Globalisation & Education Flashcards
(3 cards)
How has globalisation led to increased competition between schools?
Ball
— Led to greater competition between eduction systems worldwide
— Governments are pressured into improving their education systems to compete in the global knowledge economy
— led to policy borrowing, meanings that countries adopt the policies of high performing countries
— England adopted Sweden’s free school system
How has globalisation impacted the curriculum?
Hall
— Globalisation has led to the spread of dominant western culture
— this influences the curriculum taught in schools, leads to the erosion of local/national identities
— becomes more ethnocentric
— students feel isolated as their culture and values are underrepresented/alienated
AO3 — Coard — ethnocentric curriculum produces inequality
How has globalisation affected educational achievement?
Mitsos & Browne — boys underachieve due to globalisation
Sharpe — spread of feminist ideas across boarders
UN Women reports that between 2015 and 2023, over 65% of decisions included gender-related considerations in conflict and crisis contexts, a significant increase from 35% in the previous 15 years.
