4: Symphony in Education in Two Parts: Globalization and Diversity

The post World War II era saw a large movement of peoples, especially to the more developed world, and particularly to English-speaking countries like United State of America and Australia (see, for example, Lo Bianco, 1987), thus increasing the existing diversity in such countries. At the same time, globalization of education has occurred, sometimes in subtle ways, in the twentieth century. The rate of change in the globalization of education, however, accelerated in the late twentieth century, especially as Asian economies took off and new information technologies began to transform the world into a global village. Globalization of education has not been without its critics, however, as education systems from dominant cultures with, frequently, foreign values, clash with local values.