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Papers by Nelly Stromquist
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2003
Preface * Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Educational Innovations, Nelly P. Stromquist * Part ... more Preface * Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Educational Innovations, Nelly P. Stromquist * Part One: Pedagogical Innovations * Knowledge and Curriculum: The Transformative Politics of the Interdisciplinary Project, Maria del Pilar O'Cadiz * Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank Strategies, Rosa Mar'a Torres * Power, Culture, and Transformation: Educational Reform in Namibia, Sydney R. Grant * Part Two: Technological Innovations The Impact of Impact: A Study of the Dissemination of an Educational Innovation in Six Countries, H. Dean Nielsen and William K. Cummings * The Adoption of the National System of Telesecondary in Mexico, F lix Cadena * Training Teachers at a Distance: The Case of Logos II in Brazil, Joo Batista Araujo e Oliveira and Fran ois Orivel * Education for Development in a Context of Dependency: An Historical Review of Innovations at the Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre, Michael L. Basile Part Three: Reflections on Innovations Innovations and Research: Issues of Knowledge and Power, Michael L. Basile and Nelly P. Stromquist * Contributors
Preface Acknowledgments Map Introduction: The Middle East, a Turbulent Region 1. Peace and its Di... more Preface Acknowledgments Map Introduction: The Middle East, a Turbulent Region 1. Peace and its Dividend 2. Jordan: An Economic Overview 3. World War I and the Formation of Jordan 4. Political Economy of the War State (1948-93) 5. Labor and Water in an Economy at War (1948-93) 6. Regional Wars and Military Expenditures 7. Normalization and the Qualifying Industrial Zones 8. Water and the Peace Treaty Conclusion Endnotes Index.
Higher Education in the New Century, 2007
European Journal of Education, 2015
Women's empowerment is a concept that has acquired substantial recognition in the past decade... more Women's empowerment is a concept that has acquired substantial recognition in the past decade. However, it is better known among international development organisations, NGOs, and grassroots groups than in academic circles. This article examines the concept of women's empowerment as a foundational element in a theory of social change in which the oppressed must be key actors in the change process. On the basis of empirical evidence, it highlights four dimensions of empowerment: economic, political, knowledge, and psychological. The knowledge dimension is fostered by one of the most respected and universal of institutions: formal education. Yet schools do not always provide friendly or even safe spaces for girls; moreover, the school curriculum emphasises academic subjects and avoids ‘life skills’ discussions. Most successful cases of empowerment through education have occurred in non‐formal education programmes that specifically promote critical reflection on gendered social...
Globalization and Education, 2013
The Bologna declaration opened and off ered education reform, formalized with the Bologna declara... more The Bologna declaration opened and off ered education reform, formalized with the Bologna declaration in 1999, and which was to a large extent initiated by employers. Their request was, on the unique European market, the future candidates for the job to be educated in a standard way so the big European companies would apply the same systems of recruitment, selection and employment in diff erent countries. Their request also was directed towards the reform of the curriculum in a manner of greater applicability. The education system was required during the education to convey to the students no only academic knowledge, but practical skills as well and to develop their abilities during education so they can from the fi rst day of their employment to start with the performance of some tasks. The idea itself, although declaratively broadly accepted, met series of diff erent resistances. In the adaptation of the curricula, the establishments often manifested the following failures: the formal approach, procrastination, partial application of some of the principles, declarative acceptance. The adaptation to the needs of the employers caused maybe the greatest resistances. And what was the most important for the employers, the integration of theoretical knowledge and practical concepts, the universities have often accepted only formally. ' We are in a new economic order. Who will survive, and who will go down?' A.M. Naik, L&T
Women and Education in Latin America
Brill Sense, 2012
For more than two decades the World Bank has declared itself a supporter of women’s issues. It is... more For more than two decades the World Bank has declared itself a supporter of women’s issues. It is legitimate then to treat it as an institution whose understanding of gender should be both mature and refined. Not only does the World Bank have an official commitment to treating gender issues but this institution has by now commandeered the global agenda in this and other pertinent areas as well. It has replaced the World Health Organization as the major donor in the health field (Petchesky, 2003) and the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in the area of education (World Bank, 2002).
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
American Journal of Education, 1997
Education in the Knowledge Society, 2009
The ICT has become a referent that has changed the World in which we are<br />living. Globa... more The ICT has become a referent that has changed the World in which we are<br />living. Globalization, the big flow of people, from South to North, the flexibility provided<br />by the technologies, which allows a quick and fast communication, all of them are<br />elements that characterizes our World. In this article we present some thoughts about<br />the role played by ICTs in the social change during the last decades. We analyze several<br />social movements and their impact on the democratic participation. We also explore the<br />new possibilities open to women in this new context, and we present some options of<br />development that could help them to overcome exclusion.
The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning, 2017
Relatively unknown in the non-formal education field, popular universities nonetheless play a sig... more Relatively unknown in the non-formal education field, popular universities nonetheless play a significant role in lifelong learning. This chapter describes their purposes, funding, programme content, and intended beneficiaries. Open to all, regardless of income, age, and previous schooling, these entities represent a variety of educational philosophies, historical traditions, and knowledge provision. On an aggregate, they serve millions of people of all ages—but primarily adults, many of whom are women; they are particularly active in European countries and rely primarily on local government support. Two knowledge strands are identified in their provision of services: the prevailing offers a wide array of knowledge and skills that address specific community needs and participants’ preferences; the less salient strand aims to provide emancipatory knowledge to promote social change.
Feminist Critical Policy Analysis I:, 2020
Comparative and International Education, 2021
Gender operates through both evident and subtle structures, beliefs, and behaviors. My ideas on g... more Gender operates through both evident and subtle structures, beliefs, and behaviors. My ideas on gender have evolved toward complexity in terms of the knowledge that is needed for the transformation of a gendered society and the role of the state in maintaining a gendered society and thus the fundamental task of making demands upon it. This realization also includes the imperative of counting on women-led organizations at the collective level and empowerment (conceptualized as a coherent whole comprising four interactive dimensions) in strategic efforts to achieve change at institutional and national levels. One cannot overestimate the importance of access by girls and women to formal education; yet, the struggle for gender justice demands more than parity. Emerging as indispensable analytical tools are the development and application of gender theory that enables us to distinguish between deep causes and tangible manifestations, and a theory of action that identifies the multiple se...
The story of Chica da Silva, a well-known historical figure in Brazil's popular culture, is e... more The story of Chica da Silva, a well-known historical figure in Brazil's popular culture, is examined, contrasting existing public records with myths about her life in Tijuco, the small town that became the world's center of diamond explotation in the XVIII century. Through her union with the King of Portugal's overseer of diamond extraction, this former slave gained access to a life of luxury and power far beyond that of other women of similar origins. Chica built a stable family, participated in religious organizations in her community, learned to write, and even supported artistic activities; while both written sources and many oral traditions depict her cruelty and promiscuity, these are contradicted by evidence of her social acceptance by the white elite and slaves alike. Myths can be best understood as diffuse but pervasive mechanisms of social control. Chica's trajectory remains a significant example of the power of individuals who believe in their own worth an...
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2003
Preface * Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Educational Innovations, Nelly P. Stromquist * Part ... more Preface * Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Educational Innovations, Nelly P. Stromquist * Part One: Pedagogical Innovations * Knowledge and Curriculum: The Transformative Politics of the Interdisciplinary Project, Maria del Pilar O'Cadiz * Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank Strategies, Rosa Mar'a Torres * Power, Culture, and Transformation: Educational Reform in Namibia, Sydney R. Grant * Part Two: Technological Innovations The Impact of Impact: A Study of the Dissemination of an Educational Innovation in Six Countries, H. Dean Nielsen and William K. Cummings * The Adoption of the National System of Telesecondary in Mexico, F lix Cadena * Training Teachers at a Distance: The Case of Logos II in Brazil, Joo Batista Araujo e Oliveira and Fran ois Orivel * Education for Development in a Context of Dependency: An Historical Review of Innovations at the Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre, Michael L. Basile Part Three: Reflections on Innovations Innovations and Research: Issues of Knowledge and Power, Michael L. Basile and Nelly P. Stromquist * Contributors
Preface Acknowledgments Map Introduction: The Middle East, a Turbulent Region 1. Peace and its Di... more Preface Acknowledgments Map Introduction: The Middle East, a Turbulent Region 1. Peace and its Dividend 2. Jordan: An Economic Overview 3. World War I and the Formation of Jordan 4. Political Economy of the War State (1948-93) 5. Labor and Water in an Economy at War (1948-93) 6. Regional Wars and Military Expenditures 7. Normalization and the Qualifying Industrial Zones 8. Water and the Peace Treaty Conclusion Endnotes Index.
Higher Education in the New Century, 2007
European Journal of Education, 2015
Women's empowerment is a concept that has acquired substantial recognition in the past decade... more Women's empowerment is a concept that has acquired substantial recognition in the past decade. However, it is better known among international development organisations, NGOs, and grassroots groups than in academic circles. This article examines the concept of women's empowerment as a foundational element in a theory of social change in which the oppressed must be key actors in the change process. On the basis of empirical evidence, it highlights four dimensions of empowerment: economic, political, knowledge, and psychological. The knowledge dimension is fostered by one of the most respected and universal of institutions: formal education. Yet schools do not always provide friendly or even safe spaces for girls; moreover, the school curriculum emphasises academic subjects and avoids ‘life skills’ discussions. Most successful cases of empowerment through education have occurred in non‐formal education programmes that specifically promote critical reflection on gendered social...
Globalization and Education, 2013
The Bologna declaration opened and off ered education reform, formalized with the Bologna declara... more The Bologna declaration opened and off ered education reform, formalized with the Bologna declaration in 1999, and which was to a large extent initiated by employers. Their request was, on the unique European market, the future candidates for the job to be educated in a standard way so the big European companies would apply the same systems of recruitment, selection and employment in diff erent countries. Their request also was directed towards the reform of the curriculum in a manner of greater applicability. The education system was required during the education to convey to the students no only academic knowledge, but practical skills as well and to develop their abilities during education so they can from the fi rst day of their employment to start with the performance of some tasks. The idea itself, although declaratively broadly accepted, met series of diff erent resistances. In the adaptation of the curricula, the establishments often manifested the following failures: the formal approach, procrastination, partial application of some of the principles, declarative acceptance. The adaptation to the needs of the employers caused maybe the greatest resistances. And what was the most important for the employers, the integration of theoretical knowledge and practical concepts, the universities have often accepted only formally. ' We are in a new economic order. Who will survive, and who will go down?' A.M. Naik, L&T
Women and Education in Latin America
Brill Sense, 2012
For more than two decades the World Bank has declared itself a supporter of women’s issues. It is... more For more than two decades the World Bank has declared itself a supporter of women’s issues. It is legitimate then to treat it as an institution whose understanding of gender should be both mature and refined. Not only does the World Bank have an official commitment to treating gender issues but this institution has by now commandeered the global agenda in this and other pertinent areas as well. It has replaced the World Health Organization as the major donor in the health field (Petchesky, 2003) and the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in the area of education (World Bank, 2002).
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
American Journal of Education, 1997
Education in the Knowledge Society, 2009
The ICT has become a referent that has changed the World in which we are<br />living. Globa... more The ICT has become a referent that has changed the World in which we are<br />living. Globalization, the big flow of people, from South to North, the flexibility provided<br />by the technologies, which allows a quick and fast communication, all of them are<br />elements that characterizes our World. In this article we present some thoughts about<br />the role played by ICTs in the social change during the last decades. We analyze several<br />social movements and their impact on the democratic participation. We also explore the<br />new possibilities open to women in this new context, and we present some options of<br />development that could help them to overcome exclusion.
The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning, 2017
Relatively unknown in the non-formal education field, popular universities nonetheless play a sig... more Relatively unknown in the non-formal education field, popular universities nonetheless play a significant role in lifelong learning. This chapter describes their purposes, funding, programme content, and intended beneficiaries. Open to all, regardless of income, age, and previous schooling, these entities represent a variety of educational philosophies, historical traditions, and knowledge provision. On an aggregate, they serve millions of people of all ages—but primarily adults, many of whom are women; they are particularly active in European countries and rely primarily on local government support. Two knowledge strands are identified in their provision of services: the prevailing offers a wide array of knowledge and skills that address specific community needs and participants’ preferences; the less salient strand aims to provide emancipatory knowledge to promote social change.
Feminist Critical Policy Analysis I:, 2020
Comparative and International Education, 2021
Gender operates through both evident and subtle structures, beliefs, and behaviors. My ideas on g... more Gender operates through both evident and subtle structures, beliefs, and behaviors. My ideas on gender have evolved toward complexity in terms of the knowledge that is needed for the transformation of a gendered society and the role of the state in maintaining a gendered society and thus the fundamental task of making demands upon it. This realization also includes the imperative of counting on women-led organizations at the collective level and empowerment (conceptualized as a coherent whole comprising four interactive dimensions) in strategic efforts to achieve change at institutional and national levels. One cannot overestimate the importance of access by girls and women to formal education; yet, the struggle for gender justice demands more than parity. Emerging as indispensable analytical tools are the development and application of gender theory that enables us to distinguish between deep causes and tangible manifestations, and a theory of action that identifies the multiple se...
The story of Chica da Silva, a well-known historical figure in Brazil's popular culture, is e... more The story of Chica da Silva, a well-known historical figure in Brazil's popular culture, is examined, contrasting existing public records with myths about her life in Tijuco, the small town that became the world's center of diamond explotation in the XVIII century. Through her union with the King of Portugal's overseer of diamond extraction, this former slave gained access to a life of luxury and power far beyond that of other women of similar origins. Chica built a stable family, participated in religious organizations in her community, learned to write, and even supported artistic activities; while both written sources and many oral traditions depict her cruelty and promiscuity, these are contradicted by evidence of her social acceptance by the white elite and slaves alike. Myths can be best understood as diffuse but pervasive mechanisms of social control. Chica's trajectory remains a significant example of the power of individuals who believe in their own worth an...