GLOCALIZATION IN EDUCATION: NEW ROLES OF THE TEACHER EDUCATION By ABUBAKAR J. RADJUNI

Glocalization & internationalization By Abubakar J. Radjuni (Mindanao State University - Sulu) Published August 16, 2025 Vol 2 • Issue 2

Abstract

Due to the increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, teachers’ role has continuously been changing and the teachers should open their eyes to the present realities. Particularly in Sulu, pedagogical and technological development in education are still outdated and traditional. Yet, changes in the past 20 years are remarkable in the environment, employment trend, social relationship, health and wealth, and most importantly the safety, culture, communication, and the social values and the direction of each of them is declining due to failure of the government system to manage effectively. We could argue that virtually everything has changed and that students today think, act and understand things differently from how their parents did. The same with the changes happens in educational context today which the teachers need to “think globally and act locally.”