Globalisation and English Medium Education in Schools in Sri Lanka.

      Аннотация: This book contains an analysis of the benefits as well as negative effects of re-introduction of English as a medium of instruction in schools in Sri Lanka in the context of globalisation. A mixed quantitative and qualitative research methodology was followed for this research. Data were collected from a stratified sample of post-secondary students and parents, education policy planners and administrators, principals of state, private, international schools and university academics. In general, these groups agree that there is a mismatch between the skills taught in mother tongue-based education in state schools and the skills needed by a new generation of job seekers. This work captures the complexity of the problems faced by countries such as Sri Lanka as they move into the global economy where there is a strong need to be competitive in international markets while the society is faced with internal difficulties in preserving a national identity which is located across three national/cultural groups. The educational policy planners and researchers in multi-cultural, multi-lingual countries would find the information and analysis found in this book to be of interest.

Ключевые слова: Ethnic, administrators, academics, Education in English medium and social mobility; Emerging hegemony of English language and western culture; Mismatch of education in vernacular languages and manpower requirements; Economic globalization and the national education system; Role of Engli, cultural reproduction and transformation; Dominant class structure and hidden curriculum; Ethnicity, language and education; Application of mixed research methodology for socio-economic research; Empirical evidence on attitudes of linguistic, sectoral divisions of students to education and English; Views of educational policy planners, students and parents on education disparities and post-education employment.