Empowerment for Individual Agency: An Analysis of International Organizations' Curriculum Recommendations

Autor/in	Zapp, Mike
Titel	Empowerment for Individual Agency: An Analysis of International Organizations' Curriculum Recommendations
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17 (2019) 2, S.231-260 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2019.1577717
Schlagwörter	International Organizations; Curriculum Development; Personal Autonomy; Student Empowerment; Educational Policy; Position Papers; Educational Objectives; Student Needs; Social Development; Human Capital; National Curriculum; Global Approach; Civil Rights; Agenda Setting; Foreign Countries; Nongovernmental Organizations; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Individuelle Autonomie; Studienberechtigung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Positionspapier; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Soziale Entwicklung; Humankapital; Globales Denken; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Ausland
Abstract	Much recent research stresses the increasing relevance of international organisations (IOs) for national education policymaking. Yet, IOs' curriculum recommendations have remained largely out of scope, although they provide a forceful example of 'soft' governance. Based on a content analysis of 83 documents from 42 inter/-nongovernmental, global and regional organisations involved in international education networks between 1990 and 2015, this paper identifies an expansive field of IOs directing growing attention to such curricular issues as student needs, educational goals and content, as well as issues of teaching and learning. In line with much cross-national curriculum research, analysis provides evidence for the trend towards a global curriculum model stressing empowerment, individual agency and psychosocial development. The article argues that the strong focus on human capabilities and human capital in IOs' curriculum policies reflects wider cultural transformations in contemporary world society. The article concludes by arguing for an expanded analytical scope of IOs' educational work and a reconsideration of causal explanations in curriculum theories. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01