Outline and explain two ways in which globalisation has affected educational policies in the United Kingdom

Question 1

point 1

Answer 1

• creation of international ranking e.g pisa testing
• enable education to compare the performance of their students in maths, english and science againsts students globally
• like the introduction of league tables in the UK
• Allows governments to compare performances and enables them to quantitavely examine the impacts of teaching, learning and assessment strategies

Question 2

point 2

Answer 2

• expansion of privatisation in the education system.
• neo liberal economic policy has become the dominant economic policy in the era of globalisation, partly because of the role of IMF and other international gov organisations
• led to rapid expansion of the educational market