Educators, professionalism and politics : global transitions, national spaces and professional projects / edited by Terri Seddon and John S. Levin.

Included bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Global transitions and teacher professionalism / Terri Seddon with Jenny Ozga and John S. Levin -- Part I: Globalization within the national space. When the global arises from inside the national / Saskia Sassen ; Teacher professionalization and the globalization of schooling / Noah W. Sobe ; The shifting boundaries of teacher professionalism : education privatization(s) in the post-socialist education space / Iveta Silova and William C. Behm -- Part II: Remaking educational formations and the national education space. Teachers' work, denationalisation, and transformations in the field of symbolic control : a comparative account / Susan L. Robertson ; The OECD and the global re-regulation of teachers' work : knowledge-based regulation tools and teachers in Finland and England / Risto Rinne and Jenny Ozga ; Local tradition, international engagement : challenges for the Asian professoriate / Anthony Welch ; What is college lecturers' work? Possibilities for professionalzing college lecturers in South Africa / Stephanie Matseleng Allais ; State interventions for university restructuring : the construction of academic practice and identity in public state universities in Mexico / Omar Garciá Ponce De Leoń, Virginia Montero Hernańdez, Mará Luisa Zorilla Abascal, Manuel Francisco Aguilar Tamayo and John S. Levin ; Learner-centred education and teacher professionalism at the local-global nexus / Michele Schweisfurth ; The doubts and uncertainties of French educators in the face of travelling policies / Romuald Normand ; Globalization and educational reform : what choices for teachers? / Malak Zaalouk ; Living the tensions : moral dilemmas in English language teaching / Phan Le Ha and Le Thuy Linh ; Globalization and transnational academic mobility : a case study of Chinese academic returnees / Qiongqiong Chen and Mei Li -- Part III: Re-engaging professionalism. The politics of privatization : insights from the Central Asian University / Sarah Amsler ; The once and future academic / David Watson ; Professional capital and the future of teaching / Andy Hargreaves.