globalisation Flashcards
What is globalisation?
the idea that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected and barriers are disappearing
Name the 5 impacts of globalisation
-job availability
-outsourcing educational resources
-increasing migration
-economic globalisation
-greater comparison between countries
Mitsos and Browne
w/c boys’ ‘identity crisis’
List some critiques of globalisation
-not all sociologists believe that globalisation is really happening
-ranking systems focus too narrowly on skills so not an effective measure of success
-adopting national policies can be very costly and may sometimes be short-live i.e abandoned when political parties change
increasing migration
-has meant education is now more multicultural- 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
however..
-There are many ways in which the curriculum could be considered ethnocentric therefore, whilst multicultural education may have increased, there are still significant developments that need to be made
job availability
-Mitsos and Browne- globalisation has created less availability for manual jobs as these are now regularly outsourced to other countries in order to save costs
-As a result, Mitsos and Browne felt that boys were less likely to achieve, as they didn’t have jobs available to strive for in the future
however..
-This is likely to affect working class boys, only as they are most likely to turn to manual jobs in their futures so it cannot explain why some middle-class boys also underachieve
outsourcing educational resources
-with the increase in technology, examples can now mark papers across the world (e.g. some Pearson GCSE answers are now marked on Sydney)
-Buckingham and Scranton- the UK’s 4 leading educational software companies are all owned by global multinationals
economical globalisations
-means increase competition from abroad, which means British students today are expected to spend longer in education
-Globalisation has meant that most of the unskilled factory jobs have now moved abroad, and increasingly British workers need to be better educated in order to get jobs at all. -Thus the expansion of higher education means that more students experience higher education and are better qualified than their parents.
however…
-Working-class students are least likely to go to university. This will therefore perpetuate social class differences in both achievement and outcomes in later life. If work class students are not accessing these higher education qualifications.
greater comparison between countries
-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publish a yearly report, which details where each country falls within a global league table
-The UK can ‘borrow’ ideas from other countries that are more successful in the hopes that this might also improve the performance of the UK
-Singapore and Hong Kong top the rankings in all areas and Finland is the highest place European country coming fourth in science and fifth and reading, so these could be good countries to borrow from
): however..
-The UK borrowed the idea of free schools from Sweden, and then Sweden position fell in the table- the table positions can fluctuate year-on-year so caution should be taken!
): however..
-it may not always be practical or feasible for the government to implement any of these changes. For example, many countries towards the top of the table pay. Their teacher is very highly and request that they have additional qualifications which might be possible to implement in the UK.
