Globalisation, Education Policy and Reform: Changing Schools: When the Global Meets the Local: Directions in Global Citizenship School Reforms

In this chapter, the author first interprets the definition of globalisation to outline the contexts of the globalised era we face today. Secondly, the researcher analyzes the meaning of global citizenship and then creates an interconnection between global citizenship and recent school reforms. Fourthly, the author juxtaposes the current school reforms in different countries and focuses on the issues of global education and global citizenship. Moreover, the researcher compares the diversity of strategic plans for school reforms worldwide and finally, the author concludes with some tendencies of global citizenship and school reforms when the global meets the local.