The volume deals with two major and apparently opposing forces within education and society: globalization and nationalism. Globalization is often considered in economic terms - of continued growth of international trade and a concentration of wealth in corporate hands - yet it also encompasses technological, political and cultural change. "The World Yearbook of Education 2005" explores the role of the education sector in our globalized knowledge economy, and considers the political implications of this in terms of monopolarity and the cultural consequences of homogenization and Americanization. The other strand of this study - nationalism - remains a persistent force within education and society in all parts of the world, and this volume examines the extent to which it can fuel conflict at all levels through prejudice and intolerance. Concentrating on the epistemological consequences of nationalism, leading international thinkers examine the extent to which it is reflected in the curricula of schools and universities around the world. Finally, the complex relationship between globalization and nationalism is explored, and contributors explore the part that educational institutions and practices play in forming both agendas. A wide range of perspectives are employed, including post-colonial discourse, classical economics and sociological theory. Nationalism and globalization are both ongoing processes, and this volume makes a case for the central role of education in both - through its potential to influence change and to act as benevolent force in shaping a global community.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Trends in Globalisation, David Coulby and Evie Zambeta Part 1: Globalisation and the Knowledge Economy 2. The Knowledge Economy: Technology and Characteristics, David Coulby 3. The Knowledge Economy: Institutions, David Coulby Part 2: Tradition and Modernity 4. The Survival of Nationalism in a Globalised System, Evie Zambeta 5. Education, National Identity and Religion in Japan, Shibata Masako Part 3: Globalisation and Education Policy 6. Travelling and Embedded Policy: the Case of Post-Devolution Scotland within the UK, Jenny Ozga 7. Europeanisation and Education Policy, Nafsika Alexiadou 8. Swedish, European, Global, Lisbeth Lundahl 9. Globalising Differences: Inclusion, Special Needs and the Education Marketplace, Philip Garner, Christopher Blake, Suchitra Narayan 10. Teaching and the Globalisation of Knowledge, Leslie Bash Part 4: Globalisation and Nationalism: Post-Colonial Perspectives 11. Globalisation and the Narrative of Civilisation: Greece as Curricular Construct, David Coulby 12. Globalised History in a Nationalist Context: the Curricular Construction of Greece, Evie Zambeta 13. The Global and the National: Inclusive Knowledge and Linguistic Diversity, Jagdish Gundara 14. Negotiating Nation: Globalisation and Knowing, Zane MaRhea and Terri Seddon 15. Cultural Relativism and Cultural Imperialism in a Globalised Economy and Monopolar Polity, David Coulby