How Global is Globalization?

Abstract

This paper outlines the paradoxes in the rather fragmented process of globalization and the contradiction between the inclusiveness of the concept and its exclusive processes and practices aligned with the global power structure. One major assertion related to education is that we put more effort into screening vast majorities out of education and we intentionally limit the participation of certain individuals and groups from benefiting from the present state of epistemology and axiology. The paper concludes that for universal inclusion, we need a totally new frame that merits the name „global‟and allows the contribution of cherishing the contribution of each and every human being.

Keywords

• Globalization
• education
• paradoxes

How Global is Globalization?

Abstract

This paper outlines the paradoxes in the rather fragmented process of globalization and the contradiction between the inclusiveness of the concept and its exclusive processes and practices aligned with the global power structure. One major assertion related to education is that we put more effort into screening vast majorities out of education and we intentionally limit the participation of certain individuals and groups from benefiting from the present state of epistemology and axiology. The paper concludes that for universal inclusion, we need a totally new frame that merits the name „global‟and allows the contribution of cherishing the contribution of each and every human being.

Keywords

• Globalization
• education
• paradoxes

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