anthropology and world culture theory Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M. creator editor Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M. text bibliography nyu New York Palgrave Macmillan 2003 1st ed. monographic eng

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263 p. ; 22 cm. Is there one global culture of schooling, or many national and local cultures? 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 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 Thailand's 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 edited by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt. Includes bibliographical references and index. Comparative education Educational anthropology 306.43 140396162X (hbk.) 1403961638 (pbk.) 2002033307 020918 20181127183357.0 7315