Learning in the Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education

by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco

Book Overview

An international gathering of leading scholars, policymakers, and educators takes on some of the most difficult and controversial issues of our time in this groundbreaking exploration of how globalization is affecting education around the world. The contributors, drawing from innovative research in both the social sciences and the neurosciences, examine the challenges and opportunities now facing schools as a result of massive migration flows, new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520254368
• ISBN13: 9780520254367
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"