:international perspectives on globalization and education
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berkeley : Ross Institute
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: University of California Press ; [New York] :
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 317 p.
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: ill. ; 23 cm.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Learning in the global era / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carolyn Sattin -- From teaching globalization to nurturing global consciousness / Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner -- Understanding cultural patterns / Peter Gardenfors -- Mind, brain and education in the era of globalization / Tami Katzir, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, and Kurt W. Fischer -- Social conduct, neurobiology, and education / Hanna Damasio and Antonio Damasio -- The global spread of women's schooling : effects on learning, literacy, health, and children / Robert A. LeVine -- Globalization and education : can the world meet the challenge? / Bernard Hugonnier -- How computerized work and globalization shape human skill demands / Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane -- The postindustrial workplace and challenges to education / Kai-ming Cheng -- On the need for teaching intercultural skills : challenges for education in a globalizing world / Rita Sussmuth -- The integration of immigrant youth / Maurice Crul -- The education of immigrant students in a globalized world : policy debates in a comparative perspective / Marie McAndrew -- First-language and -culture learning in light of globalization : the case of Muslims in Flanders and in the Brussels area, Belgium / Eugeen Roosens -- Rethinking honor in regards to human rights : an educational imperative in troubled times / Unni Wikan