This course will emphasize discussion. I will begin each session with a few introductory comments, but these are not meant to substitute for the content of the readings. You are expected to obtain the course packet (from IUB, the university bookstore) and be prepared to discuss the readings for each class session. I will have questions or topics to discuss, but I will expect you to have some yourselves.

The main writing project for the class, whose grade will largely determine your course grade, is a term paper that should explore a public school (or higher education) issue of your choice. Your assignment is (1) to research the ways in which this issue affects and is affected by the economic, political, cultural, and technological dimensions of globalization; (2) to explore how these four dimensions relate to one another; and (3) to analyze how these global dimensions affect "local" attempts to deal with the issue. To complete this project successfully, you may need to draw from library readings, especially policy analyses; popular materials (such as magazines, news coverage, etc.); Internet searches; and other information. You should meet with me to discuss your topic early in the semester.

An extra added feature of the course this semester is a companion class in Brisbane, Australia, with whom we will arrange an asynchronous discussion group. You will have a chance to explore their perspectives on the U.S. and globalization – and, of course, this sort of discussion is one example of the ways in which education is becoming more globalized itself.

August 26 What is globalization? Why does it matter for education?

READINGS:

Barber, "Jihad vs. McWorld" [http://www.theatlantic.com/election/connection/

foreign/barberf.htm]

Lubbens, "Tilburg address" [http://www.globalize.org/taddress.htm]

September 9 READINGS:

Beinart, "An illusion for our time"

Henwood/Figueroa, "Does globalization matter?"

READINGS:

Waters, "World class production"

Ritzer, "Globalization, McDonaldization, and Americanization"

September 23 READINGS:

Barnet & Cavanagh, "The global customer/The global job crisis/Politics, markets, and jobs"

Greider, "Saving the global economy"

September 30 READINGS:

Gee, Hull, & Lankshear, "The new work order"

READINGS:

Waters, "Earthly powers"

Falk, "The making of global citizenship"

October 14 READINGS:

Kellner, "Globalization and the postmodern turn" [http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/courses/

ed253a/dk/globpm.htm]

October 21 READINGS:

Torres, "State and education revisited"

Taylor, et al., "Globalisation, the state, and educational policy"

READINGS:

Waters, "The new world chaos"

Barnet & Cavanagh, "Global dreams/The making of books"

November 4 READINGS:

Appadurai, "Disjuncture and difference/Consumption, duration, and history"

Dimitriades & Kamberelis, "Shifting terrains"

November 11 READINGS:

Smith, "The empire filters back"

Featherstone, "Global and local cultures"

READINGS:

Barnet & Cavanagh, "Global thinking in a disorderly world"

Stewart, "Globalisation and education"

December 2 READINGS:

Porter & Vidovich, "Globalization and higher education policy"

Ladwig, "World institutions, world dispositions"

December 9 READINGS:

Selections from Global Education

December 14 PAPERS DUE (5:00 p.m.)