Structural adjustment and education: Adapting to a growing global market

Ilon, Lynn

doi:10.1016/0738-0593(94)90015-9

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“…They were often allowed to flourish in the postcolonial era, providing a key institution for the reproduction of the class privilege enjoyed by indigenous elites. As Ilon (1994) points out, as part of structural adjustment lending, policies supporting private schools and the introduction of user fees were introduced by many governments as part of a hollowing out of state provision.…”

Section: Regional Education Policy and The Economic Domainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Education for sustainable development in Africa: a critique of regional agendas

Tikly

2019

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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Education is often perceived in policy agendas as playing a transformative role in realising sustainable development and the SDGs on the continent. The assumption is based, however, on an insufficiently critical understanding of the historical role of education in supporting unsustainable development. The article provides a critical account of the relationship between education policy and sustainable development in Africa as an aspect of the postcolonial condition, i.e. as an aspect of the colonial legacy and of Africa's position in relation to contemporary processes of globalisation. It is argued that if education is to play a transformative role in relation to sustainable development then education policy needs to be fundamentally reoriented and harnessed to wider processes of economic, cultural and political transformation in the interests of social and environmental justice.

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Section: Regional Education Policy and The Economic Domainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Education for sustainable development in Africa: a critique of regional agendas

Tikly

2019

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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“…According to Ilon (1994), for example, globalisation entails the formation of a new class structure that includes a growing world class. Parents in world-class jobs demand world-class education for their children, and they prefer prestigious institutions with familiar and marketable labels and credentials (620).…”

Section: International Studentsmentioning

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Sociology of international education – an emerging field of research

Resnik

2012

International Studies in Sociology of Education

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This article points to international education in elementary and post-elementary schools as an emerging and promising field of enquiry. It describes the state of art of this new field and sets out the nature of the research. The rapid development of international networks in recent decades; the contribution of international education policies to the expansion of international education; the growing number of international students and its implications for school life; and the different meanings of international curriculum are the main topics in this literature. Issues of globalisation, social stratification, multiculturalism, identity formation, and the link between education and the nation state are closely related to international education. Scholars adapt classical theoretical frames and advance new concepts and methodologies in order to clarify this new phenomenon and highlight the deeper meanings of the expansion of international education. For this reason the study of international education has the potential of enhancing our sociological understanding concerning new developments in education in particular and in society in general. IntroductionInternational education in this special issue relates to elementary and postelementary international schools (catering to mobile students) but also schools offering different kinds of international curriculum (international vision or linguistic programmes) regardless of the citizenship of its student population.What is the sociological meaning of the expansion of international education in elementary and post-elementary schools all over the world? What are the implications of the expansion of International Schools (ISs) and international curricula for sociology of education? As we will see

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“…Primary education can contribute to benefits at many levels: individual, family, community, and society. As described in the Bank's 1980 World Development Report, primary education can increase human potential and social cohesion while improving health, reducing fertility, and boosting income generation potential (Heyneman, 1995(Heyneman, , 1997(Heyneman, , 1998Ilon, 1994;World Bank, in press). …”

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Paying for Education: How the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Influence Education in Developing Countries

Alexander¹

2001

Peabody Journal of Education

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Structural adjustment and education: Adapting to a growing global market

Cited by 52 publications

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Education for sustainable development in Africa: a critique of regional agendas

Education for sustainable development in Africa: a critique of regional agendas

Sociology of international education – an emerging field of research

Paying for Education: How the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Influence Education in Developing Countries

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