Globalisation Flashcards
How have global ranking impacted education?
Use of global rankings like PISA
(programme for international student assessment)
Has resulted in significant changes to UK education system
Greater emphasis on testing in the core subjects and STEM
To enable the UK to compete with other countries
How have the growth of transnational corporations affected education?
Many are edu-businesses
EG. pearosn is a global corporation
Involved in educational training, consultancy, publishing exams
How have new resources impacted education?
Globalisation has resulted on the availability of more resources for teaching
EG. internet, google, YouTube
How has movement across boarder impacted education?
Has created more multicultural schools and universities.
Academics and teachers from around the world work in the UK
More international students study at UK universities and colleges
What are examples of universities and colleges having campuses in other countries?
Uni of notts has campuses in China and Malaysia
Increasingly foreign universities are establishing centres in the UK
New York university has a campus in London
