GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHANGING FACE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: CURRENT TRENDS AND EMERGING DILEMMASDAVID LITZINTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STUDIES, 4 (3): 47-61, AUGUST 2011

Presented by: ARVIN M. MONTIVEROS

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK•Deconstructivist conceptual framework

Advocates recognize that there are may competing and contradicting interpretations of the processes of globalization.

They call for an increased role of revisionist perspectives that portray this phenomenon as something that is affecting economic, political, cultural and social spheres in a multitude of highly contradictory and uneven ways (Held & McGrew, 2007).

Globalization may be more of a consequence of social change rather than the cause of it.

THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION TO EDUCATIONAL LEADERS1.Economic Globalization2.Political Globalization3.American Globalization4.Socio-cultural

Globalization5.Demographic Globalization6.Environmental

Globalization7.Linguistic Globalization

8. Technological Globalization

EMERGING GLOBAL TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

1.Transformational Leadership2.Distributed Leadership

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES•Limited autonomy, autocratic and hierarchical leadership styles, lack of distributed or transformational leadership functions •Lack of funding and resources• Implies that many of the K-12 educational systems in developing countries are not particularly efficient or effective

CONCLUSION

•Globalization has many interconnected, far-reaching and complex dimensions which had an enormous impact on educational systems.•Positive effects of globalization:

Economic growthTechnological advancementsPolitical and social integrationExpansion of democracy

Dissemination of knowledge and ideas

Increased learning opportunities

CONCLUSION•Negative effects of globalization:

Rampant consumerismFeelings of disenfranchisementInequityAnimosity and exclusionEnvironmental degradationAllegations of imperialism and hegemonyIncreased disparities of wealth and other inequalities

between developed and developing countries