New Principalship for Globalization, Localization and Individualization: Paradigm Shift

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Urban Education Views from 3 Continents A
Response
Discussant Prof. Yin Cheong CHENG President-ele
ct, World Educational Research Association Vice-Pr
esident (RD) Chair Professor of Leadership
Change, Hong Kong Institute of Education WERA
Symposium at ECER 2011 Confernce Berlin, 13-16
September 2011
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• Prof Aslam Fataar
• Social spatial analysis on changing school
  landscape in a post apartheid city- Cape Town
  /South Africa
• Mobility and subjectivities in schooling
• Prof Ricardo Cuenca
• Trend analysis of demand and supply in public
  /private ed across in metropolitan Lima/ South
  America
• Growth of private ed decline of public ed.
  Future of public ed?
• Prof Belmira Bueno
• Historical Perspective on Urban Education in
  Latin America
• Social and Political Factors, Longitudinally
  Past, Present Future? Problems Solutions in
  Developing Urban Education

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Overall Observations

1. Different Perspectives from 3 Continents (Latin
   America, South Africa, South America) with
   Different Cultural Political Backgrounds
2. Different Approaches (a) Historical Analysis,
   (b) Social-Spatial Analysis, (c)Trend Analysis of
   Demand and Supply
3. Different Targets (a) Overall Development of
   Latin American Countries, (b) Changing School
   Landscape in A Post Apartheid City- Cape Town,
   (c) Trends of Private Ed/ Public Education in
   Lima

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Shared Common Concerns

• Role What are the key roles of urban education,
  in particular, public private education?
• Development What is happening to the development
  management of urban education in a fast
  changing context?
• Challenges What are the dilemmas, problems and
  challenges? How to solve them? For future?

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Reflections in Local Global Contexts

• 1. What are key ve or ve functions of urban
  education?
• Economic development, urbanization,
  industrialization modernization,?
• Social equality, equity, mobility,
  consolidation?
• Political socialization, democratization, class
  gaps reduction?
• Cultural/ human capital building for future
  developments in globalization, localization,
  individualization technology advancement?

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• 2. What are key features of provision
  management of urban education ?
• Marketization, privatization, central planning?
  Parental choice?
• Provision of private and public schools in
  achieving the diverse functions of urban
  education?
• Decentralization, site-based management, quality
  assurance, accountability, community
  participation?
• Diversification of education provision to
  multiple expectations?

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• 3. What challenges in reforming developing
  urban education?
• Inconsistencies between the expected multiple
  roles of urban education? across social classes?

• Roles of Urban Education
• Economic development, urbanization,
  industrialization modernization,
• Social equality, equity, mobility,
  consolidation
• Political socialization, democratization, class
  gaps reduction
• Cultural capital building for future developments

Inconsistencies Dilemmas? Across social classes?
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• Conflicts interactions between the management
  means and the espoused aims of urban education?

• Roles of Urban Education
• Economic development, urbanization,
  industrialization modernization,?
• Social equality, equity, mobility,
  consolidation?
• Political socialization, democratization, class
  gaps reduction?
• Cultural/ capital building for future
  developments?

• Management Means of Urban Education
• Marketization , privatization or central planning
  
• Provision of private and public schools
• Decentralization, quality assurance,
  accountability, community participation
• Diversification of education provision

Conflicts? Interactions?
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• Impacts of Globalization (incl. International
  Competitions) and Local Contexts (incl. social,
  political, economic factors, reform initiatives,
  etc. )? Features of Urban Education

• Management Means of Urban Education
• Marketization , privatization or central planning
  
• Provision of private and public schools
• Decentralization, quality assurance,
  accountability, community participation
• Diversification of education provision

• Roles of Urban Education
• Economic development, urbanization,
  industrialization modernization,?
• Social equality, equity, mobility,
  consolidation?
• Political socialization, democratization, class
  gaps reduction?
• Cultural/ capital building for future
  developments?

Conflicts? Interactions?