Arab Educational Information Network

This study focusses on the challenges that the development of globalisation has brought about in Saudi society. With new technology such as social media programs, there has been social and educational changes in Saudi Arabia. It discusses how cultural globalisation through social media programs have affected Saudi society. This study also discusses theoretical debates that is related to issues in this study. Among debates discussed are: globalisation, homogenous and heterogenous debate, and developing school curriculums. This study examined whether Saudi society has become more homogenous or heterogenous through these changes and to what extent the Saudi educational system has interacted or changed due to forces, in which globalisation has brought. Scholarship, developing curriculums and new vision 2030 consequences of these changes in the educational sector. The findings of this study as there are a widespread adoption of social media programs in Saudi Arabia and this led to some changes in Saudi culture and has causes a gap between the new generation and the old one. Social media affected the Arabic language, in which called Arabizi. Globalisation affected the Saudi educational system by developing school curriculums, and by sending Saudi students to study abroad. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has introduced a new a vision 2030 for the educational sector regarding technology and information revolutions. Table of contents: Chapter one: The development of globalization. Chapter two: Background of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its culture. Chapter three: Challenges facing Saudi Arabia Educational system. (Published abstract)