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Globalisation, geography education and the curriculum: what are the challenges for curriculum makers in geography?
Author(s) -
Butt Graham
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2011.601682
Subject(s) - globalization , curriculum , perspective (graphical) , political science , sociology , social science , pedagogy , economic growth , economics , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
The forces of globalisation affect the lives of everybody on the planet – but defining the concept of globalisation, and its appropriate place within the school curriculum, still proves problematic. This article engages with three key issues: our understanding and conceptualisation of globalisation; the impacts of globalisation on education; and the place of globalisation in the geography curriculum. Globalisation influences education policy and practice worldwide, in turn creating concerns that national curricula, teaching and assessment are increasingly tending towards uniformity. The opportunities and challenges faced by young people growing up in our rapidly globalising world are considered in this article from the perspective of curriculum makers in geography.