Globalization and Education

Globalization and Education is an internet resource aimed at providing diverse perspectives on ways in which education is being shaped by global processes.

Developed by a collective of research students at the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign, this website provides space for everyone to dialogue pertinent issues relating to globalization and education. Along with debates about globalization, this website also presents teaching and research resources that can be incorporated by teachers in their curriculum. Through our conversations we hope to build the critical, creative commons--a civic space developed to resist destructive consequences of globalization and to engage with its progressive potential.

 

NEW TO THIS SITE: Students Projects

The program in Global Studies in Education is pleased to post here student projects on how issues of globalization are steering shifts in educational policies around the world.

 

Call for papers: the 21st annual conference of the Society for
Information Technology and Teacher Education.
March 29-April 2, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA

The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on
all topics related to:
(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in
• Preservice • Graduate Teacher Education
• Inservice • Faculty & Staff Development
Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as describe
innovative projects are encouraged.
Due October 21

 

State Teacher Policy Yearbook 2007
The latest, issued of the State Teacher Policy Yearbook by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington-based advocacy group.
An article about the report at the Chronicle of Higher Education says that "the report indicates that in most states, teachers, unlike members of many other professions, are not required to receive annual performance reviews. Also, states are failing to hold schools of education accountable on such measures as the quality of their graduates".
Some of the findings in the report are:

• State policies are remarkably inflexible and outdated.
• States are not paying enough attention to who goes into teaching.
• States do not appropriately oversee teacher preparation programs.
• States use false proxies as measures of teacher quality.
• States do not appreciate the dual nature of licensing tests.
• States continue to neglect content preparation for teachers
• States do not ensure that special education teachers are well-prepared to teach students with disabilities.