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From the Back Cover: Cultures and societies across the globe are enriching one another through unprecedented levels of interaction in an increasingly interdependent and complex world. In this global age, however, we also face problems that defy easy solutions and know no borders. This is the world the younger generation will inherit. To rise to its challenges, it is important that they understand the issues and learn about the work of such organizations as the United Nations, through which those challenges and issues can be addressed. The Kits on the United Nations are a step in this direction. International in their content and outlook, the kits are valuable curriculum enrichment packages covering topics ranging from pollution to peace-keeping, from decolonization to development. Science and mathematics teachers as well as history and social science teachers will find informative and creative units that fit easily into their course work. Published on the occasion of the United Nations' Fiftieth Anniversary, The Kits on the United Nations offer teachers and students of every subject a way to explore a range of global issues by linking their lives to the vast but connected world around them.

International education --- Global education --- Education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism

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"The pages of this book paint a portrait of thirteen scholars and their lifelong professional accomplishments in and contributions to teaching, service, and research in global international education around the world. Their extraordinary work contributed extensively to the development, direction and growth of the global education movement in the United States initiated by James M. Becker at Indiana University, USA, in the early 1960s. These scholars were honored with the Distinguished Global Scholar Award presented by the International Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, the largest professional journal for social studies educators in the United States. Their narratives comprise an intriguing mosaic of backgrounds, scholarship, and contexts from which their extraordinary work blossomed in building bridges--not walls--among peoples and nations. The publication is intended to honor the professional achievements in global international education of these scholars who have devoted their lives to creating a better world through their work. More importantly, this book exposes globally-minded individuals, educators, scholars, administrators, and policymakers around the world to empowering role models from Africa, Europe, and the United States and opportunity to learn about the multitude of professional activities, teachings, partnerships, exchange programs and research in which they might engage to promote a deeper understanding about the cultural, geographic, economic, social, and technological interconnectedness of the world and its people---the very purpose of global education"--

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Bridges, Pathways and Transitions: International Innovations in Widening Participation shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. The research presented provides a source of inspiration to students who are navigating disadvantage to succeed in higher education against the odds. There are stories of success in difficult circumstances, revealing the resilience and determination of individuals and collectives to fight for a place in higher education to improve chances for securing social mobility for next generations. The book also reveals that more work and policy interventions are needed to further equalize the playing field between social groups. Governments need to address the entrenched structural inequalities, particularly the effects of poverty, that prevent more academically able disadvantaged students from participating in higher education on the basis of the circumstances of their birth. Across the globe, social reproduction is far more likely than social mobility because of policies and practices that continue to protect the privilege of those in the middle and top of social structures. With the gap between rich and poor widening at a rate previously unseen, we need radical policies to equalize the playing field in fundamental ways. Focuses on collaborations with schools, families, and communities Highlights tools and methods to aid in the creation of pathways, bridging initiatives into higher education Includes case studies that show how students are supported during the transition into high education systems

Education, Higher --- International education. --- Comparative education. --- Education, Comparative --- Education --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- History

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Interest in the field of international education has never been more intense, and a rapidly expanding number of schools and organisations worldwide now offer curricula that claim to be international in nature. This comprehensive guide examines the key themes of this evolving field.

International education. --- International schools. --- Global education --- Education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Schools