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Global Compact on Education

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The Global Compact on Education is an initiative launched by the Vatican in 2020, aimed at fostering a global commitment to education as a fundamental human right. It seeks to promote inclusive, equitable, and quality education, emphasizing the importance of solidarity, dialogue, and collaboration among diverse stakeholders to address educational challenges worldwide.
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The Global Compact on Education is an initiative launched by the Vatican in 2020, aimed at fostering a global commitment to education as a fundamental human right. It seeks to promote inclusive, equitable, and quality education, emphasizing the importance of solidarity, dialogue, and collaboration among diverse stakeholders to address educational challenges worldwide.

Key research themes

1. How do global governance actors shape and transform education policy under the Global Compact on Education framework?

This theme explores the role of major international organizations, multilateral institutions, and global policy networks in constructing, disseminating, and implementing education agendas aligned with the Global Compact on Education. It addresses how entities like the OECD, World Bank, G20/T20, and philanthropic actors influence education policy through normative frameworks, statistical governance, standardized curricula, and market-based reforms. Understanding these governance mechanisms is vital as they shape the global education landscape, often balancing economic imperatives, policy diffusion, and socio-political dynamics within countries.

Key finding: This volume highlights the emergence of the global education industry (GEI) driven by private actors and multinational corporations who increasingly influence education agendas and policy-making at transnational scales. The... Read more
Key finding: Leveraging archival research and interviews, this study traces the historical expansion and impact of the OECD's education policies globally, showing how the OECD has functioned as a key global governance actor framing... Read more
Key finding: This research elaborates on the concept of a global education governing complex, constituted by multiple transnational institutions, norms, and policy practices that reshape national education systems. Through historical and... Read more
Key finding: Applying critical discourse analysis, this study identifies the growing role of G20 and its Think Tank network (T20) in shaping global education policy discourses. It finds that these fora frame education issues primarily in... Read more
Key finding: This paper reveals how OECD's policy-making employs statistical governance and competency-based frameworks to standardize curricula and pedagogical approaches globally. It critically connects these measures with corporate... Read more

2. What are the ideological and theoretical underpinnings of global education policies promoted through the Global Compact on Education?

This theme investigates the foundational ideas, ideological currents, and competing educational paradigms underlying the Global Compact on Education and related global education reforms. It engages with the critiques of neoliberal human capital models, the tension between global competence and global citizenship frameworks, and the religio-spiritual, cosmopolitan, and decolonial critiques that challenge the dominant visions embedded in policy. This area is critical for scholars seeking to understand the normative assumptions and socio-political implications of education reforms embedded in the Global Compact.

Key finding: Through comparative policy discourse analysis, this paper distinguishes between UNESCO's emphasis on global citizenship education oriented toward supranational identity, justice, and human rights, and OECD's framing of global... Read more
Key finding: From a philosophical perspective, this work critically explores how globalization influences education and exacerbates social inequalities. It frames education as a potential corrective mechanism but problematizes neoliberal... Read more
Key finding: This introduction foregrounds the global education reform movement’s neoliberal orientation, highlighting its focus on standardization, high-stakes testing, and market-oriented management models, while advocating for... Read more
Key finding: This special issue explores onto-epistemic and religio-spiritual dimensions in global education policy, interrogating Western modernity’s influence on policy construction and advancing pluriversal, decolonial, and... Read more
Key finding: This article examines the global proliferation of human capital ideology within education policy, underscoring the dominant role of organizations such as OECD and the World Bank in promoting education as economic investment.... Read more

3. How can monitoring and implementation frameworks for the Global Compact on Education be improved to better capture transformative educational progress?

This theme addresses the challenges in operationalizing, monitoring, and reporting on ambitious education targets within the Global Compact on Education, especially SDG Target 4.7 concerning global citizenship, sustainability, and human rights education. It critiques current monitoring approaches for their inadequacy in capturing comprehensive and comparable progress, and proposes innovative, participatory, and context-sensitive alternatives to enhance accountability and peer learning. Insights here are essential for refining policy mechanisms sustaining the transformation goals of the Global Compact.

Key finding: This paper critically analyzes current monitoring strategies of SDG Target 4.7, highlighting their limitations in adequately reflecting transformative education progress due to reliance on outdated reporting mechanisms. It... Read more

All papers in Global Compact on Education

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The article explores the pedagogical characteristics of Christ and then re-reads the seven objectives of the Global Compact on Education in the light of Christology, seeking to leave new reading keys that deepen these same objectives.
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