Humanism and democracy in comparative education

M Elfert - Comparative Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article argues that contemporary education policies promoted by UNESCO and the
OECD are embracing two distinct post-humanist visions, which I call the 'sustainable futures' …

A historical perspective on the OECD's 'humanitarian turn': PISA for Development and the Learning Framework 2030

L Xiaomin, E Auld - Comparative Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper identifies OECD's shifting agendas and approaches to education since inception
and distinguishes three time periods. Each of these periods reflects shifting geopolitical and …

[图书][B] Global Governance of Education

M Elfert, C Ydesen - 2023 - Springer
This book examines the role of three international organizations (IOs), 1 created after World
War II as part of a new multilateral world order, in promoting and shaping education as a …

The waning legitimacy of international organisations and their promissory visions

E Auld, M Elfert - Comparative Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We argue that the legitimacy of international organisations (IOs) as self-proclaimed
representatives of humankind, which was unfounded from the outset, is waning. To …

The power struggle over education in developing countries: The case of the UNESCO-World Bank Co-operative program, 1964-1989

M Elfert - International Journal of Educational Development, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the relationship between the World Bank and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) between the 1960s and the …

Rearticulating PISA

H Komatsu, J Rappleye - Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The OECD's PISA exercise has by now been widely critiqued. Whilst we agree with most
concerns, we begin with the assumption that PISA will remain an enduring and powerful …

Comparative education and international relations

E Klerides - Comparative Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The article offers an interpretation of comparative education as an episteme that is
entangled with international relations. It does so by seeking to extract past and present forms …

Danish–and Nordic–school policy: Its Anglo-American connections and influences

JB Krejsler, L Moos - What works in Nordic school policies? Mapping …, 2021 - Springer
Since the 1990s, Danish-and Nordic-schools and education policy has been increasingly
influenced by Anglo-American understandings of how to improve school and education. This …

The OECD as an arena for debate on the future uses of computers in schools

B Hof, R Bürgi - Globalisation, societies and education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Computer education was an integral part of curriculum development and a priority of the
OECD's policy agenda at the turn of the 1970s. Based on an analysis of archival documents …

[图书][B] The International Bureau of Education (1925-1968):" The Ascent from the Individual to the Universal"

R Hofstetter, B Schneuwly - 2024 - library.oapen.org
This open access book offers a critical analysis of the history of the International Bureau of
Education (IBE) from its founding in 1925 to its integration into UNESCO in January 1969 …