Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World

by Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780814741405
• ISBN10: 0814741401
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-06
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we are living in a global era, yet schooling systems remain generally reactive and slow to adapt to shifting economic, technological, demographic, and cultural terrains. There is a growing urgency to create, evaluate, and expand new models of education that are better synchronized with the realities of today's globally linked economies and societies.Educating the Whole Child for the Whole Worldexamines one such model: the ethos and practices of the Ross Schools and their incubation, promotion, and launching of new ideas and practices into public education. Over the last two decades Ross has come to articulate a systematic approach to education consciously tailored for a new era of global interdependence.In this volume, world-renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines, as well as veteran teachers, administrators, and students, come together to examine some of the best practices in K-12 education in the context of an increasingly interconnected world. Together they explore how the Ross model of education, which cultivates in students a global perspective, aligns with broader trends in the arts, humanities, and sciences in the new millennium.Contributors:Nick Appelbaum, Ralph Abraham, Antonio M. Battro, Sally Booth, Michele Clays, Elizabeth M. Daley, Antonio Damasio, Hanna Damasio, Kurt W. Fischer, Howard Gardner, Vartan Gregorian, Christina Hinton, Hideaki Koizumi, Debra McCall, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, John Sexton, Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, William Irwin Thompson, and Sherry Turkle.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Reflections of a Ross School Graduate	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Architectures of Care: Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World	p. 1
Rethinking Education in the Global Era
Education in an Era of Specialized Knowledge	p. 27
The Case for Global Education	p. 43
A Tangled Web: Reflections on the Roles of Science, Policy, and Assessment in Education	p. 49
The New Science of Engagement: Mind, Brain, and Education in a School Context
Mind, Brain, and Education	p. 61
Research Schools: Connecting Research and Practice at the Ross School	p. 69
Toward a New Educational Philosophy	p. 81
Creativity and Integration
Multimedia Literacy: A Critical Component of Twenty-first-Century Education	p. 97
Object Lessons	p. 109
The Trouble with Math	p. 125
Theories and Practices
Choreographing the Curriculum: The Founder's Influence as Artist, Visionary, and Humanitarian	p. 141
Mathematics and Culture	p. 157
The Butterflies of the Soul	p. 163
Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross Model in Sweden	p. 171
Epilogue: We Are Waiting for you	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 195
About the Contributors	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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