Nelly P. Stromquist is Professor at the University of Maryland. Her research covers a wide range of issues: gender and education; popular and non-formal education; social movements in education; global and national equity policies; and the impact of globalization on education, particularly on professorial identity. She examines educational phenomena from a sociological perspective that builds upon critical theory.
Written by Nelly P. Stromquist
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Standards and working conditions The global status of teachers and the teaching profession
Nelly P. Stromquist
26 September 2018The Global Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession is a crucial read, as it describes and quantifies the challenges teachers face worldwide, but also delineates a path towards a more sustainable future. This ground-breaking global report presents the voice of teachers across all levels of education from early childhood,...
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Leading the profession 12 December 2017 #WDR2018 Reality Check #7: “The Gender Dimension in the World Bank’s Perception”, by Nelly Stromquist
Nelly P. Stromquist
With the production of a World Development Report focused on education, the World Bank makes a decisive claim to its authority in education policy. Given an introductory section acknowledging 119 “researchers and specialists across the world” who provided “feedback and suggestions” for the report (WDR 2018 hereafter), it would seem...
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Standards and working conditions Twenty years later: International efforts to protect the rights of higher education teaching personnel remain insufficient
Nelly P. Stromquist
18 October 2017The prevailing discourse on higher education has raised a voice concerning quality, equality, and equity—all centered on students. Surprisingly, such discussions have remained relatively silent on another set of actors crucial to the teaching/learning process: higher education personnel.
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Equity and inclusion 19 May 2017 Women Teachers in Africa
Nelly P. Stromquist
A balanced representation of men and women teachers in the classroom creates a healthy environment, where children and youth have access to the wisdom and guidance of adults with varying experiences, attitudes, and skills. The presence of women teachers in two regions of the world, however, is quite weak. In...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 April 2017 Competencies for Today and Tomorrow
Nelly P. Stromquist
At a recent education conference, I was invited to participate in a panel entitled, “Problematizing future competencies: Learning development in the unknown 21st century.” Something about the title generated resistance in me, so instead of offering suggestions on “competencies” for the “unknown” 21st century, I problematized the theme of the...
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Worlds of Education 15 November 2016 Casualization of Faculty and its DiscontentsCasualization of Faculty and its Discontents
Nelly P. Stromquist