PREETHI JOSEPH'S BLOG

  GROWING UP INTERNATIONAL By Preethi Joseph T he media has been dominated by political rhetoric in the last few years, with immigrants being labeled as criminals and terrorists. These expressions, at a time when globalisation is at its hilt, seem to bring about sentiments of fear, insecurity and prejudices towards immigrants. With political and religious persecution, poverty and conflict pushing people to migrate to different parts of the globe, countries have to find ways to remodel and redefine their homeland to accept this influx of foreign culture.  But though migration does allow political safety, better economic opportunities, religious freedom and a safe and secure place to raise a family, it also comes with its fair share of adjustments. Migrants suffer from the looming stress of their integration into the society. On one hand, the new country has the promise of opportunities, while the other hand, a demise of their cultural inheritance.  Globalisation has provid...

  THINKING FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE By Preethi Joseph G lobalisation can be expressed as the changes that take place around the world, as a force that connects different political ideals and forms of power and as a set of values that identify the needs of the society. Globalisation has also not occurred uniformly across all nations rather it depends on the level of participation from a nation and its geopolitical location.  According to Rizvi and Lingard, neoliberal ideology is the impetus behind globalisation and plays a key role in shaping educational policy. They believe that this ideology drives the global economy which leads to the disparity of wealth and power while preventing education from reaching its true potential within a society or environment. The rise of this ideology in global education policy, and its support for market fundamentalism and human capital theory, has been fortified by international bodies like the OECD, the World Bank, the EU, and UNESCO. Global...