ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book provides the history of globalisation has been one of technological change, mostly comparatively recent, and colonisation in one form or another, from Genghis Khan to the Scramble for Africa in the later nineteenth century. It focuses on the neglected human dimension of change, of immunity form external influences, on the quiet assertion of local and community rights. The book includes a celebration of the complexities of culture, of the fact that beyond fashion there are values and attitudes embedded in the familiar. It discusses the point of view of people rather than abstractions, challenges some of the assumptions associated with the international scene. The book also discusses some challenges to the educational ideas within the systems of the west, with the notions of skills rather than self-awareness, with the idea of learning as a process of acquisition rather than a social phenomenon.
