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
Table of Content
Preface
Courtney Ross-Holst
Acknowledgments
Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Desirée Baolian Qin-Hilliard
Globalization, Growth, and Welfare in History
John H. Coatsworth
Globalization and Education: An Economic Perspective
David E. Bloom
Digital Skills, Globalization, and Education
Antonio M. Battro
The Fellowship of the Microchip: Global Technologies As Evocative Objects
Sherry Turkle
Pop Cosmopolitanism: Mapping Cultural Flows in an Age of Media Convergence
Henry Jenkins
Globalization in Asia: Anthropological Perspectives
James L. Watson
Formulating Identity in a Globalized World
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Imperial Feelings: Youth Culture, Citizenship, and Globalization
Sunaina Maira
How Education Changes: Considerations of History, Science, and Values
Howard Gardner
Notes on Contributors
Index
About the author
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education at Harvard University and coeditor of Latinos: Remaking America (California, 2002) and the six-volume Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (2001); he is coauthor of Children of Immigration (2001). Desirée Baolian Qin-Hilliard is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education and coeditor of Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (2001).
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