Globalisation of education Flashcards
What is globalisation?
Increased interconnectedness of society so what happens in one locality is shaped by sistant event or another
-Caused by the spread of new information and media technologies (internet), cheep air travel, mass tourism, mass migration, increased number of multinational business
International comparison of pupil performance, whats PISA stand for?
programme international student assessment
What is PISA?
country’s now learn from each others as different country’s schools system is ranked
Germany used class differences, pisa gave tips to germany and they’ve now risen from below average to above average
How has pisa influenced the UK education system?
Former education secretary Michael Gove called for longer school days and less holidays- this wouldnt work in the UK as we have different cultures than ares like china
-Finland top performing mation by influencing free schools- Also wouldn’t work in the UK as finland’s more social democratic where as we are more neoliberalism
Increased variety of schools? USA
Charter schools in america have influenced the development of academy’s in the UK
Charter schools that are publically funded by operation of independent groups, also have more flexibility to set the cirriculum+ school hours + traditional state schools and finally more lee way in recruiting teachers
Globalisation of education- Immigration?
Increased immigration means that the educational additional language students need more help
Increased variety of schools? Scandinavia
Autonomy of schools and teachers in Scandinavian schools
Finland- influenced the push of free schools
Also raised entry requirements for trainee teachers as in the case in Finland
Globalisation of education- Immigration- criticism’s?
We don’t have enough money for all of this
Globalisation of education- Kelley?
emphasises placed on educated pupils, teach what it is like to be british but also a part if European global community, in order to create a more cohesive curriculum
e.g. Citizenship in GCSE
Globalisation of education- Kelley criticism?
Contardics ethnocentric curium
Globalisation of education- pandemic?
huge impact, lost and remote learning. Student mental health and poor attendance in school
Globalisation of education- Global company’s?
Global company’s more involved in education, the googlification of classrooms
Globalisation of education- Global economy?
British schools have to adapt to keep up with global economy
e.g. computer programmes in primary schools
Globalisation of education- Global terrorism?
Lead to schools introducing programmes to prevent to reduce the risk of being groomed by terrorists
Globalisation of education- Global terrorism criticisms?
Only religious/ethnic minority is targeted opening up discrimination