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Globalization is also affecting education. English has become the international language, which creates global markets for education in English both at the K–12 level as well as in higher education.

K–12 education may evolve into a bureaucracy that will look a lot like European ministries of education, responsible for assuring that the educational needs of a state are met through contracting with for-profit companies, through contracting with not-for-profit contractors in other states, and through the state’s own educational infrastructure, again greatly changed in its social organization and its governance.

According to Gerbner, Gross, Morgan and Signorielli (1986), "television has become the primary common source of socialization and everyday information (mostly in the form of entertainment) of an otherwise heterogeneous population," Gerbner believed that mass media produced images from, "the mainstream of a common symbolic environment" (p. 18). Stephen Littlejohn (2002) commented that Gerbner's theory "is not a theory of individual media 'effects' but instead makes a statement about the culture as a whole" (p. 317). Gerbner predicted that heavy television viewers are far more likely to be socialized through television than light television viewers. Gerbner went on to describe what he called the "mean world syndrome" which suggests that the violent nature of television content will affect heavy television viewers

to believe that the world is a violent place, where people cannot be trusted. According to Gerbner, viole

nt television programs "travel well" across political borders since violence is easily understood cross-culturally

As a monetary policymaker, my main concern is the health of the U.S. economy. Although the economy turned in a pretty sluggish performance for a long while after the 2001 recession, it has shown some real strength over the last few quarters in terms of output growth and productiv

ly most efficient. Consider this analogy with the family: No family tries to make everything that it eats, wears, and enjoys. If it'

because their jobs are going overseas. And concern for these workers, of course, is why there's interest in trying to restrict trade with tariffs, quotas, or other barriers. Indeed, such measures may actually succeed in slowing job losses in affected industries temporarily. But, as I hope I've illustrated, in the end, they impose significant costs on the rest of the economy that are much higher than any benefits.

ADVANTAGES 1. Intergration of markets: Markets are interlinked- European Union 2. Cheaper Products for Consumer: Trainers are Cheap 3. Leads to Outsourcing in some cases which can lead to job loses: Moving call centers to India. 4. Lowering of international Bariers: Now European Union can Trade with ASEAN and NAFTA. 5. Providing jobs in LEDC's and help develop economy (less Economically Developed Countries) 6. Helps prevent market Saturation in a specific market: stops there being too much competitors in one place e.g too much call centres in Uk, so move to india 7. Standardisation of product: the same products can be seen in some many places - e.g coke and McDonalds DISADVANTAGES 1. Intense Competition 2. Widening of Gap between rich and poor countries 3. Harder for Smaller businesses to establish themselves 4. Exploitation of workers: Paying the workers in LEDC's a fraction of what would be paid in to workers in LEDCs. 5. Income generated in Host country is not always spent in the same country - money earned from supplying cheap call centres in india will not be spent in india but maybe in Uk or US.

Our inter-connected world demands that we not only have an understanding of our country, but an understanding of nations, cultures, languages, and religions around the globe.

requires going beyond traditional modes of education that create a well informed, trained, and motivated workforce.

This response has largely taken place on several fronts, each with varying perspectives and motivations for wanting to transform education on a global scale.