Global Issues in Education: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice and the Minority Experience

Contents......Page 4
Figures......Page 6
Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Ch01. Introduction: The Intersections of Globalization, Education, and the Minority Experience......Page 14
Ch02. Paying the Price, Globalization in Education: Economics, Policies, School Practices, and Student Outcomes......Page 34
Ch03. Globalization, Reparations, Education, and Social Conflicts: Toward a Reparations Pedagogy, a Homocentric Approach......Page 48
Ch04. Diversity, Global Practice, Local Needs: An International Comparative Study of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Initial Teacher Training in the United States, England, and the United Arab Emirates......Page 72
Ch05. Educating for a Multicultural Germany in the Global Era......Page 94
Ch06. Educational Diversity in China: Responding to Globalizing and Localizing Forces......Page 116
Ch07. Teaching and Learning in a Developing World Context: Understanding the Curriculum Development for Marginalized Communities in Northern Ghana......Page 144
Ch08. The Past and Present States of Women, Higher Education, and Their Career Aspirations in Africa......Page 164
Ch09. The Interface of Global Migrations, Local English-Language Learning, and Identity Transmutations of the Immigrant Academician......Page 180
Ch10. Globalization and Linguistic Migrations: Missed Opportunities and the Challenges of Bilingual Education in the United States......Page 194
Ch11. Beyond Survival: School-Related Experiences of Adolescent Refugee Girls in the United States and Their Relationship to Motivation and Academic Success......Page 212
Ch12. Constructing and Negotiating Gender Relations, Ethnic Tradition, and Poverty: Secondary School-Age Hmông Girls in Viêt Nam......Page 232
Ch13. Minority Students in Asia: Government Policies, School Practices, and Teacher Responses......Page 252
Ch14. Schooling Minorities: An Examination of Dowa and Minzokugakkyu Educational Models in Japan......Page 272
Ch15. Japanese Mathematics Achievement and Global Factors of Diversity......Page 288
Ch16. Inclusive Education in the Global Context: The Impact on the Government and Teachers in a Developing Country––Trinidad and Tobago......Page 310
Ch17. In the Diaspora, Black Caribbean Canadian Culture Matters: Perspectives on Education “Back Home”......Page 324
Index......Page 344
About the Editors......Page 346
About the Contributors......Page 348