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11. A New Paradigm for Global School Systems

    Education for a Long and Happy Life

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    This volume—a major new contribution to Joel Spring’s reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education—offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring...

    Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge
12. Wheels in the Head

    Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Socrates to Human Rights, 2nd Edition

    By Joel Spring

    In this popular text, Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophers, from Plato to Paulo Freire, regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. Each section focuses on an important theme: “Autocratic and...

    Published July 10th 2006 by Routledge
13. Pedagogies of Globalization

    The Rise of the Educational Security State

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In this ground-breaking book, Joel Spring examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states.In the twenty-first century,...

    Published March 12th 2006 by Routledge
14. Political Agendas for Education

    From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, 2nd Edition

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In Political Agendas for Education: From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, Third Edition, Joel Spring describes and analyzes the current educational agendas of major political players and organizations. His analyses of the interrelationships between right-wing think tanks and...

    Published July 31st 2005 by Routledge
15. How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society

    Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly...

    Published March 30th 2004 by Routledge
16. Educating the Consumer-citizen

    A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In Educating the Consumer-Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media, Joel Spring charts the rise of consumerism as the dominant American ideology of the 21st century. He documents and analyzes how, from the early 19th century through the present, the combined endeavors...

    Published March 31st 2003 by Routledge
17. Globalization and Educational Rights

    An Intercivilizational Analysis

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    This is the first book to explore the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. Education in the 21st century is...

    Published July 12th 2001 by Routledge
18. Globalization and Educational Rights

    An Intercivilizational Analysis

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    This is the first book to explore the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. Education in the 21st century is...

    Published May 31st 2001 by Routledge
19. The Universal Right to Education

    Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In this book, Joel Spring offers a powerful and closely reasoned justification and definition for the universal right to education--applicable to all cultures--as provided for in Article 26 of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One sixth of the world's population, nearly...

    Published March 31st 2000 by Routledge
20. The Universal Right to Education

    Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    In this book, Joel Spring offers a powerful and closely reasoned justification and definition for the universal right to education--applicable to all cultures--as provided for in Article 26 of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One sixth of the world's population, nearly...

    Published February 29th 2000 by Routledge