IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

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ABSTRACT

This scientific article aims to analyse the impact that globalization has had on the Latin American educational system during the last decade, analysing the data found from a critical perspective based on the documentary review of books, theses and relevant scientific articles. Highlighting some findings such as the following: globalization prompted educational systems to transform their traditional approaches in order to form autonomous and critical people, generate rapid adaptation to change and maintain a balance between competitiveness and humanism, likewise, this phenomenon made the educational gaps become more marked, highlighting the lack of opportunities seen in rural sectors that have been affected by violence and low economic investment, with respect to urban sectors, for example, in the implementation of new technologies in educational processes, which is a fundamental tool to enter a globalized world. The findings highlight that although education in Latin America has been evolving in line with advances in new technologies and their partial inclusion in the teaching-learning process and the revolution represented by globalization, there is still much to improve and huge gaps to close, for example, the disadvantages of rural education compared to urban education with the multiple advantages and benefits brought by globalization, improvement actions to be proposed and executed in order to provide the same opportunities regardless of the context, achieve quality education for all that allows preparing students to adapt to change, contribute and be part of globalization.