Spring, Joel H.

Globalization of education : an introduction / Joel Spring. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2009. - xiv, 250 p. ; 24 cm. - Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization of education -- Global education networks and discourses: the World Bank and the knowledge economy -- The cyberschoolbus and Sesame Street meet the global knowledge economy: -- OECD and the United Nations -- The marketing of knowledge: multinational learning corporations, global assessment, and higher education.

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Education --Economic aspects.
Education and globalization.