At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand the link between education and globalization. 2) Understand the impact of globalization on educational policy. 3) Analyse the educational organisations and phenomena through readings of globalization. 4) Analyse the impact of globalisation on Turkish education system.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No
COURSE DEFINITION
This course provides the students with the scholarly discussions of Globalization and its imprint on education systems, educational policies, schools and relevant actors through a critical lens.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Definition and related Concepts
2nd Week
Impact of Globalization on Organizational Spheres
3rd Week
Paradox of Globalization
4th Week
Global Policy, International Organizations and Education
5th Week
Globalization and Educational Policy
6th Week
Globalization and Education Reforms
7th Week
Globalization and Privatization of Education
8th Week
Globalization and Equality in Education
9th Week
Decentralization Arguments in Education
10th Week
Globalization and Universities
11th Week
Globalization, social media and education
12th Week
Case discussions
13th Week
Case Discussions
14th Week
Presentations
15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Altbach, P. G. (2013). Franchising?The McDonaldization of higher education. In The International Imperative in Higher Education (pp. 111-113). SensePublishers. Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat . Joseph Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work Veronica Boix-Mansilla and Tony Jackson, Educating for Global Competence. Fischman, Gustavo and Nelly P. Stromquist. Globalization Impacts on the Third World University. In John Stuart (ed.). Higher Education. Handbook of Theory and Research. New York: Agathon Press, 2000, pp. 501-520. Stromquist, N., & Monkman, K. (2000). Globalization and education. Integration and Contestation across Cultures. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. Suarez-Orozco, M. M. (Ed.). (2007). Learning in the global era: International perspectives on globalization and education. Univ of California Press. Huntington, S. P. (1997). The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order. Penguin Books India. Arnove, R. F., Torres, C. A., & Franz, S. (Eds.). (2012). Comparative education: The dialectic of the global and the local. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Spivak, G. C. (2012). An aesthetic education in the era of globalization (pp. 335-50). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Green, A., Wolf, A. and Leney, T. (1999). Convergence and divergence in education and training systems. London: Institute of Education, University of London. Esengül B. Bucak. Eğitimde Yerelleşme. -National and International Journal Articles to be assigned