globalisation and education Flashcards

1
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what was Micheal Gove inspired by?

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scandanvia - after Finland and Sweden fall into International school league tables

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what countries are improving sig. passing European in maths, science and reading?

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Shanghai, singapore and Korea

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3
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what policy to Gove introduce?

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free schools

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4
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what did Gove argue about the changes to curriculum and teachers pay?

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positive - saying abt the parallels to east Asia

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5
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uk’s performance is?

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stable

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6
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what do critics say the uk will need to?

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more to ensure that students can succeed in emergeing global economies

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7
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what are free school?

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parents can set up own school - parentocarcy

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8
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what has globalisation on education done positivly?

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+flow of ideas abt education - to politicians, specialists and teachers learn alternative ways of teaching and assessing

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9
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what challenges has globalisation on education brought about?

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changing requirements of the economy as workers need to use technology and adapt skills faster - demand greater geographical moult

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10
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why does Changing requirements pose a challenge for educators?

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need to prepare students for this working environment

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11
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how is the increasing flow of people into education from other cultures a challenge?

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schools must adapt to make sure immigrants have adequate support and school places

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12
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their is concerns over what abt opportunity?

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access and equality

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13
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what does the economy demand?

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flexible workforce, culture of learning that recognise knowledge and skills aren’t fixed

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14
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new labour policy on flexible workforce - and changing of knowledge and skills

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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

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15
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how is greater individualism in education reflected?

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students encourage to think in their own style of learning and develop skills and qualifications to suit them

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16
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what ways has curriculum changed to involve a greater awareness of a global world view?

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global issues and cross-cultural practices, ways of life and influence of globalisation

17
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policies to enrol more international students at…

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all levels of education

18
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what has citizenship studies done to create a greater awareness of a global view?

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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

19
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what do school policies focusing on equality, diversity and inclusion do?

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reflect the increasing diverse cultural background of students

20
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what do ofsted inspections often asses now on?

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their effectiveness in embracing diversity

21
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in 2012 how many young people 15-23 failed to access or complete primary SchooL?

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1/5

22
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what does Garrod state about the Millennium Development Goals and education?

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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

23
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what do postmodernist Morrow and Torres (1995) claim about different kinds of cultural values that being my transmitted by edcation and their social polices?

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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