Table of Contents: Learning in the global era :

Other Authors:	Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M.,
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : [New York] : University of California Press ; Ross Institute, ©2007.
Subjects:	Education and globalization. Education and state. Educational change. Educational equalization. Education > Effect of technological innovations on. Learning. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture. EDUCATION > General.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212121

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Learning in the global era / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carolyn Sattin
From teaching globalization to nurturing global consciousness / Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner
Understanding cultural patterns / Peter Gärdenfors
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 Süssmuth
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.