Laurence Peters

Creating the Global Classroom (eBook, ePUB)

Approaches to Developing the Next Generation of World Savvy Students

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book examines how to begin to think like a global educator first by examining how our own histories and experiences have formed our own cultural and professional identities and second how the varied frames by which global education can be understood, pedagogical, ideological and cosmopolitan have shaped the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000536980
• Artikelnr.: 63324649

Autorenporträt

Laurence Peters was born in London, England, and studied at the University of Sussex and later taught English for several years in the UK before subsequently moving to the US to pursue a doctorate degree in Education. Following a period of undergraduate teaching Laurence gained a Law Degree from the University of Maryland in 1986 and became counsel to the Subcommittee on Select Education & Civil Rights for the US House of Representatives (1986-1993) and later served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the US Department of Education (1993-2001). Dr. Peters co-wrote From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity, Rowman (2003) and co-edited Scaling Up: Lessons from Technology Based Educational Improvement, Jossey Bass (2005) and Global Education: Using Technology to Bring the World to Your Students, ISTE (2009). His most recent book is The United Nations: History and Core Ideas, Palgrave (2015). Laurence currently teaches Global Education Policy at Johns Hopkins University and is married with three children.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Frameworks for Global Understanding
1: Why Global Education Matters: Need for a New Paradigm
2: What Is "Global Education"?
3: Pedagogical Perspectives
4: Ideological Framework
5: Citizenship and Human Rights
Part Two: School and Classroom Approaches
6: Engaging in Global Popular Culture
7: The Dangers of a Single Story
8: Maximizing the "Global" in Global Education Technology
9: Global Education and School Culture
Afterword
Appendix One: Global Lessons Plans
Appendix Two: Immigration
Appendix Three: Some Sample Global Lesson Plans
Appendix Four: Global Collaborative Connections
Bibliography
Index