Elementary education provides the foundation for a learned and
literate global citizenry. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights affirms that everyone has the right to education.
Likewise, the document states that elementary education should be
free, compulsory, and universally accessible to all children.
Parents, leaders, and policymakers recognize the importance of
education in developing basic skills. Yet, the purpose of education
goes beyond just skill building; the purpose of education, as Paulo
Freire asserts, is for emancipation and the development of
independent thought and critical awareness. Education is freedom.
It is as Nelson Mandela once declared "the most powerful weapon to
change the world." Again, elementary education provides the roots
for the world and for our future. Yet, each society situates their
systems of elementary education based on their society's cultural
values, economic goals, political whims, and socio-historical
context. To understand the larger goals of elementary education it
is important to have a comparative and international lens, which is
provided in this new NOVA Science book titled Elementary Education:
Global Perspectives, Challenges and Issues of the 21st Century. The
book is co-edited Dr. Erik Jon Byker and Dr. Akesha Horton, both
editors are long-time global educators committed to social justice.
The purpose of this book is to describe and explain the
perspectives, challenges, and issues related to elementary
education in this current, twenty-first century global age. The
book's authors and the content of the book's chapters represent
several countries across the globe including India, Indonesia,
Greece, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, and the
United States of America. The book is organized into three
sections: (1) context, (2) competencies, and (3) content. The
context section examines the historical and current context for
elementary education from international perspectives. The
competencies section focuses on the skills and dispositions
necessary for pre-service and in-service teachers to navigate the
contours of elementary education in a global age. The content
section explores elementary education subject matteralargely in the
field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM)athat will continue to eminent throughout the twenty-first
century. Elementary Education: Global Perspectives, Challenges and
Issues of the 21st Century is a timely book for
internationally-minded educators, government leaders, parents,
practitioners, and policymakers for gaining deeper insight into the
critical role of elementary education in preparing children for our
dynamic, interconnected, and globalized world.
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