Teaching in a Globally-Connected World

Preparing Learners for the Future
Herausgeber: Sparapani, Ervin F.; Ross Mcclain, Pamela L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the current social, political, economic, and religious climate of the world, makes projections for the future, and then makes suggestions for what the contributors believe educators need to think about in order to adequately prepare young people to successfully navigate that future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780761868149
• ISBN-10: 0761868143
• Artikelnr.: 45188502

Autorenporträt

Ervin F. Sparapani is a retired professor of secondary education, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI. Ervin earned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction at The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He believes that teachers, educational leaders, and parents have the responsibility to prepare young people to be critical thinkers and flexible learners that can adapt readily to a global world both now and in the future. Pamela L. Ross McClain is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan-Flint where she directs the Educational Leadership Doctor of Education program. Pamela earned a Ph.D. from MSU is in curriculum instruction and educational policy with a cognate in teacher and staff development. She has been a professional educator for nearly two decades and remains dedicated to supporting educational professionals at all levels in experiencing success in schools.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword-Amy M. Cooper Introduction-Ervin F. Sparapani and Pamela L. Ross
McClain Introduction to Part I-A Global Society: Socially, Politically,
Economically, Religiously 1.Understanding U. S. Society and Globalization:
Some Considerations for Meaningful and Useful Future Careers Brian J. Smith
2.Politics in the Age of Globalization: Actors, Institutions, and Key Issue
Areas for Global Leadership Pablo Toral 3.Hyper-Dynamism: Describing and
Characterizing Major Current and Future Global Economic Trends Joseph
Ofori-Dankwa, Stacie Krupp, Tom Sesti, and Eva Ester Shalin 4.Understanding
the Major Word Religions in an American Classroom Byung-In Seo I.Visionary
Leadership and Parent, Student, and Teacher Empowerment Introduction to
Part II-Visionary Leadership and Parent, Student, and Teacher Empowerment
5.Educating for the Future: Designing Curriculum for the Twenty-First
Century Ervin F. Sparapani and David M. Callejo Perez 6.Visionary
Principals and School District Leadership for a Globally-Connected World
Anne R. Tapp and Catherine L. Meyer-Looze 7.Principals and Professional
Learning Communities: Developing Teacher Leaders for the Twenty-First
Century, Globally-Connected World Ervin F. Sparapani, Shannon M. Pietras,
Nicole M. Rogers, Paul J. Voydanoff, Danielle R. MacKay, and David G. Fuchs
8.The Globally-Connected World and the Teacher Leader: The Issue of Teacher
Empowerment Ervin F. Sparapani, Danielle R. MacKay, David G. Fuchs, Paul J.
Voydanoff, Nicole M. Rogers, and Shannon M. Pietras 9.Twenty-First Century
Schools, Global Citizenship, and Glocalization: Empowering Parents and
Student to Think Globally and Act Locally Pamela L. Ross McClain and
De'Andre L. Shepard II.Teaching with a Future Orientation: Moving Learners
to the Future Introduction to Part III-Teaching with a Future Orientation:
Moving Learners to the Future 10.Complementing Critical Thinking with
Mentalpreneruial Thinking: A New Teaching Paradigm for the Future
Hyper-Dynamic Workplace Joseph Ofori-Dankwa, Tom Sesti, Stacie Krupp, and
Alex Titus-Glover 11.Literacy Practices: A Way Forward Suzanne D. Knight
and Marc B. Vickers 12.Developing Global Understanding through Mathematics
David K. Pugalee and Courtney L. Glavich 13.Science in a Globally-Connected
World: Science and the Next Generation of Learners in a Global Society Beth
M. Rittenberg 14.The Future of Social Studies Teaching: Preparing Learners
for Life in a Global Society Kieran J. Astley, Jimm E. Bohn, Jr., Heather
L. Selich, Jayne M. Sherbeck, and C. Rodney Williams 15.Arts Education:
Empowering Teachers to Move Learners Forward by Elevating Creativity in the
Arts Carolyn J. Schaeffer and Scott R. Kirst 16.Foreign Language: Not So
Foreign Anymore Kasydra J. Goode-Tibbs 17.Technology: The Driver for
Twenty-First Century Skills Amy M. Cooper and Lisa H. Meyers