Global Voices and Global Visions

Education for Excellence, Understanding, Peace and Sustainability

By (author) Betsy Gunzelmann

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Publication date:

18 December 2013

Length of book:

180 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781610488297

We are in a state of tremendous global unrest with wars, acts of terrorism, genocide, epidemics and untold natural disasters. In some cases students are at risk as a result of safety concerns within their schools, from extremist views that discriminate against obtaining education, from societal issues that increase anxiety and depression, and even in specific cases from corruption in government that prevent students from having access to schooling.

It is through globally engaged education that we can learn of one another, attain academic excellence, improve international relationships, triumph over atrocities, and discover new potentials. A synergistic globally engaged education will allow for the working together collaboratively, cooperatively and innovatively, while still respecting diversity and humane ideologies.

Through cutting edge interdisciplinary research from psychology, neuroscience, education, leaps in the technological areas, and listening closely to the global voices we can indeed ascertain understanding, peace and sustainability.

Part I: The Era of Internationally Engaged Education: The Time is Now

Chapter One: Building Bridges to an Internationally Engaged Education for
Excellence, Understanding, Sustainability
Chapter Two: The Research and Interviewing of Worldwide Learners
Chapter Three: The Statistics Piece: The Pros, he Cons, and Essential Data

Part II: Global Voices from Distinguished Researchers, Theorists and Leaders

Chapter Four: Voices from Researchers and Reformers
Chapter Five: The Major Constituents - Critical Pieces of the Global Educational
Excellence Puzzle:Understanding Cultural, Psychological,
Economic, Political and Educational Issues

Part III: Global Voices: Lessons Learned

Chapter Seven: Global Voices on Government Matters
Chapter Eight: Global Voices on Economic Matters
Chapter Nine: Global Voices on Students Matters
Chapter Ten: Global Voices on Teachers Matters
Chapter Eleven: Global Voices on the Nuts & Bolts of Educational Matters
Chapter Twelve: Global Voices on the Essence of the Schools

Part IV: Global Visions: A Collective Understanding to Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle

Chapter Thirteen: On Educational Needs World-Wide
Chapter Fourteen: Bridge to Excellence and Understanding (research, creativity,
acceptance, respect, cooperation, etc. )
Chapter Fifteen: Bridge to Peace and Sustainability (Civic Engagement etc.)
Chapter Sixteen: Hope for a Better World: Global Healing

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How refreshing to see the word global education without a focus on racing to the top, with all its built in assumptions about winners and losers. Gunzelmann has carefully and thoroughly offered us another scenario for what global eduction must mean if we are to do right for all our children. Play with it? And thank you for writing this, Betsy. Education reform has become a rhetorical exercise in nationalistic competition, even as we know that the opposite must be true!!