Publisher's Synopsis
The drum of multicultural education can be heard around the world. Multicultural education posits that not every student can be taught in the same way because as individuals within our own societies we are not all the same. Personal experiences and cultures enrich and influence the way we interact with our peers, teachers, and societies. The goal of multicultural education is to provide all students with the necessary skills, attitudes, and perspectives to function in their communities and meet the challenges of the global and technological world Nonetheless, a diverse, intense relationship with knowledge and new ways of learning emerged along with new forms of social communication that nourished democratic aspirations and broadened ethical conceptions of life. The impact of globalization on education, and particularly higher education, has led to its repositioning in the global economy and the transnational political landscape. This volume aims to provide a comprehensive range of titles, making available to readers work from across the comparative and international education research community. Authors will represent as broad a range of voices as possible, from geographic, cultural and ideological standpoints. The process of internationalization, construed as imperative by educational leaders, implies an integration of international, intercultural, and global dimensions into the purposes of the institution. But quite often, planners neglect to consider that, behind those purposes, there is or should be an ethically defensible vision of education that also informs the process of internationalization. The literature is vast and there are outstanding scholarly contributions. However, this book - which brings together scholars from around the globe - goes to the core of the issue by trying to understand how views of knowledge, positioned at the heart of globalization, re-define international education; explores mobility in its positive and negative dimensions. This volume is designed to provide scholars, administrators and other practitioners with perspectives related to transnational higher education.
