Educational Leadership in an Age Globalisation Age of Globalisation David Williams Turning the Tide Riding the Wave or

Whether Globalisation Globalisation is a catch-phrase of politicians or a driver for change within educational establishments depends on the degree to which it is seen as a lever lever or a blunt instrument

Globalisation “ Globalisation is an accelerated compression of the contemporary world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a singular entity. “Compression makes the world a single place by virtue of the power of a set of globally globally diffused ideas ideas that render the uniqueness of social and ethnic identities and traditions irrelevant except within local contexts and in scholarly discourse. ” - Ronald Robertson, ‘Globalisation Theory & Civilised Analysis’ (1987)

Globalisation “ Globalisation is a process in which economies, cultures and societies have combined through a global network of trade trade and communication communication” - Patrick Doherty, ‘Globalisation and Education’ (2010)

Globalisation “ Globalisation can be seen as multifaceted consisting of six strands: Changing concepts of space and time ( shrinking ) Increasing the numbers of cultural interactions Commonality of problems facing everyone Increasing inter-dependencies and connections The development of trans-national actors and other organisations The synchronisation of these elements concerning globalisation ” - Cohen and Kennedy, ‘Global Society’ (2000)

Trans-national “ Trans-national corporations, multi-national multi-national corporations, governmental governmental and non- governmental governmental organisations are playing a leading role in the current economical development and defining the current push in education” - Victor Roseilez, The Changing Face of Education (2007)

“ The neo-liberal neo-liberal version of globalisation globalisation, particularly as implemented by bilateral, multilateral and international organisations, is reflected in an educational agenda that supports or imposes particular policies for evaluation, financing, assessment, standards, teacher- training, curriculum, instruction and testing. ” - Burbules and Torres, Globalisation and Education: Critical Perspectives (2000)

“successful corporations must primarily produce brands brands as opposed to products products. ” - Klein, ‘Globalisation Economic Handbook’ (2010)

“It is time to recognise that the true tutors tutors of our children are not school teachers or university professors but film makers, advertising executives and pop culture purveyors, Disney Disney does more than Duke; Spielburg Spielburg outweighs Stanford; MTV MTV trumps MIT. ” - Benjamin Barber