1st Edition
A New Paradigm for Global School Systems Education for a Long and Happy Life
Biography
Spring, Joel
“A terrific book – both soundly researched and highly original. It should be widely used in courses on curriculum, social studies, policy studies, peace studies, philosophy of education, and many other sub-disciplines.”
—Stanford University (Emerita)“I like the balance in Spring’s work between trenchant analysis of existing social, political, and cultural conditions in education, and creative, positive recommendations for ameliorating those conditions through education. He well understands the ideological and political underpinnings of educational practice, but has not given up hope for forms of practice that are more equitable, just, and fair.... The primary value of this book will be in provoking an international debate on the very possibility of a globalized curriculum and what might be involved in it. I believe this is the leading edge question in curriculum today, and across the humanities and social sciences generally.”
—University of Alberta“[Spring’s] proposal for a global school system based on the goal of maximizing happiness and longevity along with customization at the local level is, undoubtedly, one of the most original theses I have come across in the field of education.”
—Center for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, Singapore
