Globalisation

• Impact of globalisation on education-

  -increased comp for jobs mean that schools have to change to the curriculum to meet new needs e.g. computer science

  -Increased multiculturalism in schools and decline of ethnocentric curriculum

  -Increased comp between schools and unis for students

  -Increased risk and safegaurding issues in schools e.g. cyber bullying etc
• PISA tests

  Evaluate educational systems across nations
• Hyper gobalist view (Omhae)

  -Creation of global citizens

  -Greater tolerance and respect for differences

  -Greater access to info creating higher educational achievement
• Marxist view (Spring)

  Globalisation only provides more educational opportunities to the wealthy

  -Global cooperations are setting the educational agenda

  -Creating a digital divide

  -Disempowering of teachers
• Neo-liberal view

  -Globalisation allows for private schools and unis to expand around the world

  -Globalisation means that governments can play a reduced role in the education system and reduce funding
• New Fordist view

  -Globalisation has increased comp in the job market which means govts. should increase education spending

  -Needs to be more focus on skills
• Globalisation and schools - Kelly

  • educational policies may become increasingly designed to produce workers who can compete in the global economy
  • education systems globally may become more similar with an increasing trend of marketisation
  • similar school improvement programmes may be introduced globally as more multinational companies become involved e.g. Pearson is used globally
• Globalisation in higher education - Ball

  points points out that unis have become increasingly global institutions by:

  • setting up subsidiaries in other countries eg Lancaster uni has a joint venture in china
  • offering online courses to a global audience
  • trying to attract more overseas students (who can be charged higher fees)
• Multinational companies and education - Ball

  • sees a close link between globalisation and increasing involvement of private companies in education
  • he feels this reduced the control of national governments over education
  • however globalisation may have other effects. increased migration may lead to a more multicultural curriculum