LESSON 1- INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION

Overview:
This lesson will focus on student’s sharing of ideas and a self-concept about
globalization.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Engage in a sharing of ideas about globalization.
2. Show enthusiasm in learning the course by active participation
3. Give personal definition of globalization based on a concept map.

Course Materials:
Views on Globalization:

● Thomas Larsson- a Swedish journalist, saw globalization as a “process of world

shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer.
● Martin Khor- the former President of Third World Network in Malaysia, once
regarded globalization as colonization.
● Ohmae (1992), stated globalization means the onset of borderless world.
● Robert Cox-the characteristics of globalization trend include the internationalizing
of production, the new international division of labor, new migratory movements
from South to North, the new competitive environment, and the internationalizing
of the state.
● Ritzer (2015) “globalization is a transplanetary process or a set of processes
involving increasing liquidity and the growing multidirectional flows of people,
objects, places, and information, as well as the structures they encounter and
create that are barriers to, or expedite, those flows..

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSk-AH5_gd0

Metaphors of Globalization
● Solidity- refers to barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of things.
● Liquidity- refers to the increasing ease of movement of people, things, and
information, and places in the contemporary world.

Source: https://www.educba.com/globalization-example/
Activity/ Assessment:

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 devices made? Where is the company based?
d. How did you access this music?
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Assignment:
Based on activity above, create your generalization and discuss what is globalization.
Make own definition of globalization based on a concept map.

References:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/globalization.asp
http://www.businessdiction ary.com/definition/globalization.html