FreshEd #142 – 2018 in Review (Susan Robertson and Roger Dale)

This is the final episode of 2018. It’s been an incredible year for FreshEd. We’ve aired 41 new episodes and had nearly 130,000 downloads over the past 12 months. We’ve also received financial support from the Open Society Foundations, which is allowing us to transcribe episodes and translate a few into Chinese and Arabic. I’d like to say thank you to Sherry, Hang, and Lushik for their tireless efforts producing the show. FreshEd would not be possible without you. I’d also like to thank our listeners for your continued support. It’s been wonderful to hear from you over the year. Please do consider rating us on iTunes or sending your comments directly to me through our website. Your feedback will only make the show better. In what is now becoming a tradition, today we review the field of comparative and international education for 2018. With me are Susan Robertson and Roger Dale, co-editors of the journal Globalisation, Societies and Education. In our conversation, we touch on many topics, from the contradictions found within the Sustainable Development Goals to the lack of Climate Change research in the field and to the power of PISA. Susan and Roger also point to new directions in research for 2019. Susan Robertson is a Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, and Roger Dale is a Professor of Education at the University of Bristol. http://www.freshedpodcast.com/2018inreview/ email: info@freshedpodcast.com twitter: @freshedpodcast