Global Issues in Education Pedagogy, Policy, Practice, and the Minority Experience

by Wiggan, Greg; Hutchison, Charles; Ahn, Ruth; Bahry, Stephen; Darkhor, Patrick; DeJaeghere, Joan; Furuto, Linda; Hutchison, Charles B.; Kirk, Daniel; Seo, Jungmin; Luo, Jia; McBrien, Jody Lynn; McCarty, Luise Prior; Mfum-Mensah, Obed; Miske, Shirley; Ofori

• ISBN13: 9781607092711
• ISBN10: 1607092719
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Global Issues in Education bridges the discourse on globalization and education with international studies on race, class, gender, ethnicity, culture, and multiculturalism. The contributors to this volume address educational challenges of post-colonial Ghana, the United Arab Emirates, the Caribbean, China, and Germany juxtaposed against Western education in the United Kingdom and the United States. They synthesize macrosociology with educational research, which provides readers with the background, core knowledge, and global focus that is needed to understand international issues, as well as deal with diversity in the classroom. Global Issues in Education also addresses the need for additional research that makes the connections between the geopolitical economy and education, and it does this with a focus on the link to culture, ethnicity, and education.

Author Biography

Greg A. Wiggan is assistant professor of urban education, adjunct assistant professor of sociology, and affiliate faculty member of Africana studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research addresses urban education and urban sociology in the context of school processes that promote high achievement among minority students. Charles B. Hutchison is associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include international, cross-cultural, and urban educational issues.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. v
List of Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: The Intersections of Globalization, Education, and the Minority Experience	p. 1
Paying the Price, Globalization in Education: Economics, Policies, School Practices, and Student Outcomes	p. 21
Globalization, Reparations, Education, and Social Conflicts: Toward a Reparations Pedagogy, a Homocentric Approach	p. 35
Diversity, Global Practice, Local Needs: An International Comparative Study of Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Initial Teacher Training in the United States, England, and the United Arab Emirates	p. 59
Educating for a Multicultural Germany in the Global Era	p. 81
Educational Diversity in China: Responding to Globalizing and Localizing Forces	p. 103
Teaching and Learning in a Developing World Context: Understanding the Curriculum Development for Marginalized Communities in Northern Ghana	p. 131
The Past and Present States of Women, Higher Education, and Their Career Aspirations in Africa	p. 151
The Interface of Global Migrations, Local English-Language Learning, and Identity Transmutations of the Immigrant Academician	p. 167
Globalization and Linguistic Migrations: Missed Opportunities and the Challenges of Bilingual Education in the United States	p. 181
Beyond Survival: School-Related Experiences of Adolescent Refugee Girls in the United States and Their Relationship to Motivation and Academic Success	p. 199
Constructing and Negotiating Gender Relations, Ethnic Tradition, and Poverty: Secondary School-Age Hmông Girls in Viêt Nam	p. 219
Minority Students in Asia: Government Policies, School Practices, and Teacher Responses	p. 239
Schooling Minorities: An Examination of Dowa and Minzokugakkyu Educational Models in Japan	p. 259
Japanese Mathematics Achievement and Global Factors of Diversity	p. 275
Inclusive Education in the Global Context: The Impact on the Government and Teachers in a Developing Country-Trinidad and Tobago	p. 297
In the Diaspora, Black Caribbean Canadian Culture Matters: Perspectives on Education "Back Home"	p. 311
Index	p. 331
About the Editors	p. 333
About the Contributors	p. 335
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