Globalizing minds : rhetoric and realities in international schools

Globalization has a profound effect on the mission and goals of education worldwide. One of its most visible manifestations is the worldwide endorsement of the idea of 'education for global citizenship,' which has been enthusiastically supported by national governments, politicians, and po...

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Other Authors Hobson, Daphne P. (Editor), Silova, Iveta (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2014]
Subjects
International education > Cross-cultural studies.
International schools > Cross-cultural studies.
World citizenship > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies.
Citizenship > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies.
Education > Schools > Types > General.
Philosophy and theory of education.
Schools and pre-schools.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806612529
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-588-4
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 334 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The pedagogy and politics of global citizenship in international schools: Setting the context / Iveta Silova and Daphne P. Hobson
  • Chapter 2. Global citizenship education as pedagogic discourse / James Cambridge
  • Part II. Globalization, curriculum, and pedagogy
  • Chapter 3. Where is global citizenship? How international schools are fulfilling their mission / Ian E. Sutherland, Darren Price, David Harris, and Luman Strong
  • Chapter 4. The influence of service-learning on the development of intercultural sensitivity: A case of an international school in hong kong / Jan M. Westrick
  • Chapter 5. A closer look at internationalism in international education in the philippines: A journey towards authenticity / Maria Aurora Correa Bernardo and Sherylyne Almonte-Acosta
  • Chapter 6. A member of that team: International school students and their need to belong / Nigel Bagnall
  • Chapter 7. A glimpse into the making of global minds: The international school experience at the United Nations international school / Diane G. Gal and Judith E. King-Calnek
  • Chapter 8. The international baccalaureate and its "second era" of ambitious rhetoric: Wider access and greater impact / Tristan Bunnell
  • Part III. Globalization, curriculum, and politics
  • Chapter 9. American curriculum in an Islamic context: A complex adoption of life skills education program in kuwait / Roger J. Douglas
  • Chapter 10. Growing globally-minded citizens in the desert: A comparative curricula analysis of two schools in kuwait / Kelly Card and Rosalee van Staalduinen
  • Chapter 11. A "brand-new" Chinese model of an international school in shanghai: Patriotic marketing and international education hegemony / Zejun Zhou
  • Chapter 12. Global, European, or local citizenship? The discursive politics of citizenship education in central and eastern europe / William C. Brehm and O. Colin Webster
  • Chapter 13. Trans-regional regimes and globalization in education: Constructing the neo-caribbean citizen / Tavis D. Jules
  • Chapter 14. What discursive practices can reveal about being "global": An analysis of the discourse of the international baccalaureate organization / Anna M. Hahn
  • Chapter 15. By way of conclusion / Iveta Silova and Daphne P. Hobson
  • Chapter 16. The path to globalizing minds: Implications for educational approaches and practices / Siegfried Ramler
  • About the authors.

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