Spring 2027

Globalization and Education

An interdisciplinary course examining the link between education and global political, economic, and social contexts. It uses a place-based approach to explore topics like migration, marketization, and youth culture.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Elena Aydarova

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Elise Ahn

Readings were dense and long, with grades based on a case study built over the semester.

What you’ll be able to do

  • demonstrate an understanding of the social, cultural, and/or historical contexts of education policy

  • examine education policy from multiple theoretical perspectives (e.g., historical, ethical/philosophical, economic/political, etc.)

  • analyze education policy issues from diverse perspectives related to race, class, and/or gender, and other forms of social difference

  • Recognize and apply principles of socially responsible and ethical research

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
EDPOL/INTLST 335

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.76 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELENA AYDAROVA is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ELISE AHN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK JOHNSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TERESA SPECIALE is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THATCHER SPERO is recorded teaching in Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Elise Ahn

Students described this introduction course as heavy, noting that lectures were dense and the professor treated it as an advanced class.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.76 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Elise Ahn

Readings were dense and long, with grades based on a case study built over the semester.

Past student reviews · Elise Ahn

One student felt the professor missed the mark in introducing globalization at a basic level or generating interest.

Topics

  • Migration, race, global testing, marketization, urban development, and youth culture in education.
  • Interdisciplinary frameworks including anthropology, geography, and history.

Skills

  • Analyze education policy within social, cultural, and historical contexts using multiple theoretical perspectives.
  • Evaluate education policy issues through lenses of race, class, gender, and other social differences.
  • Apply principles of socially responsible and ethical research.
  • Develop skills for researching and writing about challenges facing education in a globalized era.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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EDPOL/INTLST 335 · Spring 2027

Globalization and Education

Recorded 2026-10-14
EDPOL/INTLST 335 · Spring 2027

Globalization and Education

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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