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Ready, Set, Global!

Ready, Set, Global!. An Assessment of Globalization in High School Curricula. Allison Meeks December 1, 2009. Research Question. Are high schools providing a global education to their students and is it affected by outside factors?. Thesis.

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Ready, Set, Global!

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  1. Ready, Set, Global! An Assessment of Globalization in High School Curricula Allison Meeks December 1, 2009

  2. Research Question Are high schools providing a global education to their students and is it affected by outside factors?

  3. Thesis Global education is necessary in high school education; however the number of elements can be affected by geographic and socioeconomic factors.

  4. Literature Review What is Global education? Hard to define Bales (2004) and Tye (1993), (2003) Common understanding that all are connected Waltzer and Heilman (2005) Why the need for Global Education? Economic Security Bell-Rose and Desai (2006) Parker (2008) The Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy (2005) National Security Parker (2008) Burak (2003) Tye (2003)

  5. Literature Review Examples of Global Education Tye and Tye (1993) Ady (1999) Fujikane (2003) U.S. Policy and Global Education Not required but encouraged International Education Week (2008)

  6. Theory Consensus Theories (Daun 2002) Society is held together by shared values Allocation of the most talented people to highest positions Neglects outside social factors Not everyone starts on equal footing Conflict Theory Education is directly affected by socioeconomic factors (Daun 2002) Bordieu (1986) Economic capital, social capital, cultural capital Resistance Theory (Giroux 2001) Globalization and Education Interdisciplinary Use of technology has made education more accessible

  7. Methodology • Chicago area high schools • Course description books were collected from website • Coded for: • Technology • Word, Microsoft, Excel, Desktop Publishing, etc. • Multi and Cross Cultural Concepts • Literature, Forms of Government, Economics, etc. • Non-western Languages

  8. Methodology Strengths Weaknesses Only in Chicago Limited availability • Need to know what is available in order to change anything. • Current and relevant topic • Does not measure how effective global education is.

  9. Findings Breakdown of Schools by Location and Type

  10. SAMPLE

  11. Findings Figure 1: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis: Public v. Private

  12. Findings Figure 2: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis and Percent Low Income of Public Schools

  13. Findings SIZE Private Public

  14. Discussion Public Schools in this assessment did the best job of providing global education opportunities. • Differences in Funding • Location • Languages • Differences in Size • Difference in writing style • Changes take time

  15. Questions? Thank you

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