focuses on the policies and reforms on educational globalization and modernization from the perspectives of transnational and educational organization. The broad range of topics covered includes: the cultivation of international and cross-culture awareness, the modernization of nations and their educational systems, the competition and cooperation between different countries, international educational measurement and assessment, international trade in educational services, and information technology and education reforms.  provides a comprehensive and unparalleled collection of research examining the central role of policy in the international context of education and national development in the new millennium. It critically examines the processes of policy formulation and actualization, its modes of analysis, the limits and difficulties of educational change, and the changing boundaries that relate research communities and social and political actors. It extends and broadens the field to include curriculum studies in the examination of policies for social justice and equality, and explores the new complexities of the relations between policy, society, political systems and practices of educational policy research. This handbook is unique in bringing together a broad spectrum of internationally respected scholars from multiple disciplines into one book by engaging in international, historical and cross-disciplinary analysis of policy studies, it effectively and fruitfully pushes the boundaries.weiterlesen