Education: globalisation Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Globalisation increases the connections around the world
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- movement of people: diversity
- technology: phones, internet
- Culture leads to hybridity: people identifying with different cultures
2
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Emergence of global companies
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- increase in global exam companies, e.g. Pearson’s operates in other countries to compete: schools compete on global league tables to be the best
- Companies emerge to write the curriculum, allowing other countries to compete: global league tables.
- Companies emerge to design programmes to aid learning, e.g. TTRockstars
3
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New Labour
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- increased government spending on education: Surestart, EAZ, EMA.
- wanted to increase the number of people going to university e.g, Aim Higher aimed for 50% to go to uni.
- raised school leaving age to 18: ALevels, College, Aprreticeships - reduces NEETs.
4
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Neo-Liberalism
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- Uk Unis and private schools can set up ‘branches’ abroad - varied curriculum to increase opportunities.
- global companies education with training abroad e.g. JCB.
- wanted the local government to have less involvement in schools so academies would have to take control of their curriculum and learning.
5
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Marxist criticisms of Neo-Liberalism
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- Globalisation produces more opportunities for the wealthy e.g. elite private schools compete with failing state schools.
- The growth in technology disempowers teachers: they cannot plan a memorable, good lesson due to the emergence of technology and education e.g. TTRockstars.
- Spring argues the corporatism of education has led to a digital divide, e.g. apps to aid learning makes all learning the same.
6
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Consequences of globalisation
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- The national curriculum needs to adapt and reflect global interests.
- there is now a greater demand for EAL lessons (English as a 2nd language)
- There is a large growth in the multiculturalisation of education, e.g. all different kinds of schools to reflect different religions such as Catholic, Islamic, Judaism.
