Educational policy transfer in an era of globalization: theory - history - comparison. Komparatistische Bibliothek Bd. 23.

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Contents - SECTION I - THEORIZATION & CONCEPTUALIZATION - Chapter One - Theorizing Educational Policy Transfer and Globalization - Globalization and Comparative Education: the challenges of defining the second decade - Globalization and Educational Policy Convergence: a debate crystallized - Globalization and Educational Transfer: rethinking the modern paradigm? - Conclusion: towards an engaged contribution - Chapter T w o - Educational Policy Transfer in an Era of Globalization: - conceptualizing a contribution - Engaging the Debates: formulating research questions, vetting key definitions - Points o f Policy Reference, Selection o f Cases: are Japan and Nepal comparable? - Methodological and Other Considerations: study design, sources, and limitations - SECTION II VISTAS O F THE DEVELOPED W O R L D : THE CASE OF JAPAN - (Re)Introducing Japanese Education: conceptualizing, locating 'transfer' - Chapter Three - Locating Educational Tranfer in Japanese History - (Re)Introducing Japanese Educational History: locating educational transfer - Pre-modern Educational Patterns - Transition to the Modern Paradigm: the Meiji restoration, transfer, and the multiple tributaries of'international influence' (1868-1879) - Self-referencing a N e w Modernity? - The 'German Turn' (1880s-WWII) - The Postwar Allied Occupation, Engaging Complexities o f Transfer (1945-1952) - Reaction and 'Readjustment' (1952-early 1960s) - Consolidating the New System, Whither the 'International?' (1960s-1970s) - Implications for Transfer - Chapter Four - Views from in and around the Ministry: introducing 'two-step' transfer - Introduction: from 'immobilism' to 'transfer' in Japanese - educational policy formation - Engaging the Literature: interrogating current conceptualizations o f ' t r a n s f e r ' - Establishing a Baseline: 'exogenous' influence in Japan in the 1980s.! - Ending 'Immobilism,' Exposing the MOE: locating the 'space-gate' moment(s) - Views from the MOE: more 'direct' transfer? - Implications for Transfer - Chapter Five Views from Beyond the Ministry: revisting 'phony' borrowing - Introduction: Japan 'borrows' English education reforms, moves towards late-modernity? - Unpacking 'Phony' Policy Borrowing - Locating Preexisting Agendas: actors, issues, and the education reform debates - Constructing and Deploying English Education to 'Rebuild' Japanese Education - Implications for Transfer - Vistas o f the Developed World: some conclusions SECTION III - VISTAS OF THE DEVELOPING W O R L D : THE CASE OF N E P A L -Introducing Nepalese Education History: conceptualizing, locating transfer - Chapter Six - Locating Educational Transfer in Nepalese History - Introducing Nepalese Educational History: existing research, locating transfer - Pre-modern Education Patterns: - ancient precedents, modern borders - Transition to the Modern Paradigm: an education system for a new Nepal (1950s) - Extending the Modern Paradigm or 'Reaction and Readjustment?' The Formation o f 'The Nation' (1960s) - The National Education System Plan: reaction against the external? (1970s to late 80s) - Implications for Transfer - Chapter Seven- Views from In and Around the Ministry: the warp and w o o f o f transfer - Introduction: entering the ministry, locating transfer - Engaging the Literature: towards greater complexity - Locating Exogenous Influence in Nepal: the mulitplicity o f ' s p a c e - g a t e s ' - Weaving the Policy Agenda: B P E P I I and the 'arrival' o f decentralization - Implications for Transfer - Chapter Eight - Views from Beyond the Ministry: introducing new conduits o f transfer- Introduction: 'authenticity' and endogenous 'voice'? - 1990 as Year Zero: the explosion o f civil society in Nepal in historical context - Engaging the Literature: definitions, existing research, and a return to the debates - Constructing Civil Society, Influencing Policy Formation I: incubating institutions - Constructing Civil Society, Influencing Policy Formation II: translating global reform discourses - Constructing Civil Society, Influencing Policy Formation III: creating knowledge - Implications for Transfer - Vistas on the Developing World: some conclusions - SECTION IV ANALYSIS, RECONCEPTUALIZATION, & APPLICATION - Chapter Nine - Educational Transfer in an Era o f Globalization: comparative insights - Introduction: questions o f comparison - Mechanics and Processes o f Eductional Transfer - The Spatial-Geographical Dimensions o f Educational Transfer - The Temporal-Historical Dimensions o f Educational Transfer - X Rappleye: Transfer in an Era o f Globalization - Chapter Ten - Catalyzing the Conversation- towards new models, theories, and research - Acknowledging the Unknown, Engaging Complexity: two 'black boxes' in policy transfer analyses - Towards Greater Complexity: revisiting and revising the Oxford Models - Reading the Codings: extending ideal-types and transitologies - N e w Insights, N e w Questions? Challenging the World Culture/System Theorist debate - Conclusion or N e w Beginning? - Centering Transfer, Continuing the Conversation - Black Boxes and Our Role as Educators ISBN 9783631605660