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301 unit 5
lifelong learning
- critiques and
possibilities
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Day 1: globalization and education

What is globalization
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de-localization and supraterritoriality;
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the speed and
power of technological innovation and the associated growth of
risk;
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the rise of
multinational corporations; and
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the extent to
which the moves towards the creation of (global) free markets to
leads to instability and division.
Globalization and education
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Commodification and the corporate takeover of education.
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The threat to
the autonomy of national educational systems by globalization.
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De-localization and changing technologies and orientations in
education.
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Branding, globalization and learning to be consumers.
The way forward for lifelong learning
Day 2: some current issues
transforming youth work (and the shift to youth development)

can informal educators be authentic?
- aims
- relationship
- authenticity
- bringing yourself
school protests, informal education and the war in Iraq
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