Internationalization and Global Citizenship Policy and Practice in E
This book examines the integration of the international, global, and intercultural dimensions in contemporary education systems. Yemini provides a comprehensive understanding of the process of internationalization from different angles including policy-ma
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MIRI YEMINI
Internationalization and Global Citizenship
Miri Yemini
Internationalization and Global Citizenship Policy and Practice in Education
Miri Yemini Department of Educational Policy and Administration Tel Aviv University Raanana, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-38938-7 ISBN 978-3-319-38939-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-38939-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958191 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Image Source / Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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This book portrays the integration of the international, global and intercultural dimensions of contemporary education systems, providing a comprehensive understanding of the process of internationalization from different angles, including policy-making, curriculum implementation, media discourse and individual agency. The aim of the book is to illuminate and analyze a set of key tensions arising from internationalization across multiple levels of schooling, with reference to the domains of popular discourse, policy, curriculum, pedagogy and students’ identity, and to connect, or reconnect, the process (internationalization) with its outcomes at individual level (global citizenship). The uniqueness of this contribution lies in the solid empirical embedding of each of those aspects, together with the development of novel theoretical insights, in each of the investigated domains. The empirical focus of this book is on Israel, which is a relatively young country struggling to define itself within the context of the long-lasting violent conflict with Palestine and surrounding countries. The tensions between the global and local dimensions are particularly strong in this case, as Israel i
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