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used it write countless ideas that influence the world today. The Arabs were quickly able to spread their monotheistic Islamic faith across much of the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Asia beginning in the early seventh century. The inventions of gunpowder and printing during the late Tang dynasty in China eventually carried their way to Europe. These examples are four of many that show that cultural, political, and economic interactions between civilizations have existed for a very long time. Yet all of this occurred in a world that was, for the most party, heavily agrarian and only loosely connected. Never has the idea of globalization caught on as it has now due in large part to a rapidly industrialized and technology-driven world. The word globalization has only recently been used to describe these interactions but it is quickly gaining importance due to the speed at which cultural interactions are occurring.
It is crucial to remember that these exchanges exist and, due to technological advances, are becoming more commonplace not just with governments or those with money but with the common person as well. It is not unfathomable to find a high school student in urban inner-city Chicago sending an instant message to communicate with a friend in some elite part of London. In the end, the idea that the world is quickly intensifying interactions and integrations of political, economic, cultural and social aspects (Rothernberg, 2003) cannot be ignored. How you perceive these interactions and integrations depends strongly on what you value and how prepared you are to understand the complexity of a shrinking but still very different world.
One of the growing elements of globalization is that the blending of borders, cultures and communication has become increasingly easier to notice and is a growing part of normal everyday life. The ease and improvement of communication now plays out
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| Title | Globalization, curricular elements, organizational structures and perceived student outcomes in California schools |
| Author | Vigil, Ricardo |
| Author email | tracer1150@aol.com; ricardjv@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-02-11 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hocevar, Dennis J. Love, Laurie |
| Abstract | The world is becoming increasingly connected and this has begun to affect the political, economic, cultural and societal aspects of our lives. Globalization will push individuals to have sensitivity to foreign cultures, fluency in foreign languages and an understanding of international trade and technology while also having the ability to reshape what people think about nations, boundaries and identities. How people react to globalization will depend heavily on who is viewing it and this complexity brings with it values and tensions from various parts of the world. Consequently, globalization carries tremendous ramifications for education and whether or not globalization is accepted, the forces and trends it is presenting are too strong to ignore. So the questions at hand are now: what are schools doing to address this idea, what are schools doing to educate students about globalization and has the idea of global citizenship been addressed? This study addresses what education in the United States is currently focused on and what education is doing in consideration of globalization; specifically what role students will play in a globalized world. The intent of this study was to identify global curricular and organizational elements that are present in California schools and what associated student outcomes are produced. Furthermore, the idea of global citizenship is now a distinct possibility; an idea that begins to blur current ideas of citizenship in an era of nation-states. The idea of relating to others now goes beyond national borders in ways that make it necessary to be aware of political, economic and social issues in other nations. This study also examines what it means to be a global citizen and what are schools doing to make this happen. As part of a thematic dissertation group of eight at the University of Southern California, this study focused on one school in California and found many elements that support globalization.; These included a well developed curriculum, organized leadership, international faculty, exchange trips abroad, a focus on 21st century skills and more. The results of these organizational and curricular ingredients include altruistic projects, community service, and academic excellence and can be useful to policymakers and school-builders who are trying to integrate globalization into schools. Ultimately, this study, in combination with the others in the thematic dissertation team, have the potential to make the curricular elements, organizational structures and student outcomes found in this study significant in attempting to address questions of globalization in schools. |
| Keyword | California; curricular elements; global education; globalization; international baccalaureate; student outcomes; global curriculum |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2040 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3777 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Vigil, Ricardo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Vigil-4389 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Vigil-4389.pdf |
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| Title | Page 26 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 18 used it write countless ideas that influence the world today. The Arabs were quickly able to spread their monotheistic Islamic faith across much of the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Asia beginning in the early seventh century. The inventions of gunpowder and printing during the late Tang dynasty in China eventually carried their way to Europe. These examples are four of many that show that cultural, political, and economic interactions between civilizations have existed for a very long time. Yet all of this occurred in a world that was, for the most party, heavily agrarian and only loosely connected. Never has the idea of globalization caught on as it has now due in large part to a rapidly industrialized and technology-driven world. The word globalization has only recently been used to describe these interactions but it is quickly gaining importance due to the speed at which cultural interactions are occurring. It is crucial to remember that these exchanges exist and, due to technological advances, are becoming more commonplace not just with governments or those with money but with the common person as well. It is not unfathomable to find a high school student in urban inner-city Chicago sending an instant message to communicate with a friend in some elite part of London. In the end, the idea that the world is quickly intensifying interactions and integrations of political, economic, cultural and social aspects (Rothernberg, 2003) cannot be ignored. How you perceive these interactions and integrations depends strongly on what you value and how prepared you are to understand the complexity of a shrinking but still very different world. One of the growing elements of globalization is that the blending of borders, cultures and communication has become increasingly easier to notice and is a growing part of normal everyday life. The ease and improvement of communication now plays out |
