TY - JOUR
T1 - Globalization, educational hegemony, and higher education
AU - Olaniran, Bolanle A.
AU - Agnello, Mary F.
PY - 2008/6/13
Y1 - 2008/6/13
N2 - Purpose The paper aims to put into context globalization as educational, economic, and technological relations, with attention to dimensions of variability and other problems associated with domination of western and northern postindustrial developed nations on the developing world. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken in this paper is that of a discussion of the issues. Findings Education in its broadest functional terms prepares populaces for interaction within the social, economical, political, and cultural domains of daily life. Global education in its encompassing reach toward the macrocosm prepares populations in many countries to coexist, particularly with information age technological innovations. Such an overstatement or broad sweep of the maximum view of international education overlooks indepth understanding of the exercise of power in the international realm. Originality/value The paper discusses the issues surrounding globalization, the economic gap between technologically trained workers and agrarian economies and the cultural divide caused by policies and assumptions.
AB - Purpose The paper aims to put into context globalization as educational, economic, and technological relations, with attention to dimensions of variability and other problems associated with domination of western and northern postindustrial developed nations on the developing world. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken in this paper is that of a discussion of the issues. Findings Education in its broadest functional terms prepares populaces for interaction within the social, economical, political, and cultural domains of daily life. Global education in its encompassing reach toward the macrocosm prepares populations in many countries to coexist, particularly with information age technological innovations. Such an overstatement or broad sweep of the maximum view of international education overlooks indepth understanding of the exercise of power in the international realm. Originality/value The paper discusses the issues surrounding globalization, the economic gap between technologically trained workers and agrarian economies and the cultural divide caused by policies and assumptions.
KW - Globalization
KW - Higher education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70649085311&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/17504970810883351
DO - 10.1108/17504970810883351
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70649085311
VL - 2
SP - 68
EP - 86
JO - Multicultural Education & Technology Journal
JF - Multicultural Education & Technology Journal
SN - 1750-497X
IS - 2
ER -