Global Educational Inequality

Structures, Agency, and Pathways toward Human Right

Amy Shumin Chen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2026
Springer Verlag, Singapore
9789819565603 (ISBN)

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Education under globalization becomes a contested terrain: while it can reproduce class hierarchies and epistemic hegemonies, it may also be reimagined as a site of empowerment and emancipation through critical pedagogy and intercultural dialogue. This book examines the deepening patterns of global educational inequality and their implications for human rights, offering a framework that connects global structures, national reforms, and everyday educational experiences. It reframes equity as a relational field shaped by intersecting forces, highlighting marginalized groups and peripheral regions as revealing the limits of reform. By linking structure, agency, and normativity, the book provides an integrated account of the production, stabilization, and disruption of inequality, advancing beyond literature that treats these domains separately and offering a forward-looking guide for research and policy committed to human rights and social justice.

Professor Amy Shumin Chen is Associate Professor and Associate Director in the Department of Education and Learning Technology at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, and currently serves as President of the Taiwan Association of the Sociology of Education. She previously held the position of Chief Editor of the Taiwan Journal of Sociology of Education. She received her Doctor of Education degree from National Taiwan Normal University. She was a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work in higher education has been recognized through multiple awards for teaching excellence and innovation at both the university and national levels. Professor Chen has made significant contributions to academic and professional service, including roles as General Secretary of the Taiwan Association of Sociology of Education and the Taiwan Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. She actively participates in national education policy and serves as a (co)principal investigator for major initiatives on global citizenship education, lifelong learning, education reform, and the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in Taiwan. She also serves on professional committees related to education and community learning. Her research focuses on the sociology of education and globalization, with particular interests in global citizenship, comparative education, multicultural education, teaching practices, lifelong learning, and adult education.

Educational equity as access to quality education.- Illustration and reflection on global educational inequality.- Developing citizen capacity as approaches to educational justice.- Lifelong learning as attainments on human rights.- Remote learning and educational equity for differentiated groups.- Cultivating active citizens in international initiatives learning framework.- Structural Duality Dialectics on Global Citizenship Education.- Influential mechanism on undergraduate students’ social justice competencies.- Connecting with minority groups for undergraduate student.- Conclusions.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.5.2026
Reihe/Serie	Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
Zusatzinfo	15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Adult Education • Asian experiences on education • Critical pedagogy • duality of structure • equity in education • Globalization and education • glocalization and education • higher education • localization and education • multiculturalism and education policy • teaching practice
ISBN-13	9789819565603 / 9789819565603
Zustand	Neuware