Globalising the school curriculum: gender, EFA and global citizenship education

Abstract: Whilst the link between access, quality of schooling and gender equality in promotion Education for All is vital, the problematic nature of this agenda for the curriculum in developing countries is not sufficiently recognized. Previous sociological research indicates the contradictions between the social reproductive elements and the egalitarian potential of a 'globalised curriculum' especially in the complex postcolonial scenario of developing economies. A close reading of the EFA Global Monitoring Reports highlights rights within and through the curriculum, representing the 'curriculum as opportunity', 'curriculum as reform' and 'curriculum as a democratic tool'. However, gender equality represents a deeper challenge to dominant knowledge forms than that represented by a gender fair/ friendly curriculum or a gender neutral curriculum. Global citizenship education controversially brings female subordination and gender power into the curriculum but its potential in relation to the

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 17 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: RECOUP Working Papers ; Bd. 17

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Cambridge
• (wann): 2008
• Urheber: Marshall, Harriet ; Arnot, Madeleine
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education, Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP)

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-68696
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:37 MESZ