Beschreibung:
This book presents the results of a joint meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences where renowned international scholars discussed the importance of education in an increasingly globalized world. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including immigration, education in developing countries, knowledge transfer, social, economic, cultural, and political conditions in global education, technology, communication, access to information and knowledge, as well as, bio-anthropological issues.
New Approaches to Education in the Globalized World Howard E. Gardner; Nicholas Negroponte; M. Govind Kumar MenonThe Role of Communication and Information Technologies Michel Serres; Mortimer Zuckerman; Rajendra S. Pawar / Manas Chakrabarti / Sugata MitraThe Effects of Globalization on Education David E. Bloom; Mohamed H.A. HassanEducation of Immigrants and their Children Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco / Carola Suárez-Orozco; Louis-André ValletEducation and Cultural Diversity Wei Yu; Jean-Claude Berthélemy; Mina M. Ramirez; Juan J. LlachWhich Anthropological Bases for Education and Research? Jean-Didier Vincent; Jürgen MittelstrassStatement on Globalization and Education