attests to this engaged stance. One of the books particular strengths is the inclusion of France, the United States, and Israel as case studies, rather than perpetuating the typical West and the rest mentality of much work on globalization." --Bradley A. U. Levinson, Indiana University, author ofWe Are All Equal: Student Culture and Identity at a Mexican Secondary Schooland editor ofSchooling the Symbolic Animal: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education Description for Bookstore These case studies from five continents use ethnography and history to challenge the sweeping claims of sociologys 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 Details ISBN1403961638 Language English ISBN-10 1403961638 ISBN-13 9781403961631 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 306.43 Year 2003 Edition 1st Short Title LOCAL MEANINGS GLOBAL SCHOOLIN Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Anthropology and World Culture Theory Place of Publication Gordonsville Country of Publication United States Pages 263 Edition Description 2003 AU Release Date 2003-06-05 NZ Release Date 2003-06-05 US Release Date 2003-06-05 UK Release Date 2003-06-05 Illustrations VII, 263 p. Edited by K. Anderson-Levitt Author K. Anderson-Levitt Publisher Palgrave USA Publication Date 2003-06-05 Alternative 9781403961624 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96924816;

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