globalisation and effect on policy

Question 1

what is globalisation?

Answer 1

increased interconnectivness of different areas of the world politically, economically and socially

Question 2

what has globalisation lead to within education?

Answer 2

• international ranking schemes like PISA where countries can look at the top performing countries and take inspo from their education system
• EAL and ESOL funding to help non native english speakers gain level 2 english qualifications
• privatisation and marketisation of education
• less manual jobs as porduction has been moved abroad

Question 3

what does kelly argue about globalisation and education

Answer 3

the educational policy is now being geared towards the global economy

Question 4

who is edexcel owned by

Answer 4

us education publishing giant pearson

according to ball some pearson GCSE exam answers are marked in sydney and iowa

Question 5

how has the cola-isation of schools occcured?

Answer 5

vending machines on school premises and development of brand loyalty through school sponsorships has been called the cola-isation of schools

molnar argues this is becuase. schools are targets becuase they are a target selling point

Question 6

what is balls criticism of the privatsiaton of education?

Answer 6

benefits the affluent rulling class

Question 7

whats the hyper-globalist view of globalisation and education?

Answer 7

the creation of global citizen a greater tolerance and respect for differences. Great access to info which leads to higher educational achievement

Question 8

Marxist view on globalization (Joel spring)

Answer 8

globalisation only creates better education opportunities. For the wealthy (Joel spring- digital drive, corporations setting the educational agenda, disempowering of teachers)

Question 9

Stuart halls view on conservative policies on privatisation

Answer 9

creation of academies are an example of handing over public services to private capitalists such as educational businesses

privatization is said to drive up competition and standards but in reality, it is used to legitimate the turning of education into a source of private profit

Question 10

impacts of globalization on educational policy

Answer 10

introduction of national literacy and numeracy strategy with an I am to build skills for a global market place

global league tables have pushed the Uk to change educational policy in order to mirror the educational success of better nations for example in 2012 the educational requirement to become a trainee teacher was increased which as following finland and increase extra funding for maths and english