globalisation and education

Question 1

Globalisation

Answer 1

the increased interconnectedness
between people and nation states. Includes technological, economic
and cultural interconnectedness.

Question 2

Migration

Answer 2

The movement of peoples from one place to another. Either within a country or between countries.

Question 3

PISA Tests

Answer 3

The Programme for International Student Assessment is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in
member and non-member nations intended to evaluate educational
systems by measuring 15- year-old school pupils’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading.

Question 4

PREVENT Policy

Answer 4

Prevent is about safeguarding and
supporting those vulnerable to radicalisation. Prevent is 1 of the 4 elements of CONTEST, the
Government’s counterterrorism strategy. It aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism

Question 5

Features of Globalisation

Answer 5

Technological Development
Economic Changes
Political Changes
Cultural Changes
Migration

Question 6

Technological Development

Answer 6

New technologies have made it easier to connect over long distances. It has created a Time-Space compression.

Question 7

Economic Changes

Answer 7

Economic activity now takes
place on a global scale in a
24 hour system. The growth
of transnational companies
and an electronic
economy.

Question 8

Political Changes

Answer 8

Globalisation has
undermined the power of
the nation state. We now
live in a borderless world
(Ohmae). In some cases
TNC’s have more power
than governments.

Question 9

cultural changes

Answer 9

We now live in a global culture
created by mass media and
the internet that has led to
the westernisation of the
world

Question 10

Migration

Answer 10

People are
moving more freely within
and between countries for
economic and personal
reasons.