Globalization and Education

Roger Dale has three articles on the effects of globalization on national education policy.

In this article (see link above) he compares and differentiates his theory "Globally structured educational agenda" to the world institutionalists theory which he calls "common world educational culture" (CWEC).

He cites Ramirez and Ventresca's work:

"mass schooling becomes the central set of activities through which the reciprocal links between individuals and nation-states are forged."

The CWEC model focuses on the isomorphism of educational systsm and curricular categories but not much is mentioned about isomorphism of educational ideologies. is that something that i can contribute. [i should also cite the article about progressive ideologies in canadian educational reform documents]

Also it seems that in the articles so far they are all talking about functionalist responses of education systems to the needs of industrialization or urbanization whereas the new rhetoric talks about the need to adapt to the information age and the knowledge economy.