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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467019403321

Autore

Stagg Lesley

Titolo

International Mindedness [[electronic resource] ] : Global Perspectives for Learners and Educators

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbane Publications Limited, 2013

ISBN

1-909273-04-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

378.121

Soggetti

Computer-assisted instruction

Computers and literacy

Globalization

Multicultural education

Teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""1. International Mindedness: Sounds Good But What Is It?""; ""WALTER PLOTKIN""; ""2. Rediscovering International Mindedness Through the Humanities""; ""ISOBEL MORGADO""; ""3. Achieving International Mindedness""; ""MICHAEL BELL""; ""4. Sowing the Seeds of International Mindedness in the Early Years""; ""CHRIS BAYLISS""; ""5. What is the Global Dimension?""; ""RICHARD BRISTOWE""; ""6. Bringing International Mindedness into the Classroom""; ""CATHERINE LOCKHART""; ""7. International Mindedness Moving from the Abstract to Implementation""

""MARGARET ALVAREZ""""8. The International View""; ""EMMA HALL""; ""9. Growing Up in a Shrinking World""; ""ORMOND FANNON""; ""10. International Mindedness at the Institutional Level in India""; ""GRAHAM RANGER""; ""11. International Mindedness: Connecting Concepts to Practice""; ""MARY HAYDEN AND JEFF THOMPSON""; ""12. Schools of the Future: Rooted Education for the Unrooted""; ""DAVID DUWYN""; ""13. Internationalism in an International School: What Does the Future Hold?""; ""LESLEY P. STAGG (with Dan Young)""; ""Contributor Biographies""



Sommario/riassunto

The world is constantly evolving, continuing globalisation creating a globally mobile workforce and their families who are international both in outlook and in their educational needs. Schools are growing exponentially and parents are seeking the best international learning opportunities for their children. Many schools are similarly recognising that old practices are not sufficient to create the twenty first century learners, or learning, that the world seeks. But how do you make international mindedness a central purpose of your teaching and philosophy? Brought together for the first time b