Impact of globalisation on education

Professor Peter Mayo, of the Department of Education Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, recently returned from a short and intensive trip to Milan and Verona.

In Milan, he was invited to address the plenary of a one-day meeting, held last month at the Università degli studi Sesto San Giovanni, on the theme "Essere educatori oggi, tra scuola e territorio, tra locale e globale. Educazione allo sviluppo e educazione popolare a confronto," organised by Save the Children, Italia, and the Polo Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale of the University of Milan.

Professor Mayo delivered one of the two talks in this plenary which was then followed by roundtable discussions. His talk centred around education in the global contex.

The next day, he conducted a six-hour session for students in the doctorate in research programme at the Università degli Studi of Verona. The first part of the session dealt with globalisation and its impact on education. The second part of the session dealt with the theme "Education and the Mediterranean: rethinking Paulo Freire".