Globalization
Culture and Education in the New Millennium
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2004
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-0-520-24123-7 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing from comparative and interdisciplinary materials, the authors examine the complex psychological, sociocultural and historical implications of globalization for children and youth growing up today. The book explores why new and broader global visions are needed to educate children and youth to be informed, engaged, and critical citizens in the new millennium.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
3 line illustrations, 4 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-24123-7 (9780520241237)
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Marcelo Suarez-Orozco | Desiree B. Qin-Hilliard
Globalization
Culture and Education in the New Millennium
E-Book
04/2004
1st Edition
Naval Institute Press
€34.49
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Persons
Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education at Harvard University and coeditor of Latinos: Remaking America (California, 2002) and the six-volume Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (2001); he is coauthor of Children of Immigration (2001). Desiree Baolian Qin-Hilliard is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education and coeditor of Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (2001).
Content
Globalization - Culture and Education in the New Millennium, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Desir e Baolian Qin-Hilliard; Globalization, Growth, and Welfare in History, John H. Coatsworth; Globalization and Education: An Economic Perspective, David E. Bloom; Digital Skills, Globalization, and Education, Antonio M. Battro; The Fellowship of the Microchip - Global Technologies Are Changing the Way that We Think, Sherry Turkle; Pop Cosmopolitanism - Mapping Cultural Flows in an Age of Media Convergence, Henry Jenkins; Globalization in Asia - Anthropological Perspectives, James L. Watson; Formulating Identity in a Globalized World, Carola Suarez-Orozco; Imperial Feelings - Youth Culture, Citizenship, and Globalization, Sunaina Maira; How Education Changes - Considerations of History, Science, and Values, Howard Gardner.