Global Pedagogies Schooling for the Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ; 12
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Sociology of Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

In a postmodern world characterized by flux and uncertainty, parents often view education institutions as a major, if not the only, provider of moral certainties for their children. Yet ironically, as these expectations of schools and their staff have increased, conservative-minded governments have...