A battle is being waged in classrooms and capitals around the world over the goals and objectives of the future of global education. While there is growing research in the area of global education, much remains to be uncovered, challenged, and learned through sound empirical research and conceptual explorations. What type of global citizens will schools promote? What types of policies, programs and instructional practices best promote effective global citizenship? Will global education curricula advance an unwavering loyalty to neoliberal ideologies and interests over the strengthening of human rights and the environmental health of our planet? This volume presents a series of research studies and innovative instructional practices centered on advancing global learning opportunities and literacies.

1. Introduction Brad M. Maguth and Jeremy Hilburn PART I. Global Education in Theory 2. A Pedagogy of Development Education. Lessons for a More Critical Global Education Douglas Bourn 3. Global Aspects of Citizenship Education. Challenges and Perspectives Anatoli Rapoport 4. Global Education in Theory. The Centrality of Intercultural Competence Caprice Lantz and Ian Davies PART II. Global Education Programs & Practices Section 1. Experiential Education 5. On the Modern Silk Road: A Case Study of the Limits and Promise of International In-service Teacher Professional Development Timothy Patterson 6. Teacher Conceptualizations of Global Citizenship. Global Immersion Experiences and Implications for the Empathy/Threat Dialectic Debora Hinderliter Ortloff and Olga N. Shonia 7. Globalization and Teacher Education. Teaching About Globalization through Community-Based Inquiry Guichun Zong Section 2. University Initiatives 8. Globalization of Elementary Teacher Preparation in The United States. A National Snapshot Cyndi Mottola Poole and William B. Russell III 9. Discussions within Online Learning Formats. Are Meaningful Encounters With Difference Possible? Sarah A. Mathews and Hilary Landorf Section 3. Conceptual Approaches to Teaching and Learning 10. Learning from 21st Century International Schools. Global Education that is Action Oriented, Globally Connected, and Inclusive Adrienne Michetti, Rebekah Madrid and Kimberly Cofino 11. A Values-based Pedagogical Stance. Teaching Teachers for Global Education in AustraliaRuth Reynolds, Debbie Bradbery, Joanna Brown, Debra Donnelly, Kate Ferguson-Patrick, Suzanne Macqueen, and Anne Ross