To what extent is modern education effective in a globalized

society? –The cultural aspect

Holly Sutton
Candidate number: 0145
Center number:US799

Group Members:
Reyna Jackson
Michael McNeill
Definitions
• Culture is defined as the beliefs, customs, arts, and way of life for a
particular group or society.
• It’s important because:
• Community
• Communication
• History
• Modern school system is defined as “the aggregate of the public schools of
an area under the administration of an executive officer who represents and
is responsible to the board of education for that area”
• Board of education is defined as definition: board controlling an educational
system or a unit of it; the boards normally elected.
Background

• Culture has been slowly

disappearing over the last several
years. A few examples of this are
listed below and will be expanded
on later.
• Languages
• Funding for the arts
• Curriculum
Local beliefs on
education
• The United States educational
belief is that everyone should
have an equal opportunity for
education no matter their
race, age, gender, religion, or
sexual orientation.
 Local School System Effectiveness
• Budget cuts for the arts have increased over the years to allow for
money to be distributed to other areas. However, the arts is one of
the biggest branches of culture due to it sharing beliefs, ideas, and
customs everywhere.
• Why is this a bad thing?
• The arts allow a well rounded education
• Improves student attitudes toward school
• Students in the arts score higher on
standardize test (which is a big custom of
the united states)
Student culture in the United States

• Students have higher stress levels then a mental institution patient in

the 1950s. While this takes into account wars, divorce rates, and other
outside causes, a big factor of the stress levels is the pressure that the
school system and society put on the students to have good grades,
and to further their education in order to get a good job. Some, but
not all, stress factors can be seen below.
• Collage acceptance rates decreasing
• Tuition costs
• Unemployment rates increasing
Education in India
• Beliefs used to promote woman’s education include training
better mothers, gains for society, families, and better
generations in the future.
• Malala Yousufzai stood up for woman education, which was
a big step towards gender equality for education in India.
• The caste system has a major impact on the education
system due to the high levels of discrimination caused by it.
• Higher enrollment rates due to the Right to Education Act of
2009
• However, learning rates are low, an average of five years of
education behind students in East Asia
• Due to linnet “sick days” given to teachers as well as a
poor education system
Switzerland's
education system

• Most schools are free, therefore high

enrollment
• Learning in a variety of cultures making
them understanding and accepting of all
beliefs and customs
• 26 cantons, each with their own education
system
• Their own curriculum which is taught
when and how they want
 Features of the modern school
system (nationally and
globally)
• All countries:
• The four core subjects; Math, Science, History and the
Language of the region.
• United states of America:
• Testing
• Offer higher education after secondary school
• Measures of academic achievements (grading scale and GPA)
• Nine months of education, about three months of vacation
• Switzerland:
• Most study until 19 to receive federal maturity-certificate
• Offers higher education
• About two and a half months of vacation
• Measures academic achievement (grading scale)
Features of the modern school system
(nationally and globally) continued
• India:
• About 7 months of education
• Testing
• Higher education is offered
• Measures academic achievement (grading scale and GPA)
 Culture being lost
or changed globally
• Languages around the world are
being lost everyday because schools
have stopped teaching them since
jobs no longer require them. As a
result history and culture of some
societies are quickly disappearing.
The three main languages that are
taking over the world’s economics;
English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
Solutions
• More government funding to education as a whole
• Increased school funding towards more cultural classes that allow the students to see
more of the world leading to a better understanding of others beliefs. It should focus on
providing experiences to the students and having better materials with which to teach.
Funding should go towards
• Teaching of languages, not just the popular ones
• Better materials for the students and teachers
• Creating more effective ways of teaching
• Teaching of different cultures, through art, to students, to allow a better understanding of the world.
• Schools should try to lower stress levels in students by placing less focus on college,
grades, and homework.
• Work toward allowing all children an equal education, regardless of their gender, race,
background, religion, or financial status.
Conclusion
• The modern school system is mostly ineffective
• Globally culture is lost due to education systems focusing on how students are
discriminated against based on their own beliefs and customs.
• The modern education system has severely limited the creativity of its student. This
means the society and country’s achievements will slowly decrease because people
can’t think of new ways to solve problems.
• Loses connection between people and country’s by not focusing on their norms,
roles, and values for their culture.
• If country's do not fix the effectiveness of the school system, then the loss of culture
will eventually result in every country having either the same culture and have no
individual identities, or the world will be in complete chaos due to no one being able
to understand each other, or caring for one another’s culture.
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