RESEARCH RESOURCES
These are resources for anybody doing research into globalization in all its manifestations; however we will also feature those sites relevant to educational research. This list will certainly grow over time as our research encounters more and varied sites, and we will always endeavor to provide resources useful for inquiry into and from multiple research perspectives.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Intute [the new name and web site of the former Resource Discovery Network ] is the UK's free national gateway to free Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community. The service currently links to more than 100,000 resources via a series of subject-based information gateways.
All material is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database.
The Intute database makes it possible to discover the best and most relevant resources in one easily accessible place. You can explore and discover trusted information, assured that it has been evaluated by specialists for its quality and relevance.
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This is a coalition of citizen's groups working to reform the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF). It calls for debt cancellation, ending WB and IMF structural adjustment policies and transparency and accountability within international financial institutions.
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An Atearoa/New Zealand network of individuals and organizations committed to resisting corporate globalization in all its forms. Promotes an alternative development model based on self-determination, social justice, genuine people-centered development, and environmental sustainability.
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A World Connected tells us that their purpose is to take up the "globalization debate" and to sort out what the costs and benefits of globalization really are. They claim to cut "across ideologies and the traditional left/right political divide"; however this claim is certainly open to debate. If A World Connected takes a pronounced pro-global-capitalism perspective, it does so in an explicit engagement with the perspectives, issues, and terminology of those not necessarily so convinced that global capitalism is the source of human freedom. All in all, this site, developed by the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, is an engaging website with a variety of resources. Of particular interest might be "Stories and People," an interesting set of text and video reports.
Americans for Informed Democracy "is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization working to raise global awareness on more than 250 U.S. university campuses and in more than 10 countries" whose goal is to "inspire a new generation of internationalist leaders and to promote America's image in the world." The News and Events page gathers together local, national, and international news stories related to AID's concerns, and the AID Blog is an interesting source for views of current issues and events.
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The ArtsEdge is developed by the National Arts and Education Network and it
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The Asian News Network is "a network of national daily newspapers published in
Asian cities." Besides the daily news, Columnists/Analysis gathers together various editorial perspectives; Asian Indicators provides data on the region; and Specials topics compiles stories and reports on particular topics, currently Life after Tsunami and China and Asian Economies.
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The Bologna Process from the Council of Europe website is an essential starting point for those of us interested in European higher education. We may have all heard of the Bologna Process, whose "ultimate aim" is to "establish a European Higher Education Area by 2010 in which staff and students can move with ease and have fair recognition of their qualifications." But there is much, much more here. A huge accretion of documents, discussions, and developments related to the Bologna Process combine to make this "one-stop shopping" for this sweeping transformation of European education. Be sure to look around the larger Higher Education and Research site, imbedded within the even larger Council of Europe site.
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The aim of the Center for Learning and Teaching Networks is to enrich and diversify the national infrastructure for instruction in K-12, undergraduate, and graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Each center focuses on a particular set of nationally significant issues related to STEM education, including curriculum development, assessment, informal education, urban/rural education, diversity, and technology-enhanced learning.
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The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of writers, scholars and activists based in Montreal that publishes news, articles, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focusing on social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes.
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Christian Science Monitor World section offers news, information, and perspective pieces regarding events around the world. Other sections of this website include Work & Living, Learning, Travel, Commentary, USA, and Science and Technology.
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The Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (CCCS) is a statewide
grassroots, nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington. The CCCS's mission is protecting the right of Washington children and youth to a commercial-free education. The major aim of CCCS is to work toward eliminating commercial influences from public schools throughout Washington State.
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The "CONFERENCE PAPER ARCHIVE" for the May 5-7 "First International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry" at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign campus. As the title for the conference indicates, this was the inaugural gathering of the Congress, focused on the theme of "Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of Global Uncertainty." Specifically it was organized to "address the implications of the recent attempts by federal governments and their agencies to define what is 'good science', and what constitutes 'good scholarship.'" The page layout makes browsing through the articles a breeze and every article is downloadable. The conference was fascinating, something represented by the multiple and interesting topics explored in these papers. Take at least one look before this page disappears.
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The World Bank Group Edstat s: site provides a data base for world educational indicators. The World Bank does not perform the collection of the majority of these indicators. However, this site provides a convenient space to find indicators from a variety of data sources such as the OECD and UNESCO.
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The Freechild Project seeks to advocate, inform, and celebrate social change led by
and with young people around the world, particularly those who have been historically denied the right to participate. Freechild connects children, youth, and adults with a wide array of resources on social change. Freechild features thousands of examples, organizations, websites, and publications from around the world on youth action, youth engagement, youth activism, and youth empowerment. This website has a number of resources and information about organizations that support the actions, ideas and wisdom of children and youth while engaging young people as partners to create more democratic and just communities.
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Global Education Database: This site is sponsored by the Office of Education of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The GED is a repository of international education statistics compiled from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).
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Globalization 101 is a great site for both teachers and students who want a concise yet informative exploration of globalization, in its many manifestations, and in the issues and controversies surrounding it. The site, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, begins with a succinct definition of globalization most will find serviceable; then you can examine Issue Briefs, such as the Environment and Culture; you can even Ask the Experts vicariously as you watch Windows Media or Real Player video interviews of leaders in various fields. There is also a For Teachers page complete with lesson plans and other useful information.
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Globalisation and Europeanisation Network in Education
This site aims to provide a means for interested and concerned academics from across Europe to develop and consolidate a knowledge base for teaching and research around the theme of globalisation and Europeanisation in education.
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The Globalization Website is presented by a group of professors from Emory
University and Tuft University and is an essential general resource for globalization research. You will find everything from a Glossary of globalization research terms to Sources for Global Data to Globalization Links.
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The Global Policy Forum is a rich source of detailed policy discussions of global issues. This non-profit organization "monitors policy making at the United Nations,
promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilizes for global citizen participation, and advocates on vital issues of international peace and justice." This site offers everything from graphs comparing nations on "Prisoners in the Population" to definitions of terms like "globalization," followed by articles discussing the term.
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Held and McGrew's Polity Global Transformations Textsite is a compilation of articles, interviews, and various research resources for students of globalization. David Held and Anthony McGrew have literally written the book on globalization, The Global Transformations Reader, and this website provides a very clear exploration of their perspectives on the subject. Be sure to look for the Researching Globalization page, where you will find a Theoretical Backdrop for globalization research as well as a detailed list of research indicators and sources.
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IFIwatchnet is a great website for people in need of information on IFIs, or International Financial Institutions. IFIwatchnet is a coordinated collection of 'watchdog'
"civil society" groups which "connects organisations worldwide which are monitoring international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks." The site has countless resources of all types on topics such as the environment, trade, social issues, and, naturally, IFIs. On these and other topics, you will find collections of recent news articles, detailed country reports written by IFIwatchnet "watchers," updates on meetings, workshops and other development events, and much, much more.
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A collection of five papers discussing the notion of internationalisation at home developed in late 1990s by Swedish professor Bengt Nilsson. The papers deal with issues of curriculum, pedagogy and governance.
http://www.eaie.org/IaH/IaHPositionPaper.pdf
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The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies is a free e-journal published by the Institute for Education Policy Studies, which, we learn, is "an independent Radical Left/ Socialist/ Marxist institute for developing analysis of education policy. The Journal seeks to develop Marxist analysis of policy and policy development." The journal is edited by Dave Hill, Peter McLaren, and Pablo Gentili, and the website has volumes accessible back to 2003 and will certainly give you a rich grounding in critical educationist discourse.
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The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of ideas and people, and informed citizen participation.
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National Education Association is the largest professional employee origanization and is committed to advancing public education. The NEA website presents various resources for teachers, students and commuity organizers.
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The Nautilus Institute aims to enhance global problem solving "by applying and refining the strategic tools of cooperative engagement to fundamental problems undermining global security and sustainability". Mainly focused on global governance, this institute has developed a Globalization & Governance Program that identifies and fosters innovative policies to improve social and environmental ethics in global markets. In addition, it provides a series of global papers on virtual diasporas and issues related to security, energy and globalization/governance.
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The Public Education Network is an advocacy group with the "guiding principle" that "public education is fundamental to a democratic, civil, prosperous society," something we see all over this website. From the Publications page to the Newsroom to the community No Child Left Behind hearings reports, this website is a testimony to motivated, engaged advocacy of public education in the United States. Don't miss Newsblast, a weekly blog on current education issues.
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This academic site focuses on the political economy of the global system of nations and social classes, "as a discipline dealing with relations of dependency, interdependency and domination between nations and social groups within and between nations". Student and researchers will find materials on the effects of colonisation, decolonisation, neo-colonisation and globalisation on the styles of development in Asian, African and Latin American societies.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Scholars of Islam & the Tragedy of Sept. 11 website from the Study of Islam Section of the American Academy of Religion offers a lot of information regarding the September 11, 2001 World Trade Tower attacks, including political statements, information regarding the Taliban, Afghanistan, and Muslim organizations, and about the related work of humanitarian and peace organizations. The following quote introduces the site: "The following web page is produced through the cooperation of over 50 professors of Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies from the US and Canada. These scholars are members of the Study of Islam section at the American Academy of Religion, the largest international organization responsible for the academic study of religion."
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The Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit organization committed to promote peace initiatives at national, regional, and international levels. This institute fosters dialogue among peace researchers, policymakers, and community activists by bringing them into interdisciplinary, transnational, collaborative, learning communities. Moreover, it provides research, educational, and advisory services on four major themes that critically affect the world community: (1) Human Security and Global Governance, (2) Human Rights and Global Ethics, (3) Social Justice and Global Economy, and (4) Cultural Identity and Global Citizenship.
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The World Bank Group: Globalization site presents a variety of resources related to World Bank initiatives and perspectives, most notably the Key Readings. These are not overly long papers on a variety of topics we all might find interesting. Also here are Data and Statistics, News and Videos, and Issue Briefs. Also don't miss the Policy Research Working Papers by topic for a wide-ranging assortment of research resources.
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The World Factbook of the United States Central Intelligence Agency is an excellent place to get quick thumbnail sketches of every nation in the world, including maps, population statistics, economic information, and ethnic composition data, and even Transnational Issues of significance for each nation.
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YaleGlobal Online is another 'one-stop shopping' site for all things global. "Topics" pages devoted to such issues as the economy, gender, science & technology, and security and terrorism offer multiple and informative papers. Naturally we would all be interested in the About Globalization section, where we find Academic Papers, Books and Reviews, and excellent links in Related Web Sites. There are also interesting Forums and a Newsletter, however, for these you need to register.
