globalisation and policy

• increased competition for jobs abroad

  this meant the New Labour government increased spending on education in order to try and give children skills to make them more competitive in a global labour market.

  New Labour wanted 50% of children to enter Higher Education, although this goal was never achieved.
• economic globalisation - global ict companies

  These powerful institutions are now involved in writing curriculums, and online learning materials for various governments around the world.

  Thus education is increasingly shaped by Transnational Corporations, who make a profit out of providing these services to government.

  e.g apple, google, Pearson, Edexcel = exogenous privatisation
• migration - multiculturalism 


  all schools now teach about the ‘six world religions’ in RE, and we have many faith schools in the UK serving Muslim and Jewish students.

  In more recent years schools have had to respond to increasing numbers of Polish children entering primary and secondary schools.
• these changes mean that schools must now cater for pupils with different languages and cultures. For example, in London, one third of all schoolchildren speak English as a second language. In response, schools often employ bilingual teachers or use interpreters to communicate with parents whose first language isn't English. Some schools even offer classes in Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati. These efforts aim to ensure that every child can access high quality teaching regardless of their background.
• a03 - schools still adopt a national curriculum which doesn't reflect the increasing global culture

  e.g still taught mostly British history and literature, European languages
• growth of ict and global media

  challenges traditional schooling

  teachers may be no longer necessary

  e.g YouTube videos, online textbooks