Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era

Contents

| v Contents Foreword: Reflections of a Ross School Graduate vii Nick Appelbaum Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Architectures of Care: 1 Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, and Carola Suárez-Orozco Part I. Rethinking Education in the Global Era 1 Education in an Era of Specialized Knowledge 27 Vartan Gregorian 2 The Case for Global Education 43 John Sexton 3 A Tangled Web: Reflections on the Roles of 49 Science, Policy, and Assessment in Education Howard Gardner Part II. The New Science of Engagement: Mind, Brain, and Education in a School Context 4 Mind, Brain, and Education 61 Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio 5 Research Schools: Connecting Research and 69 Practice at the Ross School Christina Hinton and Kurt W. Fischer 6 Toward a New Educational Philosophy 81 Hideaki Koizumi vi | Contents Part III. Creativity and Integration 7 Multimedia Literacy: A Critical Component of 97 Twenty-first-Century Education Elizabeth M. Daley with Holly Willis 8 Object Lessons 109 Sherry Turkle 9 The Trouble with Math 125 Ralph Abraham Part IV. Theories and Practices 10 Choreographing the Curriculum: 141 The Founder’s Influence as Artist, Visionary, and Humanitarian Debra McCall 11 Mathematics and Culture 157 William Irwin Thompson 12 The Butterflies of the Soul 163 Antonio M. Battro 13 Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: 171 The Ross Model in Sweden Sally Booth with Michele Claeys Epilogue: We Are Waiting for You 189 Pedro Noguera Conclusion 195 Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj About the Contributors 203 Index 205 ...