Kenneth D.

Santos, RN CRN 2011 - 60008

Foundations of Education

Education is not only a life-long learning, it is a global experience (Tullao, 2003). The trend of education and national development, directions is geared toward globalization, changing environment, cultural homogeneity (global village), information and communications technology (ICT) revolution and high interconnectivity, changing values and morality concern for human dignity / human development. The New World Encyclopedia defined Globalization as a concept, refers both to the shrinking" of the world and the increased consciousness of the world as a whole. Globalization is the increased interaction between people around the globe, be it economical, political, cultural or social. It is spurred by the decreased price of communication, information, travel and transport, as well as by a relatively stable international order. In addition to this, globalization, thru technology has accelerated the process of integration, with geographic distances becoming less of a factor, the borders have become semi-permiable and the sky has been open, and sometimes not recognizing geographic boundaries at all. Globalization, in a fundamental sense, is not a new phenomenon. Its roots extend farther and deeper than the visible part of the plant. It is as old as history, starting with the great migrations of people across the great landmasses (Rangarajan, 2006). Even the learning and teaching process model of Huitt one of its factors that affect the education and the process is context, underwhich are community, economy, international condition, religion and etc. The foundations of what is referred to as an information society are being laid out by the tremendous impact of these communications networks on current socio-economic relations,

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institutions and structures (Brunner 2001). This emerging society is characterized by a networked structure (the Internet and the world wide web), prominence of knowledge-based industries, and organizational innovations in economic, legal and social institutions towards the establishment of a learning society. Thus, integration with or exclusion from the emerging information society will become the definitive factor explaining the development process of economies in the future (Castells 1999 in Brunner 1999). In addition, the advances in telecommunications and information technology have facilitated the delivery of educational services across national boundaries. While globalization has immensely affected the production of knowledge, it has likewise given greater role to higher education as it plays a pivotal role. Higher education plays a dual role as the key component of both the education and training system and the research and development system of a national economy. Its contributions to developing human resources and knowledge creation are vital (Angeles 2011). The convergence of educational standards internationally will feed further to a greater expansion of global education (Tullao,2003). One of the strategies for globalization of education is in the form international student mobilty , where in this student may also be a faculty in pursuit to faculty development. International student mobility has become largely dependent on the countries relative economic strengths (Tullao,2003). This assertion is supported by data indicating that the number of students from developed countries who are studying abroad is increasing faster than the corresponding number from developing countries (UNESCO 1995). In this arena the Philippine education though Philippines has recently attracted a number of students from Korea, China, Iran, America, Indonesia and India (Angeles,2011), the British Council, International Student Mobility in East

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Asia: Executive Summary, last February 2008 showed that the Philippines ranked second to the last as the source country to send out students for international studies. This is primarily due to the financial resources needed for such program which are inadequate or lacking in most higher education institution Internationalization of the curriculum can refer to such varied internationalization activities as study abroad programs, foreign language courses, interdisciplinary or area programs, or the provision of programs or courses with an international, intercultural, or comparative focus (Bremer & van der Wende, 1995). In this aspect, Tullao (2003) pointed out that most school in the Philippines only offer foreign language studies, this is so because the CHEDs various Technical Panels effectively standardize curricular offerings in the various fields of study and that only the leading institutions (those that have level III accreditation) and state colleges and universities can actually experiment with the features of their curricula. Other aspect as research collaboration should also be in cosideration, but as the current state of the HEIs today we are lacking of the need facilty to join and be part of it. Sciforums.com stated that Research and Development (R&D) in the country stays at a low level of activity and this is reflected in the relatively low number of personnel involved, the total expenditures and actual output. These are just a few of the factors or models in the internationalization / globalization of the education in the Philippines. Globalization may have contributed alot in the further advancement in terms of quality and quantity of education, as we try to cope up with the demands, yet we remain struggling and left behind.

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The level of profiency in English has increased due to the promotion of English as medium of intstruction. In 2003 the government ordered the teaching of English as a second language in elementary schools and made it the medium of instruction for 70 percent of teaching in high schools. It has since mandated remedial English classes for teachers (McLean, 2010). This was not only because of the decline in the proficiency level but also the growing demand of proficient English speakers as the BPO industry boom, and as the globalization creeps on. Yet, i see it only as Quantity wise, we're doing better since a lot of Filipinos now can talk and understand the language, but quality wise, most of them are conversational speakers only, so the depth of the language is at a loss, the thing is, most of them aspire to learn the language because of necessity, rather than learning because they want to expand their knowledge. As in all human endeavors, there are positive and negative sides to this phenomenon, but overall globalization is a positive development because it spurs innovation and competition which encourages growth and progress (Nemann,2008). The internationalization of higher education institutions in our country is but a natural and inevitable consequence of the continued globalization of economies. Globalization has increases in the quantity of and producing graduates and

demanded for the improvement in the quality of education, graduates, efficiency in the way institutions are managed

professionals ready to be hired by internationalized economies and have a global outlook. The effects of globalization on education bring about fast expansions in technology and communications are anticipating changes within learning systems across the world as ideas, values, and knowledge, changing the roles of students and teachers and producing change in society from industrialization towards an information-based society.

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I think we are really far behind other nations in terms of producing an educational system that provides for real-world applications of classroom learning. However, the system is doing its best to cope with global needs by continually adopting and adapting working systems, such as the K+12 program. Also, I think we lack that academic competitiveness because of the scarcity of resources needed to aid the teaching-learning process. Such resources are usually, if not altogether lacking, limited to prestigious private educational institutions that can afford them The 21st century, education systems deal with the twofold challenge of providing students with the new knowledge, skills and values needed to be competitive in a global market while at the same time producing graduates who are responsible adults, good citizens both of their country and of the world. Thus globalization challenges us to rethink not only how much education is needed but also its ultimate purposes.