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Mobility as a Continuum: European Commission Mobility Policies for Schools and Higher Education

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Contemporary education differs from education in previous eras for many reasons—among them the fact that we live in a globalized world that is more complex and internationally involved than ever before (Bauman, 2000; Beck, 2000; Giddens, 1991). In line with expanding globalization in almost every sphere of life, in the last few decades education systems worldwide have undergone numerous transformational reforms, following the spirit of New Public Management and affected by governmental spending cuts, decentralization, marketization and increased local and global competition (Ball, 2012; Vinokur, 2010). These changes are not limited to any specific location or stage of education; parallel processes take place in developed and developing countries, in schools and universities, and in central and peripheral locations.

Previous version of this chapter was published in: Dvir, Y. & Yemini, M. (2016). Mobility as a Continuum: European Commission Mobility Policies for Schools and Higher Education. Journal of Education Policy.

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Yemini, M. (2017). Mobility as a Continuum: European Commission Mobility Policies for Schools and Higher Education. In: Internationalization and Global Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38939-4_2

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