The Search Process
The University of Calgary online databases was the first source of searching (for details on the databased searched please see the chart posted below). The process began by searching through social work abstracts. After a limited pool of resources were provided the search expanded to other databases. Many of the articles found were duplicated across searches. There are other sources used in this paper to provide background information and perspective but are not included in the literature review. A total of 20 articles will be summarized in the following review.
Exclusion/Inclusion of Literture
The literature that has been included in first section of this review focuses on the critical discourse in culturally relevant education. Included in this section are articles that focus on developing culturally relevant educational and social work practice in the Global South. Excluded was literature that evolved around culturally relevant education in the Global North and literature that was older than five years. Although there was a wider variety of literature that focused on the Global North; for the purposes of this paper the intent is to focus on international social welfare in the Global South. A total of six articles were chosen from his section. Within this review there are also sources that were not found in the search. These were chosen and are used to help reinforce the entire argument of the paper.
For the next section there was a larger body of literature that focused on Globalized and neo-liberal education in the Global North, which mainly focused around university and secondary education. There was less literature available on neo-liberal education in the Global South. Included in this section is literature that is relatively new (within five years of publication), these were chosen over older articles because the purpose of this literature review is to focus on current and critical discourse. Excluded from this literature are articles that focus on the neo-liberalism in education in the Global North. A total of five articles were chosen for this section. Again, within this section there are also sources that were not found in the search. These were chosen and are used to help reinforce the entire argument of the paper.
Finally the literature in the final section was chosen because it reflects both pro “NGOization” of education in the Global South and Con-“NGOization” of education in the Global South. The purpose of this section was to explore the current and critical discourse on the role that NGOs play when they are involved in educational initiatives. Articles were selected based on there relevancy to this topic as well as their publication date. For the purpose of this review articles were selected that reflect the current discourse within the past five years. The majority of the articles selected for this section were published in 2010 or 2009. The others were selected because of their relevancy to the topic. For a detailed outline of the literture selceted please see the Literture Map posted below.
For the next section there was a larger body of literature that focused on Globalized and neo-liberal education in the Global North, which mainly focused around university and secondary education. There was less literature available on neo-liberal education in the Global South. Included in this section is literature that is relatively new (within five years of publication), these were chosen over older articles because the purpose of this literature review is to focus on current and critical discourse. Excluded from this literature are articles that focus on the neo-liberalism in education in the Global North. A total of five articles were chosen for this section. Again, within this section there are also sources that were not found in the search. These were chosen and are used to help reinforce the entire argument of the paper.
Finally the literature in the final section was chosen because it reflects both pro “NGOization” of education in the Global South and Con-“NGOization” of education in the Global South. The purpose of this section was to explore the current and critical discourse on the role that NGOs play when they are involved in educational initiatives. Articles were selected based on there relevancy to this topic as well as their publication date. For the purpose of this review articles were selected that reflect the current discourse within the past five years. The majority of the articles selected for this section were published in 2010 or 2009. The others were selected because of their relevancy to the topic. For a detailed outline of the literture selceted please see the Literture Map posted below.