Globalization and the Asia Pacific

An exploration of efficiency and equality aims of education1

Bibliographic Data

ID12905797
AuthorsL Engel (0000-0003-2937-5167, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), David Rutkowski (0009-0000-7550-8982, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Year2008
Volume49
Issue2
Pages143-156
Publication date2008-08-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies in Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-8487 • E-ISSN: 1750-8495
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17508480802040209
OpenAlexW2095036723
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

The paper aims to explore the relationship between globalization and education through an investigation of educational policy development in the specific context of the Asia Pacific. The paper's primary focus is on data collected from the World Bank, OECD, IMF and UNESCO to look primarily at three interrelated trends in education: increasing enrollments at all educational levels, issues of gender equality, and changes in public expenditure. In the paper, we argue that developments in education are increasingly impacted by a particular conception of globalization, which is illustrated in the overarching pressure of efficiency on educational aims. Although both efficiency and equality aims of education are present in recent policy developments in the Asia Pacific, the importance attached to education's capabilities of advancing human capital development have brought about a fundamental tension between two purposes of education: one relating to efficiency and one underlying education's potential to advance goals of access and equality

Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Globalization · Human capital · Political science · Public policy · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms

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