Suchergebnisse

Preface -- Word of Opening -- Presentation of the Workshop -- Contents -- Environment, Climate and Education -- 1 Educating Children to Bend the Curve: For a Stable Climate, Sustainable Nature and Sustainable Humanity -- Abstract -- 1.1 How Did We Get Here? -- 1.2 What Do We Need to Do? -- 1.3 Educating Children: Cultivating a Critical Eye and a Hopeful Heart -- 1.4 What Do the Educators Need to Know? -- 1.5 Cross Cultural Ways to Educate the Children: The Use of Metaphors? -- 1.6 Metaphor is Needed for Inclusion and Unity -- 1.7 Metaphors for Education -- 1.8 Developing a Hopeful Heart: What is Agency? -- 1.9 How Do We Prepare the Young to Be Agents of Change? -- 1.10 Moving Forward -- References -- 2 Children as Agents of Change for Sustainable Development -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Concept of Childhood and of Children's Agency -- 2.2.1 Defining the Concept's Elements -- 2.2.1.1 Ethical, Religious, and Historical Perspectives -- 2.2.1.2 Conceptual Framework -- 2.3 Promising Examples for Children as Agents of Change for Sustainability -- 2.4 Fostering Children's Agency Through ICT -- 2.5 Implications for Education Policy and Sustainability Actions -- References -- 3 Notes on Child Labor and Education: A Personal Statement -- Abstract -- References -- 4 Scholas Citizenship -- Abstract -- 4.1 What We Do -- 4.1.1 Issues Selection -- 4.1.2 Immersion Week -- 4.2 Why We Do What We Do? -- 4.2.1 Why Do Students Select the Issues They Are Going to Work with? -- 4.2.2 Why Do Students Work on Concrete Projects? -- 4.2.3 Why Do We Encourage Sports, Arts, and Play? -- References -- 5 Learning, Literacy and Sustainable Development: Inclusion, Vulnerability and the SDGs -- Abstract -- 5.1 Commitments to Education and Development -- 5.1.1 Learning and Literacy -- 5.2 Globalization -- 5.2.1 Historical Background -- 5.2.2 Demographic Change

Globalization defines our era. While it has created a great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many aspects of the phenomenon remain virtual terra incognita. Education is at the heart of this continent of the unknown. This pathbreaking book examines how globalization and large-scale immigration are affecting children and youth, both in and out of schools. Taking into consideration broad historical, cultural, technological, and demographic changes, the contributors—all leading social scientists in their fields—suggest that these global transformations will require youth to develop new skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind that are far ahead of what most educational systems can now deliver. Drawing from comparative and interdisciplinary materials, the authors examine the complex psychological, sociocultural, and historical implications of globalization for children and youth growing up today. The book explores why new and broader global visions are needed to educate children and youth to be informed, engaged, and critical citizens in the new millennium. Published in association with the Ross Institute