GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION

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• What is globalization?

• Globalization and Education nexus:• Changes and Challenges.

• Based on popular phrases and not on empirical research, facts and figures.

What is globalisation?

Early phase: Colonialism supported by gun powder and navigation.– … Empire where sun never sets.

Modern phase: A socio-political, economic and technological evolution towards a closely integrated global society: – Global Village.

Political: Dictatorship to Democracy Economic: Socialism to Capitalism Technological: Stone, Iron, Wheel, Coal-

Petroleum to Information

Determinants of Globalization: Capitalism

End of “cold war” lead to capitalism beyond national borders.

Capitalist/ Market Economic System– Individualism– Commoditization– Financial profit– Free trade (commodities as well as resources)

Brain drain to muscle drain– Darwinian law of evolution: Survival of the fittest.

Has capitalism failed with the global fiancial crisis? – Will nationalism take over globalism?

Determinants of Globalization: Information Technology

Easy and speedy access to information– Made possible through satellite and

computer technology (WWW). A complement to capitalist economic

system. The snake mate of capitalism and IT

lead to birth of globalization.

Globalization phrased

Global village. World without nations. Nation as a lines on a map. Shrinking space, time with disappearing

national borders linking people. (3% of people live outside of own nation)

Dreams from my father … Barack Obama– A world, where one would not know where he would

be buried.

Globalization: Capitalism and Education

Education breaching national boundaries (Trade in Education).– Brain drain.– International market for education.

Extending Education to Expatriates. 30% of students in Australia are foreign students. Education in Australia cost OR 35,000 per course.

Globalization: Capitalism and Education

Competition: Survival of the fittest.– Competition is global.

Learn to be modest winners and gracious loosers in a human environment (not screen environment).

Loosing jobs: An average American changes 6 jobs during life time.– Flexible knowledge– Life long education– Learn to learn in school

Globalization:Capitalism and Education

Commoditization of education– Education supplied by the private sector for profits

as a private good and not by the public sector as a public good.

Education for jobs (factor of production).– Increased specialization.

Therefore application needs leadership and teams.– Knowledge looses its value as a source of pleasure.

Education for profit may marginalize the poor.– Education is the 2nd largest industry in USA worth

10% of GDP.

Globalization:IT and Education

IT has made formal education more “effective”.– Multimedia presentation technology substituting

chalk and board. IT has breached norms of formal education

(place and time).– On line/ distance learning

Learning at home at any time Requires IT skills to provide education and

access education.

Globalization:Culture and Education

Language is a part of culture (6000 languages).

Globalization is homogenising language or demanding multi-linguistic capabilities.– English the global language?– Symbolism the global language (1 or 0 the

digital language to SMS language.

Globalization:Culture and Education

Globalization leads to a cultural curry (cultural blend/ melting pot).

– President Obama is a black-American, farther Muslim Kenyan, mother Christian American, a sister Indonesian, others Kenyan, … A story of race and inheritance in a global village.

Education needs to recognize such – in the educational process and – in the educational output.

Students needs to empathise – with students of other cultures in the learning

environment and – finally in the work place and society.

Globalization:Education and SLSM

In a globalized world, we must provide education within and towards, respect of diversity of cultures, with concerns to social cohesion and peace.

SLSM has a treasure trove of opportunities to provide education to meet challenges of a globalized world.