globalisation Flashcards
what is globalisation?
-how trade and tech have made the world more connected and interdependent
in what ways could globalisation influenced ED in the uk?
-international GCSE
-learning about diff cultures
-national curriculum reforms
-raise school leaving age
-EAL support
-international students
what are the international data sources and what do they show?
-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
how has the UK done on the league tables
-26/65 maths
-23/65 reading
-20/65 science
uk hasent performed well
how has the uk tried to improve it?
-raise school leaving age
-slim down national curriculum to essential knowledge
-raising academic entry requirements for trainee teachers from 2012
have the improvements worked?
- 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
how else has globalisation impacted ED?
adopting ED policies from other countries (as gov is aware of other countries doing well in ED)
what did michael gove do?
-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
evaluate adopting ED policies from other countries
-made GCSE harder (memorise facts and coursework taken out)
-things aren’t better
-BUT have improved league table positions
how else has globalisation impacted ED?
-development of multi cultural education policies
what does -development of multi cultural education policies mean?
-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.
in what ways do schools support ethnic backgrounds?
-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
is development of multi cultural education policies doing enough?
-events like black history month ONLY once
- AQA gcse english doesn’t include any texts from black authors