Impact of Globalization

on Higher Education

By Gayan

Iddamalgoda

Dos in Communication &

Journalism,
University of Mysore, India.

Education

: Defined

The field of study that deals

mainly with methods of teaching
and learning.
It is central to the Human
Resources
Development
and
empowerment in any country.
Its quality is judged by the kind of
humans it produces.

Higher Education
: Defined
Education beyond the secondary
level; especially : education provided by a college
or university
Education at universities or similar educational
establishments, especially to degree level.

Globalization:
Defined
In simple words it means shrinkage
of space as well as time, which
brings together nations, cultures
and economies in mutual respect for
one another.
Globalization
refers
to
the
integration of economics and
societies all over the world.

Globalization & Higher

Education

Most important component of

globalization in relation of
education is the need for producing
higher quality manpower that can
successfully face competition in
the
world
markets.

Globalization & Higher

Education
Globalization has a wide ranging potential to influence
Higher education.
People around the world are more connected with each other.
There is need of Understanding of interaction of human
society and environment all the more.
Education in global society has greater
responsibility of Shaping preferred futures
of the students.
Liberalisation and privatisation has
changed the education scenario of today.

The aims of global

education
Creating global citizens:
A Global Citizen is someone who is aware of the wider
world and has a sense of his or her own role as a world
citizen.
has an understanding of how the world works.

is willing to act to make the world a more

equitable and sustainable place.
takes responsibility for her or his actions.
feels an ethical responsibility to others around
the globe

Have you ever heard this term?

Globally Employable
Graduate

The aims of global higher

education
Economic development.
Social justice
Respecting diversity
Environmental sustainability
Empathy for others
Interconnectedness and interdependence

Economic development
In order to develop all the nations
economically, they need educated
citizens.
Globalization open the doors for higher
education.

Social justice
Social Justice emphasis
equality of the society.
Higher education
opportunities for good
number of people
implies social justice in
the aspect of education.
It has to be improved in
this age of globalization.

Respecting diversity
Global
education
advocates
for
diversity
in terms
of Cultural
& all
aspects of
the life.

Environmental sustainability
This term refers to the maintenance of the factor & practices that contribute to the quality of
environment on a long term basis.
Globally educated people would understand the importance of the Environmental
sustainability. Not only in their mother land but also entire world.

Impact of globalization on Higher

Education

Role of the teacher in Teacher- Centered learning process

Professors/ Lecturer can now coach, counsel, and collaborate with
students during the learning process instead of providing lectures in the
traditional way.

Teachers must be empowered to make instructional

decisions based on the characteristics and needs of students.

Role of the Educator/ Teacher

in Global Higher Education

 The risk taker :

Teachers should not wait for others to take the

initiative , they have to be the lead. Show your
students that everything can be learnt through risk and
initiative taking

The collaborator:
The teacher should be able to collaborate the different tasks
for the students. He should be able to collaborate the best
technology in the teaching learning process.
The model :
Teachers' job is not just instilling information in students
minds though instilling is not a proper term to use, but they
are also there to give the exemplary model of how the life
long learner should be. Students are very much influenced
by their teachers behaviors.

 The leader :
The teacher should be able to guide the students properly.

The visionary :
Teachers must be imaginative . They need to foresee the potential of the emerging technologies,
look into other areas of the curricula and across disciplines.

The learner :
This is a good way to teach others about what is special to you and to learn
about other people at the same time.
Learning is a continuous process , a life long commitment to knowledge ,

teachers should always seek knowledge everywhere using technology .

 The communicator :
the 21st century teacher should be fluent in the use of
communication and information technologies ,know how to
facilitate, stimulate, control, moderate and manage them.

The adaptor :
Different as they are the modes of learning , teachers
should always make their teaching styles adaptive to :
The new curriculum requirements
The emerging latest technologies
The various age groups and abilities
The new dynamic teaching experience.

NEEDED REFORMS IN
EDUCATION:
1. Content of Education
a) Curriculum Up-gradation
b) Productivity Orientation

2.The Fall out of Globalization

a)
b)
c)

Internalization of Education
Finance-related issues
Privation of secondary and higher education.

NEEDED REFORMS IN EDUCATION:

1. Content of Education
a. Curriculum Up-gradation
Education for globalization nurtures
higher-order cognitive and
interpersonal skills required for
problem finding, problem-solving,
articulating documents, and
deploying verifiable facts or artifacts.

b. Productivity Orientation
Selecting the best human and giving
them education of the highest
quality.
The basic objective of globalization is to
enhance productivity and to make
the
educational
system
and
instrument in preparing students
who can compete in the world
markets as productive members of
society.

2. The Fall out of Globalization

a. Internalization of Education

provide the global opportunities and promote

goodwill and will to encourage exchange of
scholars.

b. Finance-related issues
In order to be a part of global configuration,
the requirement of funds for social services
including education will increase manifold. For
this purpose, it will be necessary to augment
government funding for these sectors.

C. Privation of secondary and higher education.

.

It mean that the educational system will increasingly

provide the sites of struggle over the meaning and
power of national identity and a national culture.
Educational institutes will no doubt also be the sites of
various counter-hegemonic movements and pedagogies