According to existed research findings related to globalization, it highlights the cross-border transmission of goods and capitals and covers the procedures including the transnational period, the international period, and the global period. Furthermore, globalization could be also understood into three dimensions including economic globalization, political globalization, and cultural globalization. When we apply the concept of globalization into the realm of education, how do economic globalization, political globalization, and cultural globalization provide a huge impact in the K-12 schoolings and higher education?

Lots of sociologists of education and educators hope to clarify the relations among globalization and upcoming educational challenges, and that is exactly the purpose that the 26^thTaiwan Forum on Sociology of Educationand Research Committee on Sociology of Education, International Sociological Association (RC04, ISA) mid-term conference are looking forwarding to cohost the international conference.

Research Committee on Sociology of Education, International Sociological Association (RC04, ISA)

Ministry of Education, Taiwan

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University

College of Education, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan

College of Education, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Center for Teacher Education, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

College of Education, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan