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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455079003321

Autore

Gaudelli William

Titolo

World class [[electronic resource] ] : teaching and learning in global times / / William Gaudelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2003

ISBN

1-282-32182-X

9786612321825

1-4106-0683-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

370.116

Soggetti

International education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Personal Prologue: A Conversation About World Teaching and Learning; I Contexts; 1 Where in the World Have You Been? An Overview of Global Education; 2 Three Schools at the International Crossroads of New Jersey; 3 How Can You Fit a Global Village in a Classroom?; II Problems; 4 Global Education as Anti-American Curriculum?; 5 Opening Pandora's Box: Cultural Relativism in Global Education; 6 Conversations About Our Houses of Mumbi: Identity in Global Education; III Alternatives

7 Rethinking Nationalism, Cultural Relativism, and Identity in Global Education8 Teachers as Community Intellectuals: Professional Development in Global Education; 9 A New Way to the World? Global Times, Global Citizens; Afterword; Appendix: Methodology; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

How have school curricula been affected by the ripple effects of globalization? How do teachers and students attempt to understand their complex world?  Most states require world teaching in some form, yet little is known about how teachers and students engage in this critical curricular area. World Class: Teaching and Learning in Global Times directly fills this need by providing a detailed, inside look at global education in three high schools. The data from the study, drawn



from extensive interviews and observations, illustrate the daily challenges a