globalisation

Question 1

what is globalisation?

Answer 1

-how trade and tech have made the world more connected and interdependent

Question 2

in what ways could globalisation influenced ED in the uk?

Answer 2

-international GCSE
-learning about diff cultures
-national curriculum reforms
-raise school leaving age
-EAL support
-international students

Question 3

what are the international data sources and what do they show?

Answer 3

-PISA(programme for international assessment)
-TIMSS(trends in international mathematics and science study)
-PIRLS(programme international reading literacy study)
show= relative performance of diff countries, these league tables highly influence government and how they try to improve

Question 4

how has the UK done on the league tables

Answer 4

-26/65 maths
-23/65 reading
-20/65 science
uk hasent performed well

Question 5

how has the uk tried to improve it?

Answer 5

-raise school leaving age
-slim down national curriculum to essential knowledge
-raising academic entry requirements for trainee teachers from 2012

Question 6

have the improvements worked?

Answer 6

• selection for the international comparisons are mainly at posh grammar schools(not very representative of working class areas)
  -however, helps primary school students do better for extra support

Question 7

how else has globalisation impacted ED?

Answer 7

adopting ED policies from other countries (as gov is aware of other countries doing well in ED)

Question 8

what did michael gove do?

Answer 8

-looked at successes of countries e.g china, singapore and finland to inspire his policies
what were michael goves policies?
-reforms to the national curriculum
(britain dropped rankings for PISA test)
-reforms to GCSE and ALEVELS(british had dropped in maths, reading and science)
-intro of free school meals

Question 9

evaluate adopting ED policies from other countries

Answer 9

-made GCSE harder (memorise facts and coursework taken out)
-things aren’t better
-BUT have improved league table positions

Question 10

how else has globalisation impacted ED?

Answer 10

-development of multi cultural education policies

Question 11

what does -development of multi cultural education policies mean?

Answer 11

-pupils from diff countries w diff cultures and languages may migrate to the UK
-increase in ED policies aimed at including and supporting pupils from diff ethnic backgrounds.

Question 12

in what ways do schools support ethnic backgrounds?

Answer 12

-intro of events like black history month
-creation of the organisation “the black curriculum”
-EAL- providing support
-exams in home languages e,g italian GCSE

Question 13

is development of multi cultural education policies doing enough?

Answer 13

-events like black history month ONLY once
- AQA gcse english doesn’t include any texts from black authors