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Globalization, Nationalism, and Inclusive Education for All: A Reflection on the Ideological Shifts in Education Reform

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Globalisation, Ideology and Neo-Liberal Higher Education Reforms

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This chapter examines the concept of inclusive education for all as articulated in the United Nations against the rise of nationalism and ethnicism. We begin with a discussion of the concept of globalization. At the turn of this century, globalization was a positive force in the forward march of modernization. The former Soviet Union had collapsed barely a decade earlier, and liberal democracy became the dominant regime form around the world. In fact, no other option appeared to be possible. As we examine the rise in nationalism and ethnicism in the post-2000 era, that point of view now seems quaint. We explore the implications in education reforms under the global shift towards human rights-based development, with the adoption of the 2000 United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the more recent 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We offer a reflection on global education reforms that began with the adoption of the Dakar 2000 Framework of Action and the more recent 2015 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4. We conclude with an extrapolation of the education reform outcomes arising from the synergy and contradictions embedded in the global shift that has taken place.

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Omwami, E., Rust, V. (2020). Globalization, Nationalism, and Inclusive Education for All: A Reflection on the Ideological Shifts in Education Reform. In: Zajda, J. (eds) Globalisation, Ideology and Neo-Liberal Higher Education Reforms. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1751-7_3

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