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"Philosophy of Education"

2015 year, number 1

Globalization of education and the global challenges of modern era

M. S. Ashilova1, N. V. Nalivayko2,3
1Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, Muratbayeva str., 200, Almaty, Kazachstan
2Novosibirsk state pedagogical University, Vilyuiskaya str., 28, Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia
3Institute of Philosophy and Law, Nikolaeva str., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: globalization of education, global challenges, internationalization of education, the East–West problem, global threats of modern time

Abstract

Globalization of education is one of the factors of universal globalization. It is controversial and can bring both positive and negative results to any of the affected countries. The article there are analyzed the issues of positive and negative sides of global education. It is shown that global education serves as an effective means of positive development of globalization, because only the educated society and educated mankind can critically and rationally put the positive development processes up against the negative ones. Humanity, being concerned about its survival, is increasingly turns to the problems of education, its development and improvement, because it is already today that it is being decided whether the new century will be enlightened or ignorant, humane or aggressive. But it is necessary to consider not only the positive potential of education, but also the barriers to learning: the existing relations in the global context of social conflict, which are exacerbated by the divergence of responsibility for education between society and the state, opposition between religions and differences in mentality, situation of acute social conflicts and traditions in the education system itself and others. Globalization has enabled the developed countries of Europe and Northern America to open new international markets and gain access to additional resources. As a rule, the developing countries are the main and permanent 'customers' of the West including in the sphere of education. Nevertheless, such situation is not an axiom. The article investigates positive experience of Eastern countries, in particular, of People’s Republic of China, which can be taken as an example of defeating negative factors of globalization in the field of education for the post-Soviet countries.