This document discusses migration, globalization, and contemporary education. It provides definitions and concepts related to migration, including that migration can be permanent, temporary, or seasonal, and may be due to economic, social, political, or environmental factors. Migrants often leave their home country to improve their productive skills. Migration can indirectly impact education through remittances funding education or success stories creating incentives for further education. Globalization is defined as the increasing interaction and integration between people, companies, and governments globally. Global education aims to help students see themselves as global citizens and participants in a single global system. It emphasizes understanding other cultures, history, geography, and global issues. Comparative examples discuss international education policies and initiatives in countries like the

1. Migration
and
Contemporary
Education

2. The movement of people from
one place to another
 can be permanent,
temporary or seasonal
 may be due to economic,
social, political or
environmental factors
What is Migration?

3. Migrants
typically leave
their country of
origin to
improve the
returns to their
productive
skills.
Key Concepts about Migration & Education

4. Migrating can have
indirect effects on
education.
(Remittances can be
used to fund education
of family members in
the country of origin.
Key Concepts about Migration & Education

5. Success migrant
stories may create
incentives to
undertake further
education in the
home country.
Key Concepts about Migration & Education

6.  Immigration may also
generate productive
externalities either via
the creation of new
productive knowledge
esp. in science and
engineering.
Key Concepts about Migration & Education

7. • Large scale migration of
highly educated, skilled and
talented people of less
economically advanced
countries to highly rich and
developed countries of the
world due to conflicted
issues, political instability
and lack of opportunities in
the developing countries.
On Brain Drain – Human Capital Flight

8. “Medical Apocalypse” – 90,0000
Filipino nurses have moved abroad to
work in the past 10 years (P, J., 2012)
Brain Drain in the Philippines
(May 20, 2012) https://www.slideshare.net/jenniferpurgill/brain-drain-in-the-
philippines-jennifer-purgill-dec-2010
On Brain Drain

9. • Filling a job requiring a
level of education below
the one achieved is an
example of ‘over-
education’
• Mismatch between
migrants’ education and
occupation
On Over-education and skill wastage

10. The accelerated movement of
people, goods, and technologies
across regional, national, and
transnational borders is one of the
undeniable by-products of
globalization that is transforming
the social, cultural, and political
landscapes of societies throughout
the globe.
On Migration & Globalization

13.  Multinational
corporations operate on
a global scale with
satellite offices and
branches in different
locations.
Examples

14.  Automobiles use parts from other countries as
in a car being assembled in the United States
with parts coming from Japan, Germany or
Korea.
Examples
 The Free World Trade Organization supervises
world trade.

15. One shirt sold in the US could have
been made by workers in Thailand
and could have been shipped
through a French ship with Spanish
crew.
Examples

16.  A process of interaction and
integration among the people,
companies and governments of
different nations.
What is Globalization?
 Driven by international trade and
investment and aided by
information technology

17.  The process by which peoples and
nations of the world are
increasingly drawn together into a
single entity ( trend)
What is Globalization?
 A trend towards the existence of a
single world market dominated by
multinational companies ( Collins
English Dictionary, 2008)

18. The
Global
Village
On Globalization
Marshall McLuhan

19. On Globalization
David Hicks

20. On Globalization

21. Global education is an effort to
help individual learners to see the
world as a single global system
and see themselves as
participants in the system
James Becker (1982)
What is Global Education?

22. According to David Hicks (2009),
Global education is the term used
internationally to describe a form
of education which :
1. enables people to understand
the links between their own lives
and those of people throughout
the world
What is Global Education?

23. 2. increases understanding of the
economic, cultural, political and
environmental influences which
shape our lives
What is Global Education?

24. 3. develops the skills, attitudes
and values which enable people
to work together to bring about
change and take control of their
own lives
What is Global Education?

25. 4. works towards achieving a
more just and sustainable world
in which power and resources are
more equitably shared
What is Global Education?

26.  enabling young people to
participate in shaping a better,
shared future for the world.
Other Features of Global Education
 emphasises the unity and
interdependence of human
society

27. Other Features of Global Education
 developing a sense of self and
appreciation of cultural
diversity, affirmation of social
justice and human rights, as
well as building peace and
actions for a sustainable future
in different times and places

28. Other Features of Global Education
 Promote positive values and
assist students to take
responsibility for their actions
and to see themselves as
global citizens who can
contribute to a more peaceful,
just and sustainable world.

29. Other Features of Global Education
 places particular emphasis on
curriculum process as well as
content and is accordingly
characterized by approaches to
teaching and learning which
are both experiential and
participatory

30. Other Features of Global Education
 help students develop an
understanding of the
interdependence among
nations in the world today,
clarified attitudes toward
other nations, and reflective
identifications with the world
community (Rosana Capalbo,
n.d.).

31. Other Features of Global Education
 Critically evaluate the most
prominent teaching-and-
learning approaches that
schools employ from a
theoretical-practical
perspective (questioning the
objectives & ways in which
human beings are viewed)

32. Other Features of Global Education
 Present a framework for the
new basics of education for
contemporary times,
contrasting with the
antiquated old basics that no
longer serve us

33. Other Features of Global Education
Re-conceptualizing education within
a theoretical-practical approach;
takes on the old basic ideas about
schooling, that don’t attend to the
needs of today’s youth in developing
as empathetic, analytically open-
minded and fulfilled, contributors to
21st century democratic society in a
continuously globalizing world.

34. Other Features of Global Education
Taught within the curriculum
where teachers integrate
multiple dimensions,
perspectives, and citizenships
into everyday lessons

35. Other Features of Global Education
It is an overall approach to
education that focuses on
developing students'
understanding of:
1. Other cultures
2. History and
geography of different
countries
3. Issues faced in
various parts of the
world

36. Other Features of Global Education
It tackles global Issues such as:
*Poverty Reduction
*Sustainable Environment
*Tolerance and Democracy
*Pollution

39. Investigate the World
Students are aware,
curious, and interested
in learning about the
world and how it
works.

40. Recognize Perspectives
Globally competent students
recognize that they have a
particular perspective, and
that others may or may not
share it.

41. Communicate Ideas
Globally competent students
can effectively communicate,
verbally and non-verbally,
with diverse audiences.

42. Take Action
Globally competent students
have the skills and knowledge
to not just learn about the
world, but also to make a
difference in the world.

43. 1. Collaboration
2. Creativity
3. Criticality
4. Connection
5. Caring
The 5 Cs of Contemporary Education

45. - the capacity and disposition
to understand and act on
issues of global significance
What is global competence?

46. Publishing companies played
important role in providing
supplemental and related
educational services.
Global Education as a Business

47. Pearson - a global leader in educational publishing,
providing scientifically research-based print and
digital programs
McGraw-Hill – a global company providing
educational services
Examples

48. Apollo Group & Kaplan, Inc. – provides opportunities
for distance learning around the globe
Blackboard, Inc. – provide schools with intranet
service that connects students and teachers
Examples

49. Governments around the
world are working to create
education policies that foster
the development of human
and knowledge capital.
Comparative Educational Systems

50. US- International Education Policy
 US also views education as a measure of foreign policy so
the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs works to
“foster mutual understanding between the people of the
US and the people of other countries to promote friendly,
sympathetic, and peaceful relations, as mandated by the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchanges Act of 1961.”

51. US International Education Policy
This mission is accomplished through:
• Fulbright Program;
• International Visitor Leadership Program;
• youth, sports, and cultural programs; and
• study opportunity for foreign students.

52. China – International Education Initiatives
China and the United Kingdom created the
Sino-UK Higher Education Collaboration
Programme with the aim of “contributing to
the development of higher education in the UK
and China by learning from one another’s
experience, and to strengthen links and
strategic collaboration.”

53. China – International Education Initiatives
The collaboration continues today and has lead to
the eChina-UK eLearning Programme. The project
comprises a number of teacher training projects in
which British and Chinese teams worked to
develop and pilot eLearning materials.

54. United Arab Emirates – International Education
• One of the most innovative urban planning education
initiative undertaken is Dubai’s International Academic
City (DIAC).
• The world’s only free zone to higher education, DIAC
currently hosts 30 international universities from
countries such as the USA, Australia, India, Pakistan,
Iran, Russia, Belgium, the UK, and France, teaching over
16,000 students.

55. United Arab Emirates – International Education
• Dubai has also created centers such as Dubai
Knowledge Village, Dubai Media City, and Dubai
Internet City in an effort to bring together knowledge,
education, information, and talent.
• Many of which are which public-private partnerships
with international schools or corporations.

56. References:
Gibson, M.A. and Rojas, A.R. ( 2006). Globalization, Immigration,
and the Education of New Immigrants in the 21st Century.
Current Issues in Comparative Education. Columbia University
Massimilano Tani, UNSW and IZA ( 2017). Paper commissioned for the
Global Education Monitoring Report 2019 Consultation on Migration.
UNESCO.
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Capalbo, R. global education brief.. Retrieved from
https://www.globalization101.org/uploads/File/Education/Education.pdf
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57. Thank
you!
Education is the most
powerful weapon
which you can use to
change the world.