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ice 301 unit 5


lifelong learning
 - critiques and
 possibilities

 

Day 1: globalization and education


What is globalization

  • de-localization and supraterritoriality; 

  • the speed and power of technological innovation and the associated growth of risk; 

  • the rise of multinational corporations; and 

  • the extent to which the moves towards the creation of (global) free markets to leads to instability and division.

Globalization and education

  • Commodification and the corporate takeover of education.

  • The threat to the autonomy of national educational systems by globalization.

  • De-localization and changing technologies and orientations in education.

  • Branding, globalization and learning to be consumers.

The way forward for lifelong learning

handouts: globalization and the incorporation of education
infed resources: globalization; defining globalization


 

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

handout: school protests and the war in Iraq
infed resources: transforming youth work; called to be authentic

 

 

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