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E-book The Globalization of Science Curricula

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Globalization is a topic that is frequently in the news, with the economic andsociopolitical impacts of globalization often receiving a considerable mediacoverage. By contrast the effects of globalization on education and curricula receivefar less attention. Nonetheless, the potential impacts of globalization on education areof international interest, and some have argued that competition between countries for labor force, the mobility of people, and the influence of intergovernmentalagencies, such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) or the European Union, are promoting increasing similarities amongcountries’education systems and curricula. Supranational organizations, such as theWorld Bank, may also exert their influence on educational systems, particularly indeveloping countries.But is education around the world really becoming increasingly similar? Doesevidence exist to support the notion that the curricula developed by ministries ofeducation and educational practice in schools are increasingly conforming to a setof“international standards”and, if so, is it possible to identify these benchmarks?Where research studies on the globalization of curricula do exist, they havetended to focus on mathematics curricula as opposed to science curricula(Rutkowski and Rutkowski2009; Zanini and Benton2015). Science education is animportant subject to investigate from a global curriculum perspective becausescience has always been an international discipline, with important discoveries andadvances being made all over the world, but with the need for a central body ofunderstanding for these to be interpreted and presented as a school curriculum.Therefore, internationalized thinking has long been an influence on the develop-ment of science curricula, arguably more so than in subjects such as literature orhistory, which are more likely influenced by national cultural and historicalperspectives.Many of the topics taught as science in schools are directly influenced by globalfactors, such as human health and disease, environmental impacts including climatechange, and the future of food and energy supplies. It can also be argued thatscientific development is the predominant driver of economic growth and quality oflife. Consequently, understanding how science is intended to be taught providesinsight into how future citizens are taught about the nature and role of scientificadvances.The IEA’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) has collectedextensive data on intended mathematics and science curricula of participatingcountries since the 1990s (Mullis et al.2016). While the intended curriculum is notnecessarily what was implemented or achieved, it nonetheless has a strong influenceon the implemented and achieved curricula of an education system. Twenty years ofcollected data provides a valuable opportunity to directly explore the effects ofglobalization on countries’science curricula over time. After this brief introduction, a literature review (Chap.2) provides backgroundinformation and context. The literature review has three key aims (1) to identify thefactors contributing to the globalization of science education and science curricula;(2) to identify existing evidence for the globalization of science curricula over time;and (3) to identify the methods that have been used previously to investigate theglobalization of curricula.The review establishes potential drivers and mediators for the globalization ofscience curricula. Different research approaches are identified, ranging from qual-itative methods such as interviews, lesson observations and analysis of curriculumdocuments, through to quantitative methods using statistical approaches such ascluster analysis and latent class analysis.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

370 STA t

Penerbit

Switzerland : Springer Nature., 2018

Deskripsi Fisik

106 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783319715322

Klasifikasi

370

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Education

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