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Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World : the Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era.

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we are living in a global era, yet schooling systems remain generally reactive and slow to adapt to shifting economic, technological, demographic, and cultural terrains. There is a growing urgency to create, evaluate, and expand new models of education that a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956- (Editor ), Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Reflections of a Ross School Graduate; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Architectures of Care: Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World; PART I. Rethinking Education in the Global Era; 1 Education in an Era of Specialized Knowledge; 2 The Case for Global Education; 3 A Tangled Web: Reflections on the Roles of Science, Policy, and Assessment in Education; PART II. The New Science of Engagement: Mind, Brain, and Education in a School Context; 4 Mind, Brain, and Education; 5 Research Schools: Connecting Research and Practice at the Ross School.
  • 6 Toward a New Educational PhilosophyPART III. Creativity and Integration; 7 Multimedia Literacy: A Critical Component of Twenty-first-Century Education; 8 Object Lessons; 9 The Trouble with Math; PART IV. Theories and Practices; 10 Choreographing the Curriculum: The Founder's Influence as Artist, Visionary, and Humanitarian; 11 Mathematics and Culture; 12 The Butterflies of the Soul; 13 Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross Model in Sweden; Epilogue: We Are Waiting for You; Conclusion; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U.