globalisation and education Flashcards
what was Micheal Gove inspired by?
scandanvia - after Finland and Sweden fall into International school league tables
what countries are improving sig. passing European in maths, science and reading?
Shanghai, singapore and Korea
what policy to Gove introduce?
free schools
what did Gove argue about the changes to curriculum and teachers pay?
positive - saying abt the parallels to east Asia
uk’s performance is?
stable
what do critics say the uk will need to?
more to ensure that students can succeed in emergeing global economies
what are free school?
parents can set up own school - parentocarcy
what has globalisation on education done positivly?
+flow of ideas abt education - to politicians, specialists and teachers learn alternative ways of teaching and assessing
what challenges has globalisation on education brought about?
changing requirements of the economy as workers need to use technology and adapt skills faster - demand greater geographical moult
why does Changing requirements pose a challenge for educators?
need to prepare students for this working environment
how is the increasing flow of people into education from other cultures a challenge?
schools must adapt to make sure immigrants have adequate support and school places
their is concerns over what abt opportunity?
access and equality
what does the economy demand?
flexible workforce, culture of learning that recognise knowledge and skills aren’t fixed
new labour policy on flexible workforce - and changing of knowledge and skills
get mothers back to work and funding help with childcare - update their qualifications and return to work - greater opportunities in adult education e.g. access course and mature students at uni
how is greater individualism in education reflected?
students encourage to think in their own style of learning and develop skills and qualifications to suit them
what ways has curriculum changed to involve a greater awareness of a global world view?
global issues and cross-cultural practices, ways of life and influence of globalisation
policies to enrol more international students at…
all levels of education
what has citizenship studies done to create a greater awareness of a global view?
increase students awareness of meaning of uk citizen, and recinguse and value the mulitculural nature of UK - active citizenship - get involved with organisation and activities to understand cultures
what do school policies focusing on equality, diversity and inclusion do?
reflect the increasing diverse cultural background of students
what do ofsted inspections often asses now on?
their effectiveness in embracing diversity
in 2012 how many young people 15-23 failed to access or complete primary SchooL?
1/5
what does Garrod state about the Millennium Development Goals and education?
though to get people out of extreme poverty - there is still inequality within education - the targets have not been met for primary school children globally
what do postmodernist Morrow and Torres (1995) claim about different kinds of cultural values that being my transmitted by edcation and their social polices?
trying to discuss class, gender and ethnicity separately is no longer valid - individual interpretations of education should be understand along with a larger scale view of education across range of developed societies
