CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBALIZATION AS

LINKED TO EDUCATION

By: Maribel C. Carizo

One Characteristic Of Globalization That Is Linked To

Education is that it helps:

Shape cultural sophistication. It also makes

sure that education prepares someone for the
world.

 Globalization is basically the concept of

growing integration world wide by limiting
cultural differences, increasing trade, and
technology transfer.

 Characteristics of globalization that can be

linked to education are making education
more international, Internet facility, a global
culture.

Globalization
Globalization is the idea that our world is becoming a
unified whole with little or no cultural or social conflict. This
central idea of globalization is conducive to the idea of
education. For a student seeking to extend boundaries and
break barriers, globalization provides an opportunity of a
lifetime. Globalization has merits and demerits in
economics, business and politics.

In education it has merits for students and

educators but there is also a sense of an unhealthy
takeover of education by market forces. Broadly
considered, however, Globalization is freeing the
world of education from limitations.

Globalization makes Education more International

Globalization has made the world a smaller place. Job
opportunities are open worldwide and the more
"international" a student's education, the greater the
possibilities. The purpose of education is to prepare a
person for the world, and globalization ensures that.

The Commodification of Education

Institutions of higher learning are increasingly "commodifying"
their programs to address a global audience. This branding and
marketing of education makes learning, a product that can be
sold. Attached to this idea is the aggressive selling policy of
advertisers who treat students as consumers, and education as a
buyer's market. Long-distance learning, tailored MBA programs,
evening degrees are examples of how the increasing effects of
globalization has influenced educators into serving education as a
commodity in a labor market.

Internet Links
With the advent and massive spread of Internet facilities
worldwide, education is at hand for everyone who has
access to a computer. Self-directed learning is a way of
using tools and techniques to acquire an education from an
institution or tutor seated at the opposite end of the globe.
Globalization has made education and learning accessible
to people previously denied a chance to educate
themselves.

A Global Culture
If education is a means of enlightenment and growth of knowledge,
then globalization has unified and stretched the application of this
idea to previously isolated countries and cultures that are now
exposed and mixed as one mass. With easier and faster
communication comes greater exposure of distant and alien
cultures. Globalization has increasingly made learners worldwide
more aware of global issues and problems that are changing the
face of the world. The dangers and comforts of a global culture are
making learners more savvy to a shrinking world.

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