globalization has today removed many of the spacio-temporal borders between societies and cultures. in the islamic culture, islamic education is a central concept which is undeniably tied with the issue of globalization. some researchers see globalization and becoming global as synonymous. this study uses a descriptive framework to define the tow concepts and to show their relationships with is...

This paper was commissioned by the Global Education Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2016 report. It has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the Global Education Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The papers can be cited with the following reference: “Paper commis...

This paper was commissioned by the Global Education Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2016 report. It has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the Global Education Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The papers can be cited with the following reference: “Paper commis...

the notion of ‘global citizenship’, however, remains very broad, if not contested, and consequently difficult to operationalize in education. there are two possible reasons for this. firstly, it is unclear whether the very notion of ‘global citizenship’ is a metaphor, a contradiction of terms, or an oxymoron (davies, 2006). what does ‘global citizenship’ possibly imply both from a legal perspec...

The article moves from a theorisation of the global scale in higher education and knowledge to critical review actual imaginings practices. Geo-cognitive scales such ‘the global’ or national’ are constituted by three elements: pre-given material structures, interpretations agents, social practices agents. Synchronous networks, time/space compression travel have materially expanded scope for rel...