Education

A Global Compact for a Time of Crisis

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Carola Suárez-Orozco, His Holiness Pope Francis (Pope)

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Columbia University Press
05 July 2022

Development studies; Educational psychology; Educational strategies & policy; Non-governmental organisations (NGOs); Development economics

In an age of catastrophes-unchecked climate change, extreme poverty, forced migrations, war, and terror, all compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic-how can schooling be reengineered and education reimagined? This book calls for a new global approach to education that responds to these overlapping crises in order to enrich and enhance the lives of children everywhere.

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco convene scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines-including anthropology, neuroscience, demography, psychology, child development, sociology, and economics-who offer incisive essays on the global state of education. Contributors consider how educational policy and practice can foster social inclusion and improve outcomes for all children. They emphasize the centrality of education to social and environmental justice, as well as the philosophical foundations of education and its centrality to human flourishing, personal dignity, and sustainable development. Chapters examine topics such as the neuroscience of education; the uses of technology to engage children who are not reached by traditional schooling; education for climate change; the education of immigrants, refugees, and the forcibly displaced; and how to address and mitigate the effects of inequality and xenophobia in the classroom. Global and interdisciplinary, Education speaks directly to urgent contemporary challenges.

Contributors include Stefania Giannini, the director of education for UNESCO; development economist Jeffrey Sachs; cognitive psychologist Howard Gardner; Carla Rinaldi, president of the Reggio Children Foundation; and academics from leading global universities. The book features a foreword by Pope Francis.

Foreword by: His Holiness Pope Francis (Pope)
Edited by: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Carola Suárez-Orozco
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780231204354
ISBN 10: 0231204353
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 05 July 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston. He previously served as the inaugural Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on cultural psychology and psychological anthropology, with an emphasis on education, globalization, and migration. Carola Suárez-Orozco is professor in residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and director of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard. Her most recent book is Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College: Navigating Risk and Reward in Higher Education, coedited with Olivia Osei-Twumasi (2019). The Suárez-Orozcos are the cofounders of Re-imagining Migration. Their previous coauthored books include Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society, with Irina Todorova (2008).

Reviews for Education: A Global Compact for a Time of Crisis

In this timely, engaging, and compelling book, the authors describe how education can be reformed so that students in nations around the world can attain the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively in a highly technological, diverse, complex, and changing world. Once again, editors Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco have assembled a group of eminent scholars who enrich this book with original and trenchant insights. This innovative and informative book deserves a wide and influential audience. -- James A. Banks, Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle