Educational Leadership
in an
Age
of
Globalisation
Turning the Tide
or
Riding the Wave
David Williams
Whether
Globalisation is a
catch-phrase
driver
for
of politicians or a
change
within
educational establishments depends on
the degree to which it is seen as a
lever or a
instrument
blunt
“Globalisation
is
an
accelerated
compression of the
contemporary world and the intensification of
consciousness of the world as a singular entity.
“Compression
makes the world a single place by
virtue of the power of a set of
ideas
globally diffused
that render the uniqueness of social and ethnic
identities and traditions irrelevant except within local
contexts and in scholarly discourse.”
- Ronald Robertson, ‘Globalisation Theory & Civilised Analysis’ (1987)
“Globalisation is a process in
which
economies, cultures and
societies have combined through a global
network of trade and communication”
- Patrick Doherty, ‘Globalisation and Education’ (2010)
“Globalisation
can be seen as multifaceted
consisting of six strands:
• Changing concepts of space and time (shrinking)
• Increasing the numbers of cultural interactions
• Commonality of problems facing everyone
• Increasing inter-dependencies and connections
• The development of trans-national actors and other
organisations
• The synchronisation of these elements concerning
globalisation”
- Cohen and Kennedy, ‘Global Society’ (2000)
“Trans-national
corporations,
multi-national corporations,
governmental and nongovernmental organisations
are playing a leading role in the
current economical development and
defining the current push in
education”
- Victor Roseilez, The Changing Face of Education (2007)
“The
neo-liberal
globalisation,
version
of
particularly
as
implemented by bilateral, multilateral and
international organisations, is reflected in
an educational
imposes
agenda
particular
policies
that supports or
for
evaluation,
financing, assessment, standards, teachertraining, curriculum, instruction and testing.”
- Burbules and Torres, Globalisation and Education: Critical Perspectives (2000)
“successful
corporations
brands
products.”
produce
as
must
primarily
opposed
to
- Klein, ‘Globalisation Economic Handbook’ (2010)
“It is time to recognise that the
tutors
true
of our children are not school
teachers or university professors but film
makers, advertising executives and
pop culture purveyors, Disney does
more than Duke;
Spielburg
outweighs
Stanford; MTV trumps MIT.”
- Benjamin Barber