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Professional Background

Professor of Education

Educational Background

2004 Dr. h.c. of Education, Mongolian State University of Education, Ulaanbaatar (honorary doctoral degree)
 1983 Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland [Dr.phil.I]
1979 M.A. Social Psychology; Minors: Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland[lic.phil.I]

Scholarly Interests
International policy studies in education. School and teacher education reform from an international perspective. Education, development and international cooperation. Transnational policy borrowing/lending and globalization. Theories and methods (case study methodology) in international and comparative education. Analytical work, strategic planning and program evaluations in Mongolia and Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic).

Selected Publications

Silova, Iveta & Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, eds. (2008). How NGOs React: Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia. Greenwich, CT: Kumarian Press.

Steiner-Khamsi, Gita & Stolpe, Ines (2006). Educational Import. Local Encounters with Global Forces in Mongolia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, ed. (2004). The Global Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending. New York: Teachers College Press.

Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, Torney-Purta, Judith, & Schwille, John, eds (2002).New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship: An International Comparison. Oxford: Elsevier Science.



Gita Steiner-Khamsi

Gita Steiner-Khamsi

Professor of Education

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