Education in the network age: globalisation,development and the World Bank

This article reviews the World Bank’s (1999) Education Sector Strategy document as a response to the challenges and the complexities of globalization and development as they relate to education. The article begins with an introduction to the Education Sector Strategy document. It moves on to discuss the nature of the new world economy, particularly its discursive shape, its form and the modalities of its reproduction. In this part of the article, the work of Carnoy and Castells (1999) and other analysts, such as Scott (1997), of what they all the networked economy, is used to show what is at stake for the developing world, and also, by implication, for the world as an interconnected community. Central to the reproductive modalities of the new economy, it will argue, are 1) entirely new education-work requirements and 2) a reconfigured and repositioned state. The article will attempt to show the implications of these for education. The article then moves towards a brief analysis of the developing world and then concludes with an assessment of the World Bank’s sector strategy. In summary, the article will argue that the Education Sector Strategy document is a critically important report but that is underestimates the complexity of the information age economy, particularly its modes of reproduction. The article will argue that the document does not sufficiently address the complexity of the modern developing world, especially the uneven and unequal ways in which its component parts articulate with the globalized order and the role of education in addressing this complexity. Critical weaknesses in the document relate to the relationship between education and work and the role of the state     

The Education Lending Policy of the European Investment Bank

The purpose of this article is to present the latest Education Lending Policy (ELP) of the European Investment Bank (EIB), adopted by the Board of Governors in 2008. It is structured in two parts. The first briefly presents the EIB in general and the evolution of its education lending portfolio in particular. This sets the stage for the second part of the article, which reproduces the Bank's new ELP — only the second such formal education sector policy statement adopted by the institution to date.     

从教育政策学视角看当代世界教育改革

谁掌握了面向21世纪的教育,谁就能够在21世纪的国际竞争中处于战略主动地位。因此,世界各国普遍掀起了一场广泛、深入、持久的教育改革。从教育政策学的视角来看,当代世界教育改革就是由各国政府为主角来推行的一种自上而下的政府行为。文章主要从教育政策学的视角对教育改革的内涵,对当代教育改革的背景、主要理论、特点与策略、历史动因以及发展趋势进行分析与阐述。     

科学的教育政策:教育践行科学发展观的支柱

教育事业的发展需要教育政策的支持,树立科学的教育发展观,首要任务是制定科学的教育政策,这是由教育政策的基本属性决定的:一方面,科学的教育政策以科学发展观为价值取向,受教育发展规律的指导,具有教育理论的特征;另一方面,科学的教育政策作为教育践行科学发展观的支柱,促进教育事业的全面、协调和可持续发展,又具有教育实践的特征。科学的教育政策是将教育理论通过复杂、合理的构建,并系统地作用于教育实践的桥梁。教育理论与教育实践发生作用的过程也是科学的教育政策系统运行的过程、完善的过程、发展的过程。     

The Impact of Educational Technology on Training and Development in the Banking Sector

Recent sustainability and training and development reports have shown that banks are increasingly investing in training and development. While most banks are already utilising different forms of e-learning for certain types of training interventions and employee assessments, the focus going forward is to reinvent training within the organisation by making it more efficient, convenient, accessible and fun with educational technology. The aim of the study reported on in this article was to investigate the impact that educational technology has on training and development downtime, accessibility with regard to different learning platforms, return on investment (ROI), organisational culture and learning within the banking environment. A targeted sample of 110 respondents from 30 branches of one of the leading banks in South Africa were surveyed using a stratified random sampling approach. The study revealed that the bank has a strong organisational culture; and educational technology at the bank showed positive results with regard to decreasing downtime and seeing increased ROI.     

试析美国教师组织影响教育政策制定的方式——以政治活动为中心

美国教师组织是具有专业性组织和教师工会双重功能的社会组织。作为既定利益的代言人,教师组织为了教师群体的利益,经常通过集体谈判、政治结盟、罢教、支持或参加选举活动和司法行动等政治行为对学校和政府的相关教育政策的制定发挥影响作用。     

教育国际化环境下的大学生思想政治工作

本文通过分析经济全球化对我国教育发展的影响,指出经济全球化必然要求中国教育国际化,并分析了教育国际化对我国大学生思想上的影响,讨论了在教育国际化背景下如何加强高校学生思想政治工作.     

论后现代主义对教育发展的影响

当哲学界主流思想对现代化的成功持肯定态度时,后现代主义却对现代性的合理性进行了反思与批判。面对后现代主义的理论,传统的教育理论受到了挑战。后现代主义对于教育发展的影响主要体现在:对教育目的的重新审视;对师生关系的重新考量;对同质教育的合理性批判;对传统课程结构的质疑;对传统教育管理的颠覆。但后现代主义的“解构”、“去中心”概念等具有很大的破坏性,它仅具有“有限合理性”。     

论全球化背景下的高校思想政治教育

全球化是21世纪的一个重要主题,它对我国的各个领域都产生了重要的影响,也使得我国高校思想政治教育的重要性更显突出。面对新形势下的机遇和挑战,高校要深刻认识全球化背景下思想政治教育工作,努力探索高校思想政治教育的新途径。     

The Capitalist State and Public Policy Formation. Framework for a Political Sociology of Educational Policy Making

This article argues that public policy formation cannot be understood without a consistent theory of the capitalist state and politics. This is particularly true with respect to education policies. Expanding capital accumulation and increasing the legitimation of the entire mode of production seem to be the principal roles of the capitalist state, a role that is in perpetual tension. Coming to grips with this tension constitutes a principal challenge for the state. Considering educational policies, programs and practices, to inquire into the reasons for the growth of a given educational level—how programs have been devised historically, by whom, for what purposes, and how they are related to the educational clientele that they are supposed to serve—is to ask for an explanation of the determinants of educational policy formation. In this article a framework for a political sociology of educational policy making and a set of hypotheses on the production rules of public policy are offered.     

科学发展观语境中的高校政治文化教育

高等学校要贯彻落实好科学发展观,为中国特色社会主义建设事业培养具有良好的政治心理、政治品质和政治思想、政治理论素养的优秀人才,就应该把对当今大学生实施的政治文化教育的着力点,放在进行政治理想与政治信仰教育、民主意识与法治观念教育、集体主义和爱国主义精神教育以及“以民为本”的民贵思想教育等几个方面。     

政策工具的视角:我国民办学前教育发展的政策分析

当前,我国政府在民办学前教育发展上主要运用了权威工具、激励工具和能力建设工具。总体来看,民办学前教育政策工具选择和运用的利益关涉不足、路径依赖性强、有效性不高且系统组合程度低。针对这种状况,政府应该尽快构建政策工具选择与运用的利益协调机制,提升现有政策工具运用的适切性,同时加大力度推进政策工具的综合运用,丰富和创新政策工具箱。     

科学发展观语境下高校思想政治教育路径探寻

时代的发展构成了对高校思想政治教育立体式的严峻挑战,高校思想政治教育陷入了教育过程中教师乏力、学生乏味和教育结果上社会评价不高的困境.因此,认清当前的形势、理顺各方面的关系、探寻一条符合我国高校思想政治教育实情的路径显得刻不容缓.科学发展观的提出从战略高度和哲学层面为中国社会经济和文化教育的顺利转型指明了方向,它对于促进大学生思想政治教育具有重要引领作用.本文拟在这方面做一些探索,有一些粗浅的认识与同行交流、探讨.     

教育公平:教育政策合法性的价值前提

在政治哲学里,公平常常被拿来作为合法性论证的重要前提和决定性因素。教育公平是关涉教育政策合法性论证的价值前提,它决定了教育政策合法性的表现形式和主要内容,规范和引导着教育政策合法性的确立。同时,教育公平引导下的公民广泛参与是提升教育政策合法性的主要实践路径。     

思想政治教育发展视域下大学生创新精神的培养

创新是知识经济的主旋律,知识经济需要有创新精神的人才.大学生是祖国的未来,民族的希望,社会主义事业的接班人.各高校十分重视大学生创新精神的培养,但培养现状不容乐观.要发挥思想政治教育在培养大学生创新精神方面的重大作用,积极探索大学生创新精神培养的途径.