globalisation

• TIMSS 


  Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

  monitor trends in student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading. Currently more than 70 countries participate
• PISA rankings 


   is an international study which began in the year 2000.

  It aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in participating countries/economies.

  allows countries to see how other countries teach and been inspired to use their techniques
• migration 


  globalisation had led to more people moving around the globe

  e.g work abroad, uni abroad
• privatisation - exogenous privatisation


  led to global ICT companies providing equipment for schools e.g Apple, google

  international exam boards like Pearson writing exam papers and curriculums

  education increasingly shaped by transnational corporations
• multicultural education

  • all schools teach RE on many different religions
  • faith schools - catholic, jewish, muslim
• global ICT companies and global media challenges traditional schooling e.g free educational content on YouTube
• variety of schools

  • academies - similar to American education system
  • free schools - similar to Scandinavian / Swedish style schools
• new labour view of globalisation

  • globalisation necessary to provide a high skilled work force to compete in a global labour market
  • created city academies
  • increased leaving age to 18 - so have a higher skilled workforce
  • encouraged more people to go to university
• effects of globalisation

  • greater use of technology in education
  • PISA rankings
  • schools need to adapt to immigrant students who have English as second language (EAL/ESOL)
• EAL - English as an additional language
• ESOL - English for speakers of other languages
• effects of globalisation on policy

  • schools - academies and free schools
  • national literacy and numeracy strategy
  • raising standards of teachers - e.g extended teacher training programmes
  • privatisation and marketisation policies
  • introduction of British values
  • more international students studying in uk - increased International university fees
• British values 


  British Values are today taught as something passive and peaceful and the policy discourse suggests that greater social harmony can be achieved if everyone accepts ‘Britishness’ as a core identity rather than us celebrating multiculturalism in schools

  Due to increase in immigrants, coalition government want to preserve British culture and assimilate other ethnic groups