Internationalization of Education

(noun)

The increased emphasis on international cultural exchange in the course of education.

Related Terms

  • Mass Schooling
  • Universal Primary Education

Examples of Internationalization of Education in the following topics:

  • Education and Liberty in the Developing World

    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
    • Universal Primary Education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals, and great improvements have been achieved in the past decade, yet a great deal remains to be done.
    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
    • Programs, such as the International Baccalaureate, have contributed to the internationalization of education.
    • Countries fall into three broad categories based on their Education Index: high, medium, and low human development.
  • Education and the Global Perspective

    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
    • Education in its broadest, most general sense is a means through which the aims and habits of a group of people is passed from one generation to the next.
    • Private groups, like Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are also working to improve access to education through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund.
    • Education is becoming increasingly international, and mass schooling has promoted the fundamental idea that everyone has a right to be educated regardless of his/her cultural background.
    • Programs such as the International Baccalaureate have also contributed to the internationalization of education.
  • Peace

    • Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict or war.
    • It is awarded annually to internationally notable persons following the prize's creation in the will of Alfred Nobel.
    • Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict or war.
    • Other views of pacifism include:
    • calls for abolition of the institutions of the military and war
  • Education and Industrialization

    • It has been argued that high rates of education are essential for countries to be able to achieve high levels of economic growth.
    • Education economics is the study of economic issues relating to education, including the demand for education and the financing and provision of education.
    • The brain drain is often associated with de-skilling of emigrants in their country of destination, while their country of emigration experiences the draining of skilled individuals.
    • Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.
    • Educational technology is intended to improve education over what it would be without technology.
  • Education

    • Educational attainment is tied to social class, with upper class individuals acquiring higher degrees from more prestigious schools.
    • Education is a major component of social class, both directly and indirectly.
    • Educational attainment refers to the level of schooling a person completes — for instance, high school, some college, college, or a graduate degree.
    • Upper class individuals are likely to attend schools of higher quality and of greater prestige than those attended by their lower class counterparts.
    • Educational inequality is one factor that perpetuates the class divide across generations.
  • School

    • Education is the process by which society transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, customs and values from one generation to another.
    • Education is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people is transmitted from one generation to the next.
    • Education has often been seen as a fundamentally optimistic human endeavor characterized by aspirations for progress and betterment.
    • Education is perceived as an endeavor that enables children to develop according to their unique needs and potential.
    • Education also performs another crucial function.
  • New State Spaces

    • New York and London are examples of global cities that command vast political, economic, and cultural influence both domestically and internationally.
    • Another example of a new state space is the European Union, a confederation of 27 European states that encourages political and economic cooperation among its members.
    • One of the most prominent theories in this field is that of global cities.
    • Some of these cities are absolutely central to the operation of the global economic system, and some are more peripheral.
    • The European Union is a confederation of 27 European states.
  • Educational Reform in the U.S.

    • Education reform has been pursued for a variety of specific reasons, but, generally, most reforms aim at redressing some societal ills, such as poverty-, gender-, or class-based inequities, or perceived ineffectiveness.
    • In the 1990s, most states and districts adopted Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in some form or another.
    • Congress also set the standards-based National Education Goals (Goals 2000).
    • Education Segregation in the U.S.
    • Board of Education
  • Politics

    • In the 2008 presidential election, 76.2% of graduate degree holders voted, while only 23.4% of people without high school degrees voted.
    • Educational attainment, an indicator of social class, can predict political participation.
    • An illustration of this is the presidential election between George W.
    • Both had millions of dollars of accumulated wealth, and they had higher degrees from Harvard and Yale, respectively.
    • Educational attainment, an indicator of social class, can predict one's level of political participation.
  • Intelligence and Inequality

    • Educational capital can produce or reproduce inequality and also serve as a leveling mechanism that fosters equal opportunity.
    • Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    • Educational capital refers to educational goods that are converted into commodities to be bought, sold, withheld, traded, consumed, and profited from in the educational system.
    • Educational capital can be utilized to produce or reproduce inequality, and it can also serve as a leveling mechanism that fosters social justice and equal opportunity.
    • Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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