OUR BROTHER?S KEEPER IBD

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'Our essential ethical challenge as educators is to broaden and deepen the capacity of our students to imbue their lives with a profound curiosity of mind and a spirit of empathy. But our ethical mission need not-nor should it-end there.'...'We are charged with co-creating concrete pathways of connection with people and cultures beyond our daily lives-to respond empathically to the outstretched hand of the distant, non-intimate other on a global scale.'How can we move students from passive empathy to active global solidarity? In this book, Mark Hyman, Ed.D. examines over twenty-five years of 'experiments' in nurturing global citizenship values and practice in adolescent youth.Through a candid survey of successes and failures, you will explore:Transnational Connections:áFounding global citizenship communities that bridge the gap between local classrooms and the world.Theory into Practice:áIntegrating the 'face-to-face' ethics of Emmanuel Levinas into middle school pedagogy.Action-Learning:áReal-world initiatives ranging from landmine removal in Bosnia to school construction in Ethiopia.For educators, this text is a guide and an inspiration for your own journey as a global citizenship teacher-facilitator. For the 'citizen of the world,' it is a testament to the power of global citizenship in our modern world.