Teaching in a Globally-Connected World

Preparing Learners for the Future

Edited by Ervin F. Sparapani, Pamela L. Ross McClain

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Publication date:

29 July 2016

Length of book:

244 pages

Publisher

Hamilton Books

ISBN-13: 9780761868156

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.

Foreword—Amy M. Cooper
Introduction—Ervin F. Sparapani and Pamela L. Ross McClain

Understanding U. S. Society and Globalization: Some Considerations for Meaningful and Useful Future Careers

Politics 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 Empowerment

Educating 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-Looze

Principals 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 Empowerment

Twenty-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 Future

Complementing 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

A forward-thinking book that offers readers an opportunity to expand their worldviews and think deeply about how schools should function to prepare learners for our global society. Educators who have an eye on the future can definitely benefit from this book.