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Ready, Set, Global!An Assessment of Globalization in High

School Curricula

Allison MeeksDecember 1, 2009

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Research Question

Are high schools providing a global education to their students and is it affected by outside factors?

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Thesis

Global education is necessary in high school education; however the number of elements can be affected by geographic and socioeconomic factors.

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Literature Review• What is Global education?

• Hard to define• Bales (2004) and Tye (1993), (2003)

• Common understanding that all are connected• Waltzer and Heilman (2005)

• Why the need for Global Education?• Economic Security

• Bell-Rose and Desai (2006)• Parker (2008)• The Committee on Prospering in the Global

Economy (2005)• National Security

• Parker (2008) • Burak (2003)• Tye (2003)

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Literature Review

• Examples of Global Education• Tye and Tye (1993)• Ady (1999)• Fujikane (2003)

• U.S. Policy and Global Education• Not required but encouraged• International Education Week (2008)

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Theory• Consensus Theories (Daun 2002)

• Society is held together by shared values• Allocation of the most talented people to highest

positions• Neglects outside social factors

• Not everyone starts on equal footing

• Conflict Theory• Education is directly affected by socioeconomic factors

(Daun 2002)• Bordieu (1986)

• Economic capital, social capital, cultural capital• Resistance Theory (Giroux 2001)

• Globalization and Education• Interdisciplinary• Use of technology has made education more

accessible

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Methodology

TYPE URBAN SUBURBAN

FRINGE

PUBLIC Public urban

Public Suburban

Public Fringe

PRIVATE Religious Urban

Religious Suburban

Religious Fringe

Private Urban

Private Suburban

Private Fringe

•Chicago area high schools•Course description books were collected from website•Coded for:

•Technology• Word, Microsoft, Excel, Desktop Publishing, etc.

•Multi and Cross Cultural Concepts • Literature, Forms of Government, Economics, etc.

•Non-western Languages

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Methodology

Strengths• Need to know what is

available in order to change anything.

• Current and relevant topic

Weaknesses• Only in Chicago• Limited availability

• Does not measure how effective global education is.

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Findings

TYPE URBAN

SUBURBAN

FRINGE TOTAL

PRIVATE 3 3 4 10

RELIGIOUS 2 3 2 4

INDEPENDENT 2 1 1 7

TOTAL 7 7 7 21

Breakdown of Schools by Location and Type

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SAMPLE

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FindingsFigure 1: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis: Public v. Private

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FindingsFigure 2: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis and Percent Low Income of Public Schools

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FindingsSIZE

PrivateSIZE MULTICULTURA

LTECHNOLOGY

< 1000 STUDENTS

20.0 28.0

> 1000 STUDENTS

29.5 36.3

PublicSIZE MULTICULTRUA

LTECHNOLOGY

< 1000 STUDENTS

27 47

1000< BUT > 2000

37 79.5

> 2000 STUDENTS

41 95.75

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DiscussionPublic Schools in this assessment did the best

job of providing global education opportunities.

• Differences in Funding• Location• Languages

• Differences in Size

• Difference in writing style

• Changes take time

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Questions?

Thank you