Constructing educational consensus: international development professionals and the world conference on education for all |
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| Institution: | Assistant Professor (Acting), Stanford University School of Education, Stanford, CA 94305-3096, USA |
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| Abstract: | Since the end of World War II, a distinct community of organizations has emerged in high-income countries to promote `development' in the low-income countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This paper examines some of the effects of these organizations and the professionals they have produced on international educational norms and conventions, as typified by the 1990 World Conference on Education for All. I suggest that organizational variables, such as professionalism and resource dependence, rather than nation-state interests and dominance alone, explain the standardization of Western models of mass education in international conventions and declarations. |
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