Globalization and Education - The Pontifical Academy of Sciences

312 Pages·2006·7.62 MB·English

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of the growth of a globalized economy, the Church’s ACADEMY OF
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VATICAN CITY Joint Working Group
2006 16-17 November 2005
MMVI
GLOBALIZATION
AND EDUCATION
Address
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of Social Sciences
Casina Pio IV, 00120 Vatican City
Tel: [phone] – Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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GLOBALIZATION
AND EDUCATION
the
PROCEEDINGS
of a
Joint Working Group
16-17 November 2005
Casina Pio IV
VATICAN CITY 2006
The opinions expressed with absolute freedom during the presentation of the
papers of this meeting, although published by the Academies, represent only
the points of view of the participants and not those of the Academies.
Editors of the Proceedings:
Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Edmond Malinvaud
Pierre Léna
ISBN 88-86761-089-1
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THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
VATICAN CITY
Pope Benedict XVI
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Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI
CONTENTS
Preface..................................................................................................... XI
Programme.............................................................................................. XIII
List of Participants................................................................................. XVII
NEW APPROACHES TO EDUCATION IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD
The Synthesizing Mind: Making Sense of the Deluge of Information
Howard E. Gardner............................................................................... 3
The $100 Laptop
Nicholas Negroponte............................................................................. 19
Globalisation and Education – An Overview
M. Govind Kumar Menon..................................................................... 24
THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
The Grand Narrative Told by the Sciences
Michel Serres......................................................................................... 39
News, Global Communication Technologies and Education
Mortimer Zuckerman............................................................................ 43
No One Left Behind Technology and lifelong mass learning
Rajendra S. Pawar, Manas Chakrabarti and Sugata Mitra................. 51
THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON EDUCATION
Education in a Globalized World
David E. Bloom...................................................................................... 59
Promoting South-South and North-South Cooperation in Education
and Research: A Question of Responsibility
Mohamed H.A. Hassan.......................................................................... 79