Learning in the global era : international perspectives on globalization and education / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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An international school of leading scholars, policy makers and educators take on some of the most difficult and controversial issues of our time in this exploration of how globalization is affecting education around the world.

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