The paper presents briefly the multidimensional and contradictory process of globalization. It contains the analysis of substancial changes in the content and conception of education within this context. The author points out new emerging problems and contradictions. She aims to stress the need for a new interpretation of education training the man to refute the mere manipulation by the system to which he is integrated, but enabling him to acquire such personal qualities and values relevant from the point of view of democracy and humanism.