Impact of Globalization on Social Sciences Education in Secondary Schools

Abstract

Education is fundamental issue for development. It is an integrated part of modernization process. Modern knowledge is articulated with the idea of global education. Globalization has definitely influenced on education system in different countries. It is also a key instrument of development. To achieve the target of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it is obviously important that right to education should be ensured from the secondary level of every country .The globalization process has greatly influenced on the educational system, which is largely considered as an outcome of modernization process. The study investigated globalization and its influence on social sciences education in secondary schools in Rangareddy district in Telangana state. The study determined how globalization influences social sciences contents, teaching methods and instructional materials/resources. The research questions were to what extent does globalization influences social sciences contents, teaching methods and instructional materials/resources. Descriptive survey design was employed in which five secondary schools were chosen and ten students were randomly selected from each of the schools making a total of fifty students. A 21-item studied questionnaire comprising of the following sub-sections: social sciences contents, social sciences teaching methods and social sciences instructional materials/resources were used to collect the needed data for the study. The collected data were analysed using chi-square analysis.