World class : teaching and learning in global times / William Gaudelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudelli, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International education--United States.

International education.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, [2003]

Summary:

Reports on and analyzes how teachers and students in three high schools have engaged in global education. Intended to help social studies educators reflect on their own thinking and practice.

Contents:

Personal Prologue: A Conversation About World Teaching and Learning xiii

I Contexts

Chapter 1 Where in the World Have You Been? An Overview of Global Education 3

Chapter 2 Three Schools at the International Crossroads of New Jersey 27

Chapter 3 How Can You Fit a Global Village in a Classroom? 41

II Problems

Chapter 4 Global Education as Anti-American Curriculum? 67

Chapter 5 Opening Pandora's Box: Cultural Relativism in Global Education 79

Chapter 6 Conversations About Our Houses of Mumbi: Identity in Global Education 99

III Alternatives

Chapter 7 Rethinking Nationalism, Cultural Relativism, and Identity in Global Education 125

Chapter 8 Teachers as Community Intellectuals: Professional Development in Global Education 139

Chapter 9 A New Way to the World? Global Times, Global Citizens 156.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0805840788

OCLC:

49891563