?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Global+drivers+of+reform&rft.creator=Male%2C+T&rft.description=Many+school+systems+across+the+world+are+actively+seeking+to+improve+student+outcomes%2C+processes+that+are+frequently+underwritten+by+reform+in+terms+of+structure+and+functions.+A+general+tendency+is+to+follow+the+trend+perceived+in+public+sector+management+to+allocate+accountability+locally+through+devolution.+This+often+means+policies+of+school+autonomy+which+are+intended+to+enhance+the+qualityof+educational+provision+in+search+of+higher+levels+of+student+attainment.+The+key+question+to+ask+is+why+is+enhanced+student+attainment+such+an+objective+for+global+reform%3F+This+paper+identifies+which+drivers+for+reform+are+dominating+the+global+picture+and%2C+perhaps+just+as+importantly%2C+explore+what+could+and+should+be+the+factors+which+underpin+school+based+education+as+we+move+further+into+the+current+century.+A+case+is+made+that+the+two+principal+divers+of+reform+are+economic+and+globalisation%3A+economic+because+most+governments+seeking+reform+are+seemingly+driven+by+international+comparisons+which+suggest+enhanced+student+outcomes+will+benefit+their+gross+domestic+product+(GDP)+and+globalization+because+countries+reliant+upon+natural+mineral+resources+are+now+recognising+a+need+to+enable+their+workforce+to+interact+successfully+beyond+their+own+borders+and+culture.+In+returning+to+the+could+and+should%2C+however%2C+the+ongoing+pandemic+caused+by+Covid-19+demonstrates+it+has+become+apparent+there+is+a+need+to+revisit+the+way+in+which+schools+are+structured+to+aid+student+learning%2C+with+the+use+of+digital+devices+and+artificial+intelligence+emerging+as+two+fundamental+issues+to+be+addressed+in+school+reform.+What+we+have+witnessed+in+2020+is+a+shift+to+reorganising+student+learning+towards+remote+or+blended+learning+and+what+we+have+seen+is+rapid%2C+required+change+which%2C+arguably%2C+was+needed.+As+Vladimir+Lenin+stated+%E2%80%9CThere+are+decades+where+nothing+happens%2C+and+there+are+weeks+where+decades+happen%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%93+this+seems+to+sums+up+recent+experience.&rft.subject=education%2C+reform&rft.publisher=RCEP+-+UNESCO&rft.date=2020-11-17&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=Education+Reform+-+From+the+System+to+the+School&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Education+Reform+-+From+the+System+to+the+School.++++RCEP+-+UNESCO+(2020)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10125461%2F1%2F2020%2520Global%2520drivers%2520of%2520reform%2520-%2520paper.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10125461%2F&rft.rights=open