Description
This compulsory Year 1 module introduces students to some of the key issues affecting the contemporary global education context. The module focuses particularly on Robert Arnove鈥檚 notion of education as being a 鈥渄ialectic between the global and the local鈥 (2007), by stressing the ways in which formal education systems represent local needs, cultures and histories while also reflecting wider global influences. Some of the key issues discussed include: the impact of global testing regimes; the rise of 鈥榠nternationalisation鈥 strategies in schools and universities; and the tensions and opportunities afforded by increasing multiculturalism, both in the UK and elsewhere.听
Teaching delivery:听听
This module is taught in 10 weekly lectures (1 hour each) and 10 weekly seminars (1.5 hours each).听听
Indicative Topics: Topics covered in this module include:听
- Theories of Globalisation and Education听
- World Culture of Schooling听
- Education for all? Global frameworks and international organisations听
- Datafication of education and international assessments (e.g. OECD PISA)听
- Education and Conflict听
- Teaching values in schools (e.g. civic nationalism vs cosmopolitanism) and forms of citizenship听
- World Englishes and Unequal Englishes听
- Internationalisation of education and international student mobility听
Module Aims:听听
This module aims to provide students with the following:
- To introduce students to the notion that formal education systems reflect both local contexts and global trends/influences听
- To foster critical engagement with some of the key contemporary global issues in education听
- To deepen student ability to reflect both personally and critically on international trends, tensions and challenges听
- To foster an interest, and engage deeply, with a context-specific educational issue.听听
- Through deeper exploration of a global educational issue, acquire the skills necessary to produce an academically informed argumentative essay.听
Recommended readings:听听
While not a necessary pre-requisite, reading Arnove鈥檚 (2013) chapter would be helpful for building familiarity with the key conceptual framing of globalisation in this module.听听
Arnove, R. (2013). Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: the Dialectic of the Global and the Local. In R. Arnove, C. Alberto, & S. Franz (Eds.), Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local (4th ed., pp. 1鈥26). Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.听
Keywords: education, globalisation, international, schooling听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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