Education and Globalisation/M. Lakshmi Narasaiah. New Delhi, Discovery
Pub., 2008, vi, 162 p., ISBN 81-8356-311-6.
Education and Globalisation/M. Lakshmi Narasaiah. New Delhi, Discovery
Pub., 2008, vi, 162 p., ISBN 81-8356-311-6.
Contents: Preface. 1. The nation-state and globalisation. 2. The truth about global competition the economic myths behind globalisation. 3. Globalisation: a moral imperative. 4. Globalisation and knowledge divide. 5. Urbanization and globalisation. 6. The challenges of globalisation. 7. High World Trade Growth vs. output WTO sees link to globalisation. 8. Myths and illusions. 9. Renewing the state. 10. Add value, go global; can southern firms break into export markets? 11. What was wrong with structural adjustment: in defence of a much-maligned strategy. 12. For a broader approach to education. 13. Population growth and education. 14. Corporate ambitions in education. 15. Private education; the poor's best chance? 16. Will education go to market? 17. Wanted: an new deal for the universities. 18. Wiring up the Ivory Towers. 19. Shaking the Ivory Tower. 20. Promotion of higher education in research. 21. Heating up environmental education and communication. 22. Beyond economics. 23. Population growth and jobs. 24. Violence in school: a worldwide affair. 25. Helping your child learn. 26. What's driving migration? 27. Technological entrepreneurship: the new force for economic growth. 28. In defence of the city urban development a key for survival. 29. Aid effectiveness as a multi-level process. 30. The WTO and the developing countries. 31. Migration and development. 32. Asian values versus western democracy: the pressures of modernization. 33. Promotion of industry and foreign investment in Africa. Bibliography. Index.
"In contrast to the food supply challenge posed by the coming wave of population growth, the global need for teachers and classrooms will rise very slowly in the next half-century. In many countries, the school-age population is increasing much less rapidly than the overall national population. The trend illustrates that growth rates typically differ for different age strata of the population. It also shows that declining birth rates can take decades to move through an entire population." (jacket)