'Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the transnational European Union.

1. Introduction 2. Key Contexts and Challenges CASE STUDIES 3. Australia; Andrew Peterson 4. Brazil; Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt 5. Canada; Carla Peck and Alan Sears 6. China; King Man Chong 7. United Kingdom; Ian Davies 8. United States of America; Terrie Epstein and Debbie Sonu 9. The European Union and its Member States; Alistair Ross 10. Conclusions and Recommendations