"In "Learning in the Global Era," Marcelo Suarez-Orozco has
integrated a rich harvest of practical wisdom with cutting-edge
research in cognitive theory to produce an indispensable handbook
for all who are grappling with the challenges of education in our
rapidly changing world. With their interdisciplinary approach and
their attention to cultural diversity, the essays are a treasure
trove of insights and constructive approaches to which educators
and policy-makers will return again and again."--Mary Ann Glendon,
Harvard University; President, Pontifical Academy of Social
Sciences
"Neither developed nor developing nations have begun to prepare
young people for the demands of the global economy; nor does
schooling anywhere adequately respond to the massive migration of
families whose home languages, cultures, and social structures
differ from those in the new host nation. Besides providing vivid
and rigorous accounts of the shifting population patterns,
employment markets, and cultural and political change, this
fascinating book presents promising educational innovations that
put student engagement and the global context for learning at the
center. No other book so effectively joins emerging research on
cognition and learning with the political and economic challenges
of globalization."--Martha Minow, Harvard Law School, and co-editor
of "Engaging Cultural Differences"
""Learning in the Global Era" is a masterful book. Each of the
essays, exquisitely arranged and coordinated by the editor, is a
memorable example of rigorous interdisciplinary analysis and
insight into emerging global issues. The range of concerns--from
nurturing a global consciousness and appreciating thesimultaneous
cultural patterns that children develop in global cities, often
through their own migration, to the effects of gender-specific
dilemmas in global classrooms-makes this book a compendium for more
than understanding a world which challenges many traditional
assumptions. But reading it does more; it makes us mindful of the
difficulty and also of the necessary creativity involved in
learning and teaching today. I am grateful for its lessons and the
readers will be, too."--Doris Sommer, Harvard University
"Globalization is transforming entire economies and cultures, but
schools and schooling have not kept pace. Marcelo Suarez-Orozco has
assembled a set of thoughtful and incisive essays by international
experts that show how globalization makes it imperative to rethink
and reform the education of children in every part of the planet.
Educating citizens in the advanced countries to understand global
society and cultural differences, increasing access to education in
the developing world while teaching new skills, finding ways to
help immigrants adapt and succeed in their new surroundings--all
these essential tasks are addressed in this important book."--John
H. Coatsworth, Columbia University
"How should this generation of youth, the largest ever in human
history, be educated? How do we make sure all youth have access to
quality education? What cognitive skills, interpersonal
sensibilities, and ethical norms should be nourished in youth to
live and thrive in our global world? Learning in the Global Era
addresses these and other questions with both scholarly rigor and
humane concern. It brings together leading international scholars--
including anthropologists, cognitivescientists, economists,
education scholars, linguists, neuroscientists, and psychologists
with extensive research experience in Africa, Asia, the Americas
and Europe, to examine the education of youth for the 21st Century.
It is a work that breaks new ground by locating learning and youth
engagement in the ever more complex economic, social, and cultural
realities that define the world's global cities."--Mary Robinson,
former President of Ireland, and High Commissioner for Human Rights
General
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