globalisation Flashcards

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what is globalisation?

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-how trade and tech have made the world more connected and interdependent

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in what ways could globalisation influenced ED in the uk?

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-international GCSE
-learning about diff cultures
-national curriculum reforms
-raise school leaving age
-EAL support
-international students

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what are the international data sources and what do they show?

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-PISA(programme for international assessment)
-TIMSS(trends in international mathematics and science study)
-PIRLS(programme international reading literacy study)
show= relative performance of diff countries, these league tables highly influence government and how they try to improve

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how has the UK done on the league tables

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-26/65 maths
-23/65 reading
-20/65 science
uk hasent performed well

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how has the uk tried to improve it?

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-raise school leaving age
-slim down national curriculum to essential knowledge
-raising academic entry requirements for trainee teachers from 2012

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have the improvements worked?

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  • selection for the international comparisons are mainly at posh grammar schools(not very representative of working class areas)
    -however, helps primary school students do better for extra support
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how else has globalisation impacted ED?

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adopting ED policies from other countries (as gov is aware of other countries doing well in ED)

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what did michael gove do?

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-looked at successes of countries e.g china, singapore and finland to inspire his policies
what were michael goves policies?
-reforms to the national curriculum
(britain dropped rankings for PISA test)
-reforms to GCSE and ALEVELS(british had dropped in maths, reading and science)
-intro of free school meals

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evaluate adopting ED policies from other countries

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-made GCSE harder (memorise facts and coursework taken out)
-things aren’t better
-BUT have improved league table positions

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how else has globalisation impacted ED?

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-development of multi cultural education policies

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what does -development of multi cultural education policies mean?

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-pupils from diff countries w diff cultures and languages may migrate to the UK
-increase in ED policies aimed at including and supporting pupils from diff ethnic backgrounds.

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in what ways do schools support ethnic backgrounds?

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-intro of events like black history month
-creation of the organisation “the black curriculum”
-EAL- providing support
-exams in home languages e,g italian GCSE

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is development of multi cultural education policies doing enough?

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-events like black history month ONLY once
- AQA gcse english doesn’t include any texts from black authors

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