Acta Universitatis Danubius. Relationes Internationales, Vol 3, No 1 (2010)

Abstract

Globalization is a widely used term which has acquired several meanings varying in their degree of precision, among intellectuals, media, multilateral lending agencies, business community, environmentalists, economists, traders, educationalists and others. Globalization is very closely connected with the concepts of liberalization, privatization, free markets, centrality of productivity, cultural pluralism transnationalism, informatisation and so on. Education in general and teacher education in particular occupies a significant role in the modern context of the global society. Every country develops its system of education to express and promote its unique socio-cultural identity and also to meet the challenges of the time. Globalization has replaced the intrinsic value of teacher education with an instrumental value. Consequently education is identified as a salable commodity and non-salable knowledge is sealed down in the global perspective. The rapid global expansion of knowledge demands an over--all re-organization of education, especially a. basic change in the perspective and process of teacher education.