THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Authors

  • David C. Smith McGill University

Abstract

It is one of the contradictions of our time that, in an age of internationalism, education in all countries continues to be oriented very much towards the nation state. There are two principal reasons for this predicament. The first is that education is still financed and prescribed by local, provincial and, in some cases, national governments without being exposed appreciably to the broadening influences of supra-national organizations. The second is that educational institutions are prone to resist change and, indeed, as they find uncertainty in the complexities of the contemporary world, prefer, as McLuhan says, to look in the rear-view mirror.

Author Biography

David C. Smith, McGill University

David C. Smith is Associate Professor of Education, McGill. Dr. Smith has his Ph.D. in International Education from the University of London and is currently Chairman of the Education Committee of the United Nations Association in Canada.

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Published

1969-08-31

How to Cite

Smith, D. C. (1969). THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 4(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6785

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Vol. 4 No. 002 (1969)

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