Ethics and international curriculum work : the challenges of culture and context

• Other Authors: Mason, Terrence C. (Editor), Helfenbein, Robert J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Subjects: Curriculum planning > Moral and ethical aspects.; Educators > Professional ethics.; Democracy and education.; Education > Curricula.; Higher education, tertiary education.; Curriculum planning and development.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615056
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-846-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 226 pages) : illustrations

The widely cited, though highly contested, idea that "the world is flat" (Friedman, 2004) carries with it a call for education to provide a leveling effect across continents and cultures Students in Skokie or in Skopje, as the theory goes, are expected to experience a school curriculum tha...