G L O B A L I Z AT I O N A N D

E D U C AT I O N
GLOBALIZATION

• Refers to an increasing interconnectedness and

convergence of activities and forms of life
among diverse cultures throughout the world.
GLOBAL EDUCATION
• Extends students awareness of the world in
which they live by opening them to the diverse
heritage of human thoughts and action, and
creativity.
CHARACTERISTIC OF GLOBALIZATION THAT
CAN BE LINKED TO EDUCATION

• Education terms
• Economic terms
• Political terms
• Cultural terms
ASPECT OF GLOBALIZATION

• Industrial globalization, trans-nationalization

• Financial globalization
• Political globalization
• Informational globalization
• Cultural globalization
• Globalism
Industrial Globalization,Trans-Nationalization

– refers to the rise and expansion of multinational

and transnational enterprises
Financial globalization

• Refers to the emergence of world wide financial

markets and better access to external financing for
corporate,, national and sub-national borrowers
Political globalization

• Refers to the spread of political sphere of interests

to the regions and countries outside the
neighborhood of political actors and the potential
formation of a global citizen movement
Informational globalization

• Refers to the increase in information

flows between geographically remote
locations
Cultural globalization

• Refers to the growth of cross-cultural

contacts
Globalism

• Refers to the universal internationalist

impulse that the world is connected
WHAT ARE THE CORE VALUES AND
COMPETENCIES FOR GLOBAL
EDUCATION?
CORE VALUES CORE SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES
• Peace & non-violence • Self-worth & self-affirmation
• Social justice • Affirmation & others
• Human rights • Cultural & racial differences
• Economic well-being & • Critical thinking
equity • Effective communication skills
• Cultural integrity • Non-violent conflict
• Ecological balance resolution
• Democratic participation & meditation
• Imagination
• Effective organizing
SOCIO- CULTURAL,
ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL
ISSUES ON GLOBALIZATION
SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES

•Massive migration
•Managing differences
•Global changes in culture
ECONOMIC ISSUES

• At the economic level, because globalization is

affecting employment it touches upon one of
the primary traditional goals of education,
preparation for work.
• What the world seems to be learning is that
literacy any-where creates economic and
political risk everywhere.
-Bloom 2004
POLITICAL ISSUES

• At the political level, there has been the

constraint on national/ state policy making
posed by external demands from transnational
institution.
CONFLICT AND CONSENSUS
PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE
OF EDUCATION IN
UNDERSTANDING
GLOBALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION AND ITS
IMPACT ON EDUCATION
1. The needed reforms within the educational system like
content, equity, sand excellence, etc.

2. The fall out of globalization, which will entail

determining strategies relating to the impending
internationalization of education, finance-related issues
and privatization of secondary and higher education.
NEEDED REFORMS IN EDUCATION
1. Content of Education
Curriculum Up-gradation
Productivity Orientation

2. The Fall Out of Globalization

Internationalization of education
Finance-related issues
Privatization of secondary and higher education