Globalization and Education
EDST 235
Spring 2024
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01
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As we've seen with the COVID 19 pandemic and social movements against injustice such as the Movement for Black Lives and the movement for reproductive justice, our world is deeply interconnected in many ways, including socially, economically, culturally, technologically, and politically. The ways in which we understand who we are and our place(s) in the world are deeply informed by events, beliefs, narratives, and ideologies that circulate globally. Education has long been a space where these ideas and frameworks have been taken up, contested, and reimagined. In this course, we will draw on scholarship from a variety of disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and history, trace key theoretical frameworks and definitions of globalization, such as world culture theory and de/coloniality, and examine globalization's impacts on education around the world. We will also look at major global actors working in education, such as the World Bank, USAID, and UNESCO, and the ways they shape and impact education. The central question that we will grapple with is: How can understandings of the complex forms and impacts of globalization help us track and make sense of our experiences and ideas about what education is and what it could be? This course is a prerequisite for Theory and Methods in Comparative Education. It counts towards the Category 2 requirement of the Education Studies Major and/or Minor. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS EDST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST-MN)(EDST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
SAMPLE READINGS Stromquist, N.P. & Monkman, K. (2014). Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation Across Cultures (2nd ed.). Burbules, N. C. & Torres, C. A. (2000). Globalization and Education: Critical Perspectives. Stein, S. (2021). Reimagining global citizenship education for a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 19(4), 482-495.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Critical Reading Worksheets: You will fill out this worksheet for at least one reading per class. Its purpose is to help students prepare for classroom discussions and have structured practice in critical reading. Worksheets will be collected randomly throughout the semester. Critical Response Papers: Students will write three critical response papers (2-3 pages double spaced). The response papers should be a critical analysis of at least two of the assigned course readings for that week. They should draw directly upon the texts and integrate citations from them into the commentary. Please do not summarize the texts; rather, utilize the practice of understanding, critiquing, and applying theories in your response papers. Depth is preferred over breadth. Do not try to address every idea put forth in the readings. Instead, focus on one or two ideas that really interest you and explore them in depth. Final Paper: This is a short research paper (5-6 pages) that requires you to analyze a key educational program, policy, or theory related to globalization. The assignment is to analyze rather than simply describe your chosen topic. In order to do so your paper must situate your topic within the broader theoretical and historical contexts that we are discussing in class. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course counts towards the Category 2 Requirement for the Education Studies Major and/or Minor. |
| Instructor(s): Speciale,Teresa Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 33 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 6 | FR: 5 |
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