JOAN LINGARD

Los autores exploran las principales causas que han impulsado el cambio político que se ha producido a nivel mundial en materia de educación. Sugieren que éstos no funcionan de la misma manera en todos los Estados o naciones. Examinan los efectos transformadores de la globalizacion en el terreno discursivo en el que las politicas educativas se desarrollan y promulgan, con el argumento de que este terreno esta cada vez mas influenciado por una serie de preceptos neoliberales que han cambiado fundamentalmente el pensamiento sobre gestion de la educacion. Los autores afirman a su vez que estos preceptos se han convertido en hegemonicos, a pesar de resistirse en algunos paises a aceptarlos. Este libro proporciona una vision general de las siguientes cuestiones criticas en la politica educativa a la que este punto de vista hegemonico de la globalizacion ha dado lugar: transferencia y descentralizacion; nuevas formas de gobierno; el equilibrio entre la financiacion publica y privada de la educacion; acceso, equidad y la educacion de las niñas; planes de estudios en particular con respecto a la enseñanza del idioma Ingles y la tecnologia; pedagogias y con mucha confianza en las pruebas; el comercio mundial de la educacion.Estas cuestiones se estudian en el contexto de grandes cambios en los procesos globales y los discursos ideologicos que estan experimentando de una forma negociada todos los paises. El libro ofrece una aproximacion al analisis de politicas educativas en la era de la globalizacion y sera de gran interes para quienes estudian la globalizacion y la politica de la educacion en las ciencias sociales.

Willa is a polite and respectable young woman, trying to cope with the tedium of her life whilst her husband is away on a year-long cruise with the Navy. Living with a controlling mother-in-law only serves to fuel her sense of claustrophobia. Her only escape is to submerge herself in books, and at her local library she meets Richard, a charming and intelligent young writer who shares her passion for reading. As their relationship blossoms, it begins to change Willas life. Despite her initial reluctance, she allows herself to enjoy the taste of a different existence, yet all the while struggling with the knowledge that Tommys steady progress will eventually bring him back home...

Cormac, born and brought up in Belfast, living now in Edinburgh with his wife and children, is an art teacher, an admirer of Rodin and a sculptor himself. When he tries to transmit his enthusiasm for Rodin to his students he finds his words tend to fall on stony ground, except when it comes to Clarinda Bain.Fifteen years old, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Clarinda is his keenest and most ardent student. On a school trip to Paris she becomes obsessed by the work and life of Gwen John, in particular by her affair with Rodin. She then begins to mirror this relationship by becoming obsessed herself with her own mentor, which throws Cormacs life as a teacher and husband into confusion.Compelling and exquisitely written, The Kiss is a study of artistic and sexual obsession by a writer at the height of her powers.

It is 1920 and the beautiful village of Yegen, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, awakens to a new year and two events that are to change the pueblo for ever: the birth of Encarnita, a beautiful dark-eyed girl; and the arrival of the British writer Gerald Brenan and his string of artistic and literary visitors, including Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington. Growing up in Yegen, and taught English by Brenan, the beautiful Encarnita longs for the world outside the small pueblo - the stories Brenan and his friends tell her spark her imagination. And so begins her long journey, from the Sierra to Edinburgh, where eighty years after her birth, she will have one last story to tell. Exquisitely written, Encarnitas Journey is a tale as beautiful as its Spanish setting, with touches of true insight into the lives of its literati cast and dark-eyed heroine.

Kevin and Sadie both know their relationship is dangerous. In these terrifying times in Belfast, no Catholic boy and Protestant girl go out together without resentment and even violence flaring up around them. So what will happen if they insist on seeing each other? This is the second of Joan Lingard's stories about the young Belfast couple Kevin and Sadie. It can be enjoyed on its own or read as part of the series.

It's 1939, and Spain is a country torn apart by civil war. Nick has come from Scotland in search of his father - who left the family home three years ago to fight in Spain. He never came back.

Natashas story is set against the background of the Russian Revolution as she and her family flee persecution. Her story is dramatically and cleverly linked with the present as her heirs search for her will. The will can only be found through a trail of literary clues from classic childrens books.

The Twelfth Day of July is first of Joan Lingards influential Kevin and Sadie books, set in Belfast during the Troubles. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic - and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare - kids fooling around - but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevins life forever. But will the world around them change too? The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Mans Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. OBrien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.

The third of Joan Lingards ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books, after The Twelfth of July and Across the Barricades.Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of young marriage to the sombre representation of life in Belfast.

Across the Barricades is part of Joan Lingards ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie series, the sequel to The Twelfth Day of July. Both books are part of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but its not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together - not without dangerous consequences . . .The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Mans Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. OBrien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.

El interés principal de este libro es examinar el modo en que los procesos globales transforman la política educativa en todo el mundo, en un abanico de formas complicadas, complejas, conmensuradas y contradictorias. Pretende proveer una nueva introducción a los estudios políticos sobre educación, aportando información proveniente de nuestras recientes experiencias en la elaboración y evaluación de políticas, y con nuestro compromiso académico con la literatura diseñada para comprender los procesos de globalización.