The Need for Global Educators? Their Significance in the Present Time and Implication for Quality Education

Abstract

Today, more than ever, globalisation is more evident and its effects are experienced by many people and many countries. This is apparent from the assumption that the future will be marked with complexity and a multitude of challenges. This is true even in the context of education. This is basically the reason on the needs for global educators who can be significantly helpful in shaping the future by establishing a learning environment which can help to increase the competencies of the students and to make them more prepared in being successful professionals in the future. This premise serves as the foundation of this paper which seeks to identify the needs for global educators and how such can be achieved, including how technology can be exploited in pursuit of such challenge for improving quality education.