Forces of globalization

Forces of globalization have acted on education internationally, creating greater standardization in norms of teaching and learning. There has always been 1 similarity between schools across context: the curriculum, for example has been shown 2 between language, mathematics, science and the arts in a comparable way in schools around the world. Likewise, school buildings in terms of their architecture share remarkable similarities internationally, 3 shared patterns of teaching and learning (although facilities and resources differ significantly.) In recent years, globalization has created increased opportunities for the ‘borrowing’ of education policy and practice, and 4 further uniformity across national contexts. 5 has the internationalization of education been more apparent than in the higher education sector. The move to the internationalization of higher-education policy and practice 6 by increased student mobility, and the desire of universities to attract students from overseas.