"Educating students about their roles as ``global citizens`` is a challenge that has taken on increasing importance in recent years. In this volume, prominent educators join Nel Noddings to address the issue of global citizenship, what it means, and how it should shape curriculum and teaching in K-12 classrooms.

Features:
Frameworks for educating global citizens, including building community and mutual respect, creating social responsibility, instilling an appreciation for diversity, promoting emotional literacy, and managing and resolving conflict.
Practical suggestions to help teachers enrich their classrooms with global content
Advice for teaching better global attitudes throughout the curriculum, in social studies, science, literature, and math classes
Diverse perspectives of leading educators and scholars on global citizenship and its value to education and community." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:
Foreword by
Daisaku Ikeda Preface by Virginia Straus

Introduction - Global Citizenship: Promises and Problems / Nel Noddings
1. Gender Perspectives on Educating for Global Citizenship /
Peggy McIntosh 2. The Integration of Conflict: Resolution into the High School Curriculum: The Example of Workable Peace / Stacie Nicole Smith & David Fairman
3. Place-Based Education to Preserve the Earth and Its People / Nel Noddings
4. Differing Concepts of Citizenship: Schools and Communities as Sites of Civic Development / Gloria Ladson-Billings
5. Incorporating Internationalism into Social Studies Curriculum / Stephen J. Thornton
6. A Letter to Secondary Teachers: Teaching About Religious Pluralism in the Public Schools / Robert J. Nash
7. A Changing Vision of Education / Nancy Carlsson-Paige & Linda Lantieri

Conclusion - What Have We Learned? / Nel Noddings

References

About the contributors

Index