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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