EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IN CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION AND THEIR IMPACT UPON THE REALIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF THE TEACHERS

Abstract

The main interest of this paper is pointed toward the question how the changes in educational policies and current reforms in education made under the influence of the process of globalization and their impact of the sphere of education, are reflected upon the realization of the educational component, observed through the point of the educational role of the teacher. One of the characteristics of the contemporary global society is the huge progress of science, which analyzed from the aspect of the educational process impose the need for constant acquisition of new knowledges as a condition for survival and functioning in the modern world. Consequently, in evaluation of results obtained through educational process, the emphasis is pointed primarily toward the measurability of the acquired knowledges and obtained competences. However, in this conditions, one of the issues that should not be neglected is the value of the knowledge, or how much do they contribute toward designing the full personality, it`s identity and it`s capability to maintain and improve the main human values as goals that should be achieved through the educational work of the teacher.
Considering all these issues, we conducted a research on a sample of 129 teachers in secondary schools in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, realized in order to determine how the teachers, in conditions of constant changes, pays attention on the realization of the educational role and whether and how every aspect of their work is followed and estimated. In order to realize the goals of the research, a questionnaire and protocol for content analyzes were applied. Results obtained in this research show that educational issues aren’t treated with enough attention, as a result of emphasizing the importance of some other aspects in teacher’s work.