Reading 2

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 530.

Summarize the article in 150 words.

Work in small groups. Discuss the impact of development education in the era of globalization on the society and share your findings with the other groups.

Considering different authors' statements about development education express your own opinion whether you agree or disagree with them on the issues in the article.

Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner Charles Leadbetter's opinion about the challenge of globalization.

After reading the article answer the following questions.

a) What is the impact of globalization upon people's lives?

b) What are the advances and progress within the framework set by globalisation and economic competitiveness?

c) Why is development education so important? And why does it need to be part of the mainstream of formal learning opportunities?

d) Why can the traditional ‘development education Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)' no longer claim to be the fountain of all knowledge or the ‘experts'?

e) Does development education challenge the status quo and if it does, what alternatives does it offer?

1. In groups critically discuss the following statement:

“Today's globalizing economy requires countries to nurture pools of well-educated workers who are able to perform complex tasks and adapt rapidly to their changing environment and the evolving needs of the production system”