Ready Set Global An Assessment of Globalization in

Ready, Set, Global! An Assessment of Globalization in High School Curricula Allison Meeks December 1, 2009

Research Question Are high schools providing a global education to their students and is it affected by outside factors?

Thesis Global education is necessary in high school education; however the number of elements can be affected by geographic and socioeconomic factors.

Literature Review • What is Global education? • • Hard to define • Bales (2004) and Tye (1993), (2003) Common understanding that all are connected • Waltzer and Heilman (2005) • Why the need for Global Education? • • Economic Security • Bell-Rose and Desai (2006) • Parker (2008) • The Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy (2005) National Security • Parker (2008) • Burak (2003) • Tye (2003)

Literature Review • Examples of Global Education • • • Tye and Tye (1993) Ady (1999) Fujikane (2003) • U. S. Policy and Global Education • • Not required but encouraged International Education Week (2008)

Theory • Consensus Theories (Daun 2002) • • Society is held together by shared values Allocation of the most talented people to highest positions • Neglects outside social factors • Not everyone starts on equal footing • Conflict Theory • • • Education is directly affected by socioeconomic factors (Daun 2002) Bordieu (1986) • Economic capital, social capital, cultural capital Resistance Theory (Giroux 2001) • Globalization and Education • • Interdisciplinary Use of technology has made education more accessible

Methodology • Chicago area high schools • Course description books were collected from website • Coded for: • Technology • Word, Microsoft, Excel, Desktop Publishing, etc. • Multi and Cross Cultural Concepts • Literature, Forms of Government, Economics, etc. • Non-western Languages TYPE URBAN SUBURBAN FRINGE PUBLIC Public urban Public Suburban Public Fringe PRIVATE Religious Urban Religious Suburban Religious Fringe Private Urban Private Suburban Private Fringe

Methodology Strengths Weaknesses • Need to know what is available in order to change anything. • Current and relevant topic • Does • Only in Chicago • Limited availability not measure how effective global education is.

Findings Breakdown of Schools by Location and Type TYPE URBAN SUBURBAN FRINGE TOTAL PRIVATE 3 3 4 10 RELIGIOUS 2 3 2 4 INDEPENDENT 2 1 1 7 TOTAL 7 7 7 21

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Findings Figure 1: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis: Public v. Private 90. 0 79. 5 80. 0 70. 0 60. 0 50. 0 36. 6 40. 0 30. 0 Private 32. 5 25. 2 20. 0 10. 0 Multiculturalism Technology Public

Findings Figure 2: Elements of Global Education on a Per School Basis and Percent Low Income of Public Schools 100 92. 8 90 80 66. 2 70 60 50 40 33. 8 39. 4 >25% low income <25% low income 30 20 10 0 Multicultural Technology

Findings SIZE Private SIZE MULTICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY < 1000 STUDENTS 20. 0 28. 0 > 1000 STUDENTS 29. 5 36. 3 Public SIZE MULTICULTRUAL TECHNOLOGY < 1000 STUDENTS 27 47 1000< BUT > 2000 37 79. 5 > 2000 STUDENTS 41 95. 75

Discussion Public Schools in this assessment did the best job of providing global education opportunities. • Differences in Funding • Location • Languages • Differences in Size • Difference in writing style • Changes take time

Questions? Thank you