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VISION
A provide of relevant and quality education to a
society where citizens are competent, skilled,
dignified and community- oriented.

MISSION
An academic institution providing technological,
professional, research and extension programs to
form principled men and women of competencies
and skills responsive to local and global
development needs.

QUALITY POLICY
Northwest Samar State University commits to
provide quality outcomes-based education,
research, extension and production through
continual improvement of all its programs, thereby
producing world class professionals.

CORE VALUES
Resilience. Integrity. Service. Excellence.

INSTITUTIONAL GRADUATE OUTCOMES

Creative and critical thinkers
Life-long learners
Effective communicators
Morally and socially upright individuals
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Table of Contents

Page
Module Title 1
Lesson 1 (The Task of Defining Globalization) 2
Lesson 2 (Metaphors of Globalization) 4
Lesson 3 (Globalization Theories) 6
Lesson 4 (Dynamics of Local and Global Cullture) 8
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Rationale

Effective teaching and learning is one of the greatest challenges schools are facing in this time
of pandemic.This Module is a great help for students to learn the lessons even when outside the school
premises. This is a powerful tool in helping students learn according of their own pacing. This also
helps teachers in presenting the course materials in an easy way.
This is intended for students taking GE3 (The Contemporary World). This aims to develop
a coherence and explicit academic content within the course objectives. The said objectives must be
realized within a specific time allotment.
Students has to read and answer activities from this guide while they are on offline class.
This module contains four lessons. Each lesson contains parts as reflected in the learning plan.
They are as follows:
1. TRY THIS OUT!
This is a pre-assessment activity for schema activation. This activity engages the
learners with significant ideas and encourages them to connect their prior knowledge
to what they are about to learn

2. FIGURE THIS OUT!

General knowledge and information of the lesson topic will be discussed here. This
serves as the content part.

3. SEARCH IT OUT!
This serves as a group oriented feature that contextualizes the lesson topic. This activity
supplements the content part of the lesson.

4. THINK IT OVER!
This includes HOTS questions about the topic. This serves as the abstraction part which
will be answered individually by the learner through the use of graphic organizers and
the like.
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Course Code: GE 3

Course Title: THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Course Description: This course introduces students to the contemporary world by examining
the multifaceted phenomenon of globalization. Using the various disciplines of the social
sciences, it examines the economic, social, political, technological, and other transformations
that have created an increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of peoples and places
around the globe. To this end, the course provides an overview of the various debates in global
governance, development, and sustainability. Beyond exposing the student to the world outside
the Philippines, it seeks to inculcate a sense of global citizenship and global ethical
responsibility.

Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Distinguish different interpretations of and approaches to globalization.

2. Identify the different components of the global economy and its
challenges
3. Identify existing international financial institutions and their
contribution to the contemporary world.
4. Discuss the components and the relevance of the global interstate
system.
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Course Content:

As explained above, GE3 introduces students the concept, theories, principles and
practice, discusses the functions to come up interventions addressing problems.
The table below shows the outline of the topics to be discussed in the lecture per week
vis-à-vis the course outcomes. It is designed based on the course syllabus approved by the
college Dean in the College of Education.

Week Topics Assessment Date of Submission

The Task of Defining Globalization  Concept Paper August 21, 2020
Metaphors of Globalization  Module August 28, 2020
1-4 Globalization Theories Assessment September 4, 2020
Dynamics of Local and Global  Online Buzz September 11, 2020
Culture Session
 Regular Quizzes
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Course Requirements:

In general, the requirements of GE 3 are as follows:

 Concept Paper
 Buzz Sessions
 Regular Quizzes

Grading Criteria:

Requirement/Assessment Percentage
Task
Major Course Output 50%
Major Exams 30%
Class Standing 20%
TOTAL 100%

References:

Steger, Manfred B., Paul Battersby, and Joseph M. Siracusa, eds. 2014.The SAGE
Handbook of Globalization. Two volumes.Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Bello, Walden F. 2006. “The Multiple Crises of Global Capitalism.” In Deglobalization:
Ideas for a New World Economy, pp. 1-31.Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila
University Press.
Castles, Stephen. 2000. “International Migration at the Beginning of the Twenty-First
Century: Global Trends and Issues.”International Social Science Journal 52 (165):
269–281.
Carter, April. 2001. “Global Civil Society: Acting as Global Citizens” in The Political
Theory of Global Citizenship, pp. 147-176 London: Routledge.
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Module 1
Module Title: DEFINING GLOBALIZATION

Module Description:

This module will let the students know more about globalization which has been one
of the most important things happening in the contemporary times. This will introduce
the learners varied definitions of globalization by various authors. Students will also
recognize the terms and metaphors used in globalization. This module also introduces
various theories of globalization.

Module Requirements:

At the end of this module, the students will discuss the conceptual framework of
globalization.

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Lesson No. 1

The Task of Defining Globalization

Objective/s:

1. Recognize what is globalization and its activities.

2. Give opinions on the different definition of globalization.

Try this Out:

Below are logos of companies that you may know. Can you name the company of the
logos?

Figure This Out:

Globalization is a term used in the 20th century that refers to the process of trading goods
among nations. It is described by the interaction, integration, and exchange among the people,
companies, and governments all over the world. The good exchanges include:

 Services
 Technology
 Investments
 Information

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Here are various definitions of globalization according to some authorities:

 (Bauman, 2003) Globalization is “most important”

 (Albrow, 1996) Globalization is the “global age”
 (Al-Rhodan, 2006) It cannot be contained within a specific time frame, all people, and
all situation.
 (Thomas Larsson, 2001) saw the globalization as “the process of world shrinkage, of
distance getting shorter, things moving closer.
 (Ohmae, 1992) globalization means the onset borderless world.
 (Robert Cox) the characteristics of the globalization trend include the
internationalizing of the product.
 (Kumar, 2003) the debate about what can be done about globalization and what it is
similar.
 (Ritzer, 2015) globalization is a transplanetary process or a set of processes involving
increasing liquidity and the growing multidirectional flows.
 (Arjun Appadurai, 1996) Globalization is a ‘world of things’ that have ‘different
speeds, axes, points of origin and termination’.

Why is there a need to define globalization? How can these help us understand
globalization?

 The perspective of the person who defines Globalization shapes its definition.
 Globalization is the debate and the debate is Globalization- sociologist Cesare Poppi
 Globalization is reality.
 What we could expect in the coming years is what has happened over the past 50 years
and that is the fluidity and complexity of globalization as a concept, which made more
debates, discussion, and definitions than agreements than on it.

Search It Out:

Group Work – Have a research on the manifestation of globalization on the following

fields. Give your findings through the format which will be sent by the teacher on the
Chatroom.

Give examples on the manifestation of globalization on the following aspects/fields:

 Services
 Technology
 Investments
 Information

Think It Over:
Individual Work – Answer “What for you is the greatest contribution of
globalization in the contemporary world?” Write your answer through the format which will
be sent by the teacher on the Chatroom.

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Lesson No. 2

Metaphors of Globalization

Objective/s:

1. Identify the metaphors of globalization.

2. Understand the concept of globalization better with metaphors.

Try this Out:

Metaphor is a figure of speech in English. It does not use a word in its basic literal
sense. Instead, it uses a word in a kind of comparison. Can you give the meaning of each
metaphor listed below?

Raining cats and dogs:

apple of the eyes:

you’re my rock:

domino effect:

early bird:

Figure this Out:

In order for us to better understand the concept of globalization, we will utilize

metaphors. Metaphors make sure of one term to help us better understand another term. In our
case, the states matter – solid and liquid – will be used. In addition, other related concepts that
are included in the definition such structures and flows will be elaborated.

Solid vs Liquid

 Solidity also refers to barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of things.
Solids can either be natural or man-made.

Example: the geographical location of the Philippines is far from the USA, therefore it
takes a while for an American-manufactured product to be delivered to the Philippines

 Liquid or Liquidity refers to an increasing ease of movement of people, things,

information, and places in the contemporary world. It also referred as a medium in
spreading globalization.

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Example: Television, social media, and other media platforms that makes it easy for
an information to spread.

 Flows are the movement of people, things, places and information.

Example: Poor illegal migrants flooding many parts of the world. Another one is the
virtual flow of legal and illegal information such as blogs, pornography, and illegal
migrants recreating ethnic enclaves in host countries.

Search It Out:

Group Work – In your small-chat room with your group mates in GE3, give atleast 3
concrete examples/ manifestations for SOLID, LIQUID, and FLOW. Give your answer
through the format which will be sent by the teacher on the Chatroom. Submit your work on
or before the deadline. Presentation of your work will follow in the Facebook Group intended
for this subject.

MANIFESTATION
SOLID
LIQUID
FLOW

Think It Over:

Individual Work – In this activity, you are to see the actual application of globalization on the
different aspects of daily life such as politics, music, sports, film, celebrity, and disaster. Write
your answer through the format which will be sent by the teacher on the Chatroom. Submit it
to the course facilitator through Messenger.

1. Answer the following questions:

a. Enumerate at least three of the most recent songs you have listened. Where did they
originate? Identify the nationality of the writer and /or artist for each music.
b. What gadgets or devices do you usually use to listen to music?
c. Where were these gadgets or device made (if applicable)? Where is the company
based?
d. How did you access these music? Did you purchase them online or listen to them
through Youtube, Spotify, and other music channels?

2. Using the above key ideas, present your answer in a paragraph form.
3. What metaphors are you going to use in order to improve your own definition of
globalization? Enumerate atleast 3 and explain each of them briefly.

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Lesson No. 3

Globalization Theories

Objective/s:

1. Analyze globalization , culturally, economically, and politically though

identifying its theories.

Try this Out:

What are the significant effects Spanish colonization has given to the
Philippines?enumerate.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Figure this Out:

Homogeneity vs Heterogeinity

Homogeneity

 The increasing sameness in the world as cultural inputs, economic factors and political
orientations of societies expand to create common practices , same economics and
similar forms of government.

 In Cultural Dimension, the dominant religion in our country is Christianity,

which brought to us by Spaniards. Another one is the americanization, which
was defined by Kuisel (1993) as the “import by non-americans of products,
images, technologies, practice, and behaviors that are closely related with
americans.
 There is recognition of the spread of neoliberalism, capitalisnm, and the
market economy in the world.
 In Political Dimension, the existing of “McWorld” with only one political
orientation is growing in today’s society.
 Global media are dominated by a small number of large corporations.
 Hacktivist extend to activism to the internet by hacking into computer programs
to promote a particular cause (Juris, 2005).

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Heterogeneity

 It pertains the creation of various cultural practices, new economies and political
groups because of the interaction of elements from different societies in the
world.
 Refers to the differences because of either lasting differences of the hybrids or
combinations of cultures that can be produced through the different
transplanetary processes.
 Heterogeneity in culture associated with cultural hybridization.
 “Glocalization” , a term used by Roland Robertson in 1992, happens when
global forces interact with local factors or a specific geographic area; “glocal” is
being produced.

Search It Out:

Group Work – One group will research further about Homogeneity, while another for
Heterrogeneity. Give more examples of these globalization theories which are not mentioned
in this module. Give your answer through the format which will be sent by the teacher on the
Chatroom.

Think It Over:

Individual work – Complete the diagram below:

Things I learned from this lesson:

What can I do from the things I learned?

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Lesson No. 4

Dynamics of Local and Global Culture

Objective/s:

1. Identify and understand the three perspectives on global cultural flows.

Try this Out:

Using this Venn diagram, compare and contrast Philippine culture and that of another
country? Choose for another country:

Figure this Out:

Global flow of culture tend to move more easily around the globe than ever before ,
especially through non-material digital forms. There are three perspective on Global Cultural
Flows:

 DIFFERENTIALISM
 HYBRIDIZATION
 CONVERGENCE

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Cultural Differentialism

• emphasizes the fact that cultures are essentially different and are only superficially
affected by global flows.
• the interaction of cultures is deemed to contain the potential for “catastrophic
collision”.
• Samuel Huntington’s Theory on the clash of civilizations
-increasing interaction among different “civilizations” (Sinic, Islamic,
Orthodox and Western) would lead to intense clashes especially the economic
conflict between the Western and Sinic civilizations and bloody political
conflict between the Western and Islamic civilizations.

Cultural Hybridization

• emphasizes the integration of local and global cultures (Cvetkovich and Kellner, 1997).
• Globalization is also considered to be a creative process which gives rise to hybrid
entities that are not reducible to either the global or local.
• Glocalization or the interpenetration of the global and local resulting in unique
outcomes in different geographic areas (Guilianotti and Robertson , 2007).
• Arjun Appaduria’s “scapes” in 1996, where global involve people , technology, finance,
political images, media and the disjunctures between them, which lead to the creation
of cultural hybrids.

Cultural Convergence

• approach stresses to homogeneity introduced by globalization.

• cultures are deemed to be radically altered by strong flows, while cultural imperialism
happens when one culture imposes itself on and tends to destroy at least parts of another
culture.
• John Tomlinson’s idea of deterritorialization of culture.
 means that it is much more difficult to tie culture to a specific geographic point
of origin.

Search It Out:

Group Work – Give examples on the three perspectives of global flows. Give your
answer through the format which will be sent by the teacher on the Chatroom.

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Think It Over:

Individual work – Complete the diagram below:

Things I learned from this lesson:

What can I do from the things I learned?

Student Name:
Program/ Year:
Contact Number:

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