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Teacher Education Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 17: Globalization and Privatization in Teacher

Education

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
17.1 Concept of Globalization in Context of Teacher Education
17.2 Global Teacher Education
17.3 Accepting Globalisation and adapting Teacher Education to its demands
17.4 Teacher Professionalizing and Teacher Education for Global World
17.5 Concept of Privatization in Context of Teacher Education
17.6 Factors Responsible for Privatization of Teacher Education
17.7 Advantages of Privatization
17.8 Problems of Privatization
17.9 Summary
17.10 Keywords
17.11 Review Questions
17.12 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to explain the concept of globalization in the context of teacher education
• to describe about the global teacher education
• to discuss about accepting globaliation and adopting teacher education to its demands
• to describe about the professionalizing the teacher and teacher education for global world
• to explain about the concept of privatization in context of teacher education
• to describe the factors responsible for privatization of teacher education
• to discuss about the advantages of privatization
• to explain about the problems of privatization

Introduction
As a reaction to the inefficient working of the state owned enterprises, the wave of privatization
has spread all over the world, including India. What was needed were economic reforms and the
idea of privatization was seen as panacea to all the problems. India too could not remain unaffected
and the wave of privatization has influenced education sector.
Global perspective means sharing and cooperation with others allowing them to use whatever
resources are available to attain individual as well as common goals. Further, empathy towards
others, i.e. understanding and sharing feelings, communication ability in order to express and
exchange thoughts, feelings and information and resolving conflicts by finding satisfactory ways
of dealing with disagreement or argument between people, groups, societies or nations.
Globalization is a much talked about term today and has become a phenomena, which is greatly
affecting the society in general and different nations in particular. Globalization is the integration
of economic, political and cultural systems and trends across the world for economic growth,

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