Teaching in a Globally-Connected World

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

1. Politics in the Age of Globalization: Actors, Institutions, and Key Issue Areas for Global Leadership

Pablo Toral

1. Hyper-Dynamism: Describing and Characterizing Major Current and Future Global Economic Trends

Joseph Ofori-Dankwa, Stacie Krupp, Tom Sesti, and Eva Ester Shalin

1. Understanding the Major Word Religions in an American Classroom

Byung-In Seo

1. Visionary Leadership and Parent, Student, and Teacher Empowerment

Introduction to Part II—Visionary Leadership and Parent, Student, and Teacher Empowerment

1. Educating for the Future: Designing Curriculum for the Twenty-First Century

Ervin F. Sparapani and David M. Callejo Perez

1. Visionary Principals and School District Leadership for a Globally-Connected World Anne R. Tapp and Catherine L. Meyer-Looze
2. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. Teaching with a Future Orientation: Moving Learners to the Future

Introduction to Part III—Teaching with a Future Orientation: Moving Learners to the Future

1. 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

1. Literacy Practices: A Way Forward

Suzanne D. Knight and Marc B. Vickers

1. Developing Global Understanding through Mathematics

David K. Pugalee and Courtney L. Glavich

1. Science in a Globally-Connected World: Science and the Next Generation of Learners in a Global Society

Beth M. Rittenberg

1. 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

1. Arts Education: Empowering Teachers to Move Learners Forward by Elevating Creativity in the Arts

Carolyn J. Schaeffer and Scott R. Kirst

1. Foreign Language: Not So Foreign Anymore

Kasydra J. Goode-Tibbs

1. Technology: The Driver for Twenty-First Century Skills

Amy M. Cooper and Lisa H. Meyers

Teaching in a Globally Connected World is a great resource guide for the reflective educator who understands the profile of today’s learners and that of the future and who wants to empower students to be lifelong learners.