Global Education

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This paper discusses the concept of global education. It describes the advantages of global education, such as improving issues of unemployment and homelessness. It then discusses some of the concerns expressed over global education, such as that it does not effectively impart issues of culture and individuality. The paper analyzes both sides of the debate and suggests some solutions to the issues.

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"Creating a sense of importance with regard to global social responsibility and aspects of dire global need is essential to a new and improved education system, especially in dominant economic regions. Though the importance of cultural identity, and even the dreaded sources of nationalism, such as independent cultural identity and linguistic heritage must not be ignored in an attempt to universalize education. With some of the worlds most influential organizations in a serious bid to establish universal education the goals of the economists may be essentially answered, but educators must take care to make sure that universalization does not include an element of whitewashing that reduces the importance of individual cultural/linguistic heritage."

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