Dimmock Clive，Walker  Allan

Abstract：This paper highlights the importance of societal culture to developing theory, policy and practice within an increasingly globalising educational context. It argues that tensions exist between globalisation and societal culture and that globalisation makes the recognition of societal culture and cross-cultural similarities and differences more, not less, important. Consequently, the inclusion of societal culture as a factor in investigations covering such themes as the curriculum, teaching and learning, leadership and school-based management is seen as an imperative for the future development of comparative education. Accordingly, the first part of the paper clarifies the concept of 'globalisation'. In the second part, globalisation and societal culture are juxtaposed and the interface between them is explored. The third part offers a set of dimensions by which to gauge the influence of, and to compare, cultures. Finally, we illustrate our argument for greater cultural sensitivity by raising some key issues concerning school reform and improvement.

Keywords：Educational planning; Culture; School administration

总结：

1、本文突出社会文化发展理论、政策和实践在日益全球化教育背景下的重要性。它认为，全球化和社会文化之间关系紧张，并且全球化使得社会文化和跨文化的识别相似，差异更多。因此，社会文化的包容性作为调查覆盖的一个因素被视为是比较教育未来发展的一种趋势。其中调查覆盖的主题有课程、教学、领导和校本管理等。

2、本文在第一部分阐明了“全球化”的概念；在第二部分，全球化和社会文化两者并列，还对它们之间的接口进行了探讨；第三部分提供了一组维度来测量其影响，并将之与文化作比较；最后，文章通过一些与学校改革和完善的关键问题说明了更大的文化敏感性。

来源:Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education. Oct2000, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p303-312. 10p.