The Globalization of

Education
Futures Committee
11/05/09

EQ Impact from Global and

Local Economies

How are global publishing and information

conglomerates dictating curriculum?
How is global media and entertainment industry
affecting our classrooms?
Is for-profit education global expansion creating
deeper inequality?
How does globalization contribute to imbalanced
in the distribution of the world's educated
population?
How do we ensure that skills and experiences
learned in school are transferable to global
markets?
What if China becomes the worlds largest
economy?

EQ Impact on Humanity

How do we balance human capital education

versus progressive educational model?
How can we reconcile extreme diversity and
deep localism?
How does brain drain in poorer countries and
brain gain in richer countries impact global
education?
How does globalization and incorporation of
education impact students?
How can the debate on global issues become
more inclusive and better informed?

EQ Impact on the Environment

How does global education combat
global warming will it be too little
too late?
How do we teach global awareness
and responsibility?
What role does education play in
addressing global health problems?

Uncertainties

Learning would increasingly be seen as a

commodity or as an investment rather than
as a way of exploring what might make for
the good life or human flourishing
Need to develop a better understanding of
what connects and divides nations,
societies and cultures in today's rapidly
changing world
Need to better empower young people to
cooperate and to find their niche in an everglobalizing social order
Emerging megacities will present conditions
that will require new infrastructure and new
adaptive strategies

Uncertainties
With population density increasing
dramatically, environmental crisis looming
threatening, a more interconnected global
society, there are increasing signs of global
health issues
Irreversible effects of pollution and global
warming
Shift in political, economical, and cultural
approaches as China becomes a major
global economy

 Questions?