Teaching in a Globally-Connected World (eBook)

Preparing Learners for the Future

Pamela L. Ross McClain, Ervin F. Sparapani (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
244 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6815-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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. We live in a globally-connected world, and young people, as they move into the future, need to be prepared to live in that future. Schools (and teachers) tend to focus on the present, which is okay; however, schools (and teachers) must decide what is important to know in the present in order for young people to be successful in the future. The responsibility of education today must be to prepare learners to live in an unknown future, that is global, and not be so focused on an uncertain present.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Foreword—Amy M. Cooper Introduction—Ervin F. Sparapani and Pamela L. Ross McClainUnderstanding U. S. Society and Globalization: Some Considerations for Meaningful and Useful Future CareersPolitics in the Age of Globalization: Actors, Institutions, and Key Issue Areas for Global Leadership Hyper-Dynamism: Describing and Characterizing Major Current and Future Global Economic Trends Understanding the Major Word Religions in an American Classroom Visionary Leadership and Parent, Student, and Teacher EmpowermentEducating for the Future: Designing Curriculum for the Twenty-First Century Visionary Principals and School District Leadership for a Globally-Connected World Anne R. Tapp and Catherine L. Meyer-LoozePrincipals and Professional Learning Communities: Developing Teacher Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, Globally-Connected World The Globally-Connected World and the Teacher Leader: The Issue of Teacher EmpowermentTwenty-First Century Schools, Global Citizenship, and Glocalization: Empowering Parents and Student to Think Globally and Act Locally Teaching with a Future Orientation: Moving Learners to the FutureComplementing Critical Thinking with Mentalpreneruial Thinking: A New Teaching Paradigm for the Future Hyper-Dynamic Workplace Literacy Practices: A Way Forward Developing Global Understanding through Mathematics Science in a Globally-Connected World: Science and the Next Generation of Learners in a Global Society The Future of Social Studies Teaching: Preparing Learners for Life in a Global Society Arts Education: Empowering Teachers to Move Learners Forward by Elevating Creativity in the Arts Foreign Language: Not So Foreign Anymore Technology: The Driver for Twenty-First Century Skills Amy M. Cooper and Lisa H. Meyers

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: critical thinking • global understanding • Lifelong Learning • parental involvement • Professional Learning Communities • Teacher leaders • teaching for the future • technology in learning
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6815-1 / 0761868151
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6815-6 / 9780761868156