Globalization Impact on Education Reform--Mexican Case

该项目旨在审查全球化进程对拉丁美洲国家，特别是墨西哥教育的影响。在经济全球化进程中，教育改革的必要性日益成为区域共识。事实证明，拉丁美洲的教育没有回应全球化带来的挑战，削弱了该地区的发展潜力。他们认识到，大多数劳动力的教育成就水平低、公民之间教育机会的巨大差距、公立学校质量低以及传统高等教育的某些方面等教育缺陷是阻碍促进国际经济竞争力的因素。全球化增强了公众对教育的兴趣。20世纪90年代，墨西哥在签署北美自由贸易协定的同时，进行了大规模的教育改革。1.收集和分析了一些从理论上全面论述全球化进程及其对教育影响的文章和书籍。2.概述了拉美地区推行新自由主义政策和市场经济改革的过程及其对教育的影响。三、对墨西哥教育改革的某些方面进行了详细的分析。最后报告包括关于基础教育改革、成人教育、远程教育、农村和偏远地区教育、社会参与教育、高等教育机构的评估和认证以及国家研究员制度的文章。

This project aims to review the impact of process of globalization on education in Latin American countries, especially in Mexico. There is growing regional consensus on the need for education reform in the process of economic globalization. It comes out that education in Latin America has not responded to the challenges posed by globalization and has undermined the region's development potential. They recognized that educational deficits such as the low level of educational achievement of most of the workforce, large disparities of educational opportunities among citizens, low quality of public schools, and some aspect of traditional higher education are the preventing factors to promote international economic competitiveness. Globalization enhanced a wider public interest in education. In the 1990s, Mexico lunched on large scale education reform on a parallel with the conclusion of NAFTA agreement.1.Some articles and books that treat theoretically and comprehensively the globalization process and its influence on education are collected and analyzed. One article of Martin Carnoy is translated into Japanese.2.Process of adoption of neo-liberal policies and market-oriented economic reform in Latin America area and its impact on education is overviewed. Two articles treat this theme.3.Some aspects of educational reform in Mexico are analyzed in detail. Final report includes the articles on reforms of basic education, adult education, distant education, education in rural and remote area, social participation in education, evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions, and the national system of researcher.