Trends and Issues Prepared by:Globalization and EducationAriu Carey FortezaTrends and IssuesGlobalization and Education

There are Global and national trends as well as issues that impact on curriculum development in the country. Some issues have more impact on curriculum planning than others. Three of these concerns will be the focus of discussion namely: (1) bilingual education, (2) early childhood care and development, and (3) global education.

1. Bilingual Educationa. aims to make every Filipino Competent in both Filipino and English at the national levelb. being implemented by two strategies:i. teach both languages as subjects at all levelsii. use both as media of instruction in identified subjects at all grade levelsc. goals of bilingual education:i. to enhance learning through two languages to achieve quality education as called for by the 1987 Constitutionii. to propagate Filipino as a language of literacyiii. to develop Filipino as linguistic symbol of national unity and identityiv. to cultivate and elaborate Filipino as an international language of scholarly discourse, that is to say, promote its continuing intellectualizationv. to maintain English as an international language for the Philippines and as a non-exclusive language of science and technologyd. objectives of bilingual educationi. developmentii. propagationiii. intellectualization

2. Early Childhood Care and Developmenta. Designed to maximize the capacities for psycho-social and intellectual development of pre-school children during the formative yearsb. Identified 8 strategies to realize the objectives of early childhood care and development namely:i. managing early childhood development programs and services with emphasis on community-based activitiesii. exploring and using various approaches to parent educationiii. including another year of preparatory schooling for six-year olds as part of the formal school systemiv. accrediting private school programs and institutionsv. designing focused and differentiated approaches for special categories of childrenvi. integrating health, nutrition and other allied services in the programs and servicesvii. adapting curriculum, materials and approaches to the Filipino childs socio-cultural milieuviii. designating a single agency to be responsible to early childhood development

3. Global Educationa. Requires the expansion of consciousnessb. Is values educationc. Provides the cultural enrichment of all learners4. Globalizationa. Globalization is the idea that our world is becoming a unified whole with little or no cultural or social conflict. This central idea of globalization is conducive to the idea of education. For a student seeking to extend boundaries and break barriers, globalization provides an opportunity of a lifetime. Globalization has merits and demerits in economics, business and politics. In education it has merits for students and educators but there is also a sense of an unhealthy takeover of education by market forces. Broadly considered, however, Globalization is freeing the world of education from limitations.b. Characteristicsi. Competing values in Global Educationii. The learning framework for global citizenshipiii. Global civic ethiciv. Environmental Education