Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / M. Fernanda Astiz and Motoko Akiba -- Introduction / M. Fernanda Astiz -- Globalization, Innovation, and Cultural Resistance to Educational Reform / David H. Kamens -- Comprehensive Sexual Education in Latin America / Paola Fajardo-Heyward -- The Effects of Normative Assumptions on Micro-Level Actions in Education / Alexander W. Wiseman , Petrina Davidson and Fawziah Al-Bakr -- Traveling Teacher Professional Development Model / Motoko Akiba -- Globalized Local and Localized Global in a Women’s Education Project in Pakistan / Ayesha Khurshid -- The New Models of Public Policy on Early Childhood Education and Care in Spain / Ana Ancheta Arrabal and Jing Zhang -- The Shadow Education Market of a Mass Higher Education Institution in Argentina / Florencia Cámara and Héctor R. Gertel -- About the Contributors / M. Fernanda Astiz and Motoko Akiba.

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The book examines how the understanding of the global and the local has changed in response to ongoing reconfigurations between the state and society. It also emphasizes the importance of schooling as an institution both within and across national contexts, a holistic approach that helps us move beyond a conglomeration of isolated local events to pay attention to global trends. In this regard, the book underscores the richness of contextual factors that may create opportunities for innovation, or may serve as constraints in the implementation process. As a whole, the book brings new questions about globalization and the imperatives of education policy and implementation.