Publications of Maria Balarin
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Global citizenship and marginalization: contributions towards a political economy of global citizenship
This paper provides a critical discussion of the literature on global citizenship education using a theorical approach that sterms form political economy theories of globalisation.
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Curriculum reform and the displacement of knowledge in Peruvian rural secondary schools: exploring the unintended local consequences of global education policies
The processes of policy implementation in developing contexts and the unintended consequences of education policies that follow international policy scripts without enough consideration of local histories and cultures.
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The governance, administration and control of primary education
In this report a detailed description of the current state of educational governance, administration and control will be presented.
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Post-structuralism, realism and the question of knowledge in educational sociology: a Derridian critique of social realism in education
This article engages with a current debate in the sociology of educational knowledge which seeks to dispel the alleged relativism of social constructivist influences in education.
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The school governance study
This study analysed the policy and research literature relevant to school governing. It carried out 43 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, undertook a large scale random on-line survey of over 5000 school governors and elicited the views of 42 headteachers.
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Promoting educational reforms in weak states: the case of radical discontinuity in Peru
The present article explores the making of education policies in weak states, particularly in the context of developing nations and in view of the increasing influence of international organisations, such as the World Bank, in definition of education reform agendas
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Schooling in Peru
It is in this sense that the history of education in Peru can be said to have been dominated by contradictory dynamics. On one hand, increasing educational expansion, especially during the second half of the twentieth century, has been associated with an extension of social opportunities. On the other hand, the education system, since its […]