globalisation of education✅

Question 1

what does globalisation refer to

Answer 1

• the idea that in recent decades the world has become more interconnected
• the idea of a ‘global village’

Question 2

how has globalisation impacted education?

Answer 2

education systems now compete on a global scale rather than local/national

Question 3

give an example of how the uk education system is competing globally

Answer 3

• organisation of economic cooperation and development publish a yearly report involving where each country falls withing global league table

Question 4

what are the 5 features of globalisation

Answer 4

• technological development
• migration
• economic changes
• cultural changes
• political changes

Question 5

describe technological development as a feature of glbalisation

Answer 5

• new tehnologies have made it easier to connect over long distance
• creates a time-space compression

Question 6

describe migration as a feature of globalisation

Answer 6

• people are moving freely within countries for a variety of reasons

Question 7

describe cultural changes as a feature of globalisation

Answer 7

• we now live in a global culture created by mass media/internet
• this has led to westernisation of the world
  (cultural imperialism)

Question 8

describe political changes as a feature of globalisation

Answer 8

• globalisation has undermined the power of national state
• Ohmae states we now live in a borderless world where in some cases, TNC have more power than governments

Question 9

describe economic changes as a feature of globalisation

Answer 9

• economic activity now takes place on a global scale
• growth of transnational companies and an electric company

Question 10

what is the impact of globalisation on education regarding increased competition?

Answer 10

increased compitition for jobs meaning that schools have to change curriculum to meet the needs
eg: computer science

Question 11

what is the impact of globalisation on education regarding multiculturalism?

Answer 11

increased multiculturalism in schools means decline of ethnocentric curriculum

Question 12

what are the 6 main impacts of globalisation on the education system?

Answer 12

-increased competition meaning that schools adjust curriculum to meet needs eg. computer science
-globalised education services
eg: google classroom
-globalised risk prevention strategies such as PREVENT which eradicates religious extremism in schools
-increased multiculturalism means decline of ethnocentric curriculum
-increased competition between schools and UNIs
-global rankings compare and contrast different systems and their efficiency

Question 13

how had globalisation changed the UK’s economy

Answer 13

-manufacturing jobs move to other countries so UK depends on service sector
- therefore correspondence theory (B+G) between school and factory is no longer relevant
- skills are delivered through hidden curriculum

Question 14

why is UK unable to compete with many emerging economies in the world?

Answer 14

• very cheap labour costs in other countries
• therefore UK needs to compete in terms of skills
• this influenced the 1990s labour policy of trying to get half of all school leavers to get a degree

Question 15

what were UK’s global rankings in 2016?

Answer 15

• 16th in science
• 22nd in reading
• 27th in math

Question 16

what does Alexander(2012) claim?

Answer 16

• the availability of data leads to a moral panic
• government then tries to implement policies to ‘deal with’ the decline in UK’s educational standards

Question 17

what is the hyper globalist view of globalisation?

Answer 17

• globalisation has been good for education
  eg: decline of ethnocentrism, technology

Question 18

what is the marxist view of globalisation?

Answer 18

• globalisation only provides more educational opportunity to the wealthy
  eg: w/c cant afford tech, travelling abroad = $$

Question 19

what is the neo-liberal view of globalisation?

Answer 19

• globalisation means governments can play a reduced role in the education system and reduce funding
  eg: business support

Question 20

what is the new fordist view on globalisation?

Answer 20

globalisation has increased competition in the job market which means governments should increase education spending
eg: Shultz

Question 21

what is an overall AO3 point on globalisation (regarding validity)

Answer 21

• is it actually fair to compare countries against each other?
• too narrow as a measure ;maths science and reading
• possibility of ethnocentrism? biased in favor of a certain country/nation?

Question 22

what is an overall AO3 point of globalisation regarding cultural variation?

Answer 22

• cant implement policies from high performing countries eg: china,