Influencing the Other. Transnational actors and knowledge transfer in education

Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo

Forschungsartikel (Buchbeitrag)

Zusammenfassung

Knowledge transfer in education has a long history in the field and the broader traditions of comparative and international education. Although the transfer of knowledge across places pre-date nation-states, the practice elevated in importance in the course of the nineteenth century, exerting substantial influence in the shaping of modern national education systems. In addition, transfer processes have undergone substantial change since earlier eras that had been characterized by state commissioned reports on foreign education systems. Currently, several (Regional) International Organisations ((R)IOs) have become important sites of production and transfer of knowledge. These transnational actors are thus significantly shaping education around the world, and commanding more research inquiry into the nature, the consequence, and potential of knowledge transfer. This chapter first contextualizes the topic in the international research literature particularly in historical terms. Second, it looks into (R)IOs as sites for the production and transfer of knowledge in education, considering specifically the nature, the processes, and the mechanisms of education transfer. Third and finally, the chapter discusses the value of global or area studies in in terms of enriching understanding of these transregional processes, also outlining questions and issues meriting future research.

Details zur Publikation

Herausgeber*innen: Middell, Matthias
Buchtitel: The Routledge Handbook of Transregional Studies
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
Verlag: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1138718364
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst ist: Englisch
Veranstaltung: London