Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Learning in the global era / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carolyn Sattin -- From teaching globalization to nurturing global consciousness / Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner -- Understanding cultural patterns / Peter Gärdenfors -- Mind, brain and education in the era of globalization / Tami Katzir, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, and Kurt W. Fischer -- Social conduct, neurobiology, and education / Hanna Damasio and Antonio Damasio -- The global spread of women's schooling : effects on learning, literacy, health, and children / Robert A. LeVine -- Globalization and education : can the world meet the challenge? / Bernard Hugonnier -- How computerized work and globalization shape human skill demands / Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane -- The postindustrial workplace and challenges to education / Kai-ming Cheng -- On the need for teaching intercultural skills : challenges for education in a globalizing world / Rita Süssmuth -- The integration of immigrant youth / Maurice Crul -- The education of immigrant students in a globalized world : policy debates in a comparative perspective / Marie McAndrew -- First-language and -culture learning in light of globalization : the case of Muslims in Flanders and in the Brussels area, Belgium / Eugeen Roosens -- Rethinking honor in regards to human rights : an educational imperative in troubled times / Unni Wikan.