Interrogating Discourses of Global Education: Reconceptualizing Education as a Common Good?

Authors

Prachi Srivastava, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

Fall 2019

Journal

Research Intelligence

Volume

140

First Page

23

Last Page

24

Abstract

This contribution analyses UNESCO's framework of education as a common good in the context of the Global South. It argues that dominant conceptions view education in a narrow, instrumentalist perspective. Despite its promise to reorient education as a broader social endeavour towards human wellbeing to lead meaningful lives (Sen, 1999), UNESCO's framework has failed to gain significant traction. I argue this is linked to challenges associated with: education and unemployment; global mobility and learning assessment systems; citizenship education; and the global governance of education policymaking.

Notes

Publication also available Open Access at https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/autumn-2019

Citation of this paper:

Srivastava, P. (2019). Interrogating discourses of global education: Reconceptualising education as a common good? Research Intelligence, 140, pp. 23-24.