The impacts of internationalization and globalization is undeniable the presence brought and given a

great deal of influences within various fields including on education sector. The continuous process of
globalization and internationalization brings a number of opportunities for people all over the world.
This is a free movement of people, capital, knowledge, services and ideas across national borders, a
process by which economic, social, cultural aspects of people living in different countries and cultures
become homogeneous. The process of globalization is not a new phenomenon; however, it has been
accelerated drastically through past several decades due to the technological advancement (Maringe &
Foskett, 2010). It is thought-provoking that in many professional literature globalization and
internationalization are employed interchangeably, though some discrepancy lines should be drawn
between them. Globalization of education is connected to the competition and commercial knowledge
transfer, assumes that borders between countries get blurred. Internationalization of education refers
to the academic mobility and academic cooperation (Ulrich, 2004). Notably, both processes push higher
education towards international involvement in globalized world.

My personal opinion regarding internationalization and globalization in the context of education is that
it opens wide variety of global opportunities: international employment, exports and imports,
information and technology transfer, etc.

Globalization in general means the increasing level of interconnections among people all over the world
through global network, which means that the world is becoming a unified whole with no cultural and
social conflicts. The central idea of globalization is conducive to the idea of education. For a student
seeking to extend boundaries and break barriers, globalization provides an opportunity of a lifetime.
Globalization is freeing the world of education from limitations.

Through internationalization and globalization people are continuously researching, seeking or getting
ideas from other countries when it comes in delivering quality education particularly here in our
country. We basically adapt what other countries offer or provide for their citizens when it comes to
education. Just like what we did in our present curriculum which is the K-12 curriculum that is originally
formulated from the Western countries. I guess it would somehow be helpful in the near future
provided that there will be a continuity and further research or evaluation about the effect of the K-12
curriculum in Philippine education and to the Filipino citizens. Through globalization, our knowledge
about certain things expanded to the extent that we even try to invent and have our own local versions
of things that are originated abroad.

The effects of internationalization and globalization on education bring about fast expansions in
technology and communications are anticipating changes within learning systems across the world as
ideas, values, and knowledge, changing the roles of students and teachers and producing change in
society from industrialization towards an information-based society. In the 21st century, education
systems deal with the twofold challenge of providing students with the new knowledge, skills and values
needed to be competitive in a global market while at the same time producing graduates who are
responsible adults, good citizens both of their country and of the world. Thus globalization challenges us
to rethink not only how much education is needed but also its ultimate purposes.
Despite all the nerve racking issues that it has confronted in these present days; its opportunities are
now the mainstream of the other nation's economic development.

A nation’s economic development is always coupled with the development of the educational system.
Globalization's "threat" to education should be considered in the light stream of opportunity for
Philippine education system to improve. Thus, this nation will not be left behind with the other nation's
development by not compromising the loss of the Filipino culture, including their native language.

Globalization has always been a double-edge sword; it has its advantage and disadvantage. One minor
'bad' effect of globalization to the educational system is the current attempt of the government to
endorse English as the medium of instruction in its educational institution, much to the demise of the
development of the Filipino language. Globalization affects the education system of the Philippines, by
posing a constraint to the government to make its citizens more globalize, that is, adaptive and
accommodating to the language of the globalist: ENGLISH

It said that we must learn how to speak English fluently and we Filipinos are very particular when it
comes to grammar. When we heard someone speaking English incorrectly or pronounce it improperly,
we immediately criticize them for doing so. But when a Filipino speaks our own language, even if it’s
incorrectly pronounced or uttered, we fail to correct and pretend like its nothing. Although speaking
English is an asset, we must keep in mind that learning English must not be equated in forgetting to
speak Filipino or forgetting that we are Filipino.

Economic impacts

Considered to be a product of and response to globalization, internationalization has an economic

orientation. Within the Anglo-American tradition of higher education, internationalization is increasingly
associated with commodification and commercialization of postsecondary education. There is
international competition for recruitment amongst postsecondary institutions to recruit foreign students
from privileged countries in order to generate revenue, secure national profile, and build international
reputation. Anglophone postsecondary institutions benefit from international students enrolling at their
school due to the higher tuition fees for foreign students. International students contribute to their host
country's economy through their tuition fees and their living costs during their study period.

Social impacts Edit

Postsecondary institutions promote interactions between international and domestic students to

develop their cultural fluency skills in preparation for a globalized future. The rise of internationalization
has meant students from countries with limited access to domestic higher education opportunities are
able to access and obtain their education in a foreign country. QPostsecondary institutions that offer
internationalization experiences, whether crossborder or within their own campus, are viewed as more
prestigious and competitive than schools who have limited international mobility initiatives.
The emergence of concepts as internationalization of educational policies, students-staff exchange
programs, internationalization of curriculum, internationalization at home (IAH) or even the emergence
of multinational agencies to expedite global exchanges in the realm of Higher Education lead
educational policy-makers to confess that segregation of the educational policies from nations’ foreign
affairs policies have no promising results than failure of the nations’ educational goals and priorities.
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Academic impacts Edit

The rise of international students at postsecondary institutions has led to faculty adapting their teaching
style and content delivery to better fit diverse student needs, especially language gaps, within the
classroom.[17] These academic modifications include providing diversity focused materials, promoting
cross cultural collaboration in class, avoiding colloquial language, and presenting images/visual material
to support lecture content.[17]