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International Handbook of Educational Policy pp 3–17Cite as

Globalization and Educational Change: New Policy Worlds

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Over the past half-decade, references to “globalization” in media, academic and policy circles have become ubiquitous. No one can be unfamiliar with the idea that globalization makes new demands of national systems of education, requiring a severe reform of the status quo. Yet the attribution is vague. What is globalization? Does it matter to education, and if so, how? Furthermore, does globalization have the potential to change the way policy makers from other domains engage education as a policy problem?

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Mundy, K. (2005). Globalization and Educational Change: New Policy Worlds. In: Bascia, N., Cumming, A., Datnow, A., Leithwood, K., Livingstone, D. (eds) International Handbook of Educational Policy. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3201-3_1

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