Bringing together leading education scholars, Kristy Kellys Global Education: Linking Theory and Practice illustrates education whether studied locally, globally or internationally as shaped by, and with the potential to shape social, political and economic change on a global scale.
Global Education: Linking Theory and Practice highlights the work of distinguished and emerging scholars and practitioners and their work on education research, policy and practice in relation to education access, equity and quality. They represent disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives including history, sociology, philosophy, psychology, economics, political science, public policy and anthropology. Contributions span from micro to macro levels of analysis, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and theoretical to applied orientations. What they have in common is a shared commitment to producing rigorous scholarship aimed at understanding educational institutions, educational processes and the social and cultural factors that affect them from a global perspective.
Kristy Kellys Global Education: Linking Theory and Practice links each chapter to Drexel Universitys Global Education Colloquium. The goal of the Colloquium, and this collection, is to illuminate education whether studied locally, globally or internationally as shaped by, and with the potential to shape social, political and economic change on a global scale.
A concluding chapter offers teaching notes and strategies for incorporating the chapters and Global Education Colloquium into teacher education courses. No other book on global education is designed for use in university classrooms in this way.
Chapter
1. Improving Classroom Quality and Childrens Learning in Early
Childhood Education: Evidence from a Policy-Research Partnership in Ghana;
Sharon Wolf, J. Lawrence Aber, Jere R. Behrman, and Edward Tsinigo
Chapter
2. Intersectional Influences of Socioeconomic Status, Gender and
Location on Education Consultants Opportunities and Experiences; Caroline
(Carly) Manion
Chapter
3. Sowing Seeds of Change through Binational Encounters in Israel;
Karen Ross
Chapter
4. Gender and sexuality in Early Childhood: Lessons for African
Feminists; Deevia Bhana
Chapter
5. To Be Roma, To Be Disabled: Management of Ethnic Identity and
Disability; Andria D. Timmer
Chapter
6. The Politics of Knowledge and Cultural Survival for Uyghur
Immigrants in Türkiye; Rebecca Clothey
Chapter
7. What Religion Can Teach Us About Schooling and Citizenship-Making
in the 21st Century; Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher
Chapter
8. Decisions Taken in Undecidable Terrain: Donor Intervention,
Discourses and Perpetuation of the Educational Myth in the Democratic
Republic of Congo; Bjorn H. Nordtveit
Chapter
9. The Role of the Teacher in Education Reform: Views from Japan and
Indonesia; Christopher Bjork
Chapter
10. Deciding What to Champion: Local Female Elected Officials
Prioritize their Power; Supriya Baily
Conclusion: Connecting Global Education Research to Pedagogical Practice;
Brian McCommons, Kathlyn Elliott, and Kristy Kelly
Kristy Kelly is a sociologist specializing in gender, politics of knowledge, organizational change, international development, and Southeast Asia. She is Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel Universitys School of Education and affiliated with Columbia Universitys Weatherhead East Asian Institute. She edits the book series Education Research in Global Contexts.
