Education in a Strange Land: Globalization, Urbanization and Urban Schools - The Social and Educational Implications of the Geopolitical Economy (Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World) - Softcover

Wiggan, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611226473 ISBN 13: 9781611226478

Publisher: Nova Novinka, 2013

Synopsis

As the first decade of the twenty-first century comes to an end, the world continues to experience many developments in technology and in the creation of wealth, yet it still faces many dire challenges stemming from social inequalities and global poverty. While particular attention has been given to globalisation, few works have examined it in the context of urbanisation and urban schools. This book examines the impacts and influences of globalisation on nations, communities and social institutions, as well as how it is simultaneously being shaped by a counter-flow of countries and social organisations.

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About the Author:

Greg Wiggan is an assistant professor of Urban Education, adjunct assistant professor of Sociology, and affiliate faculty member of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research addresses urban education and urban sociology in the context of school processes that promote high achievement among African American students, and other underserved minority student populations. In doing so, his research also examines the broader connections between urban school districts, globalization processes and the internationalization of education in urban schools. He is co-editor of th book, Global Issues in Education: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice, and the Minority Experience, and co-author of Curriculum Violence: America's New Civil Rights Issue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nova Novinka
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1611226473
• ISBN 13: 9781611226478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132