Beyond Bystanders

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Nimrod Aloni, Lori Weintrob

   Pages 1-15

3. Educational Engagement for a Humane and Democratic Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Education and Leadership in Schools Today

      • David T. Hansen

      Pages 19-31

   3. Schooling and Globalization

      • Pasi Sahlberg, Jason Brown

      Pages 33-45

   4. Education for Critical-Democratic Citizenship

      • Wiel Veugelers

      Pages 47-59

   5. Educators Worthy of the Name

      • Nimrod Aloni

      Pages 61-73

   6. Occupy Wall Street in the Classroom

      • Nir Michaeli, Esther Yogev

      Pages 75-88

   7. Relationships Informing Process

      • Jason C. Fitzgerald

      Pages 89-101

4. Globalization, Immigration, and the Challenges of Intercultural Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Globalization: Defining the Terrain

      • Beverly D. Shaklee, April Mattix Foster, Supriya Baily

      Pages 105-115

   3. Whose Dreams?

      • Cyril Ghosh, Lori Weintrob

      Pages 117-129

   4. Pedagogies of Empire

      • Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré

      Pages 131-142

   5. Transnational Networks for an International Education

      • Steven W. Thomas

      Pages 143-155

   6. Social, Educational, and Linguistic Models of Immigrants’ Integration into Society

      • Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt

      Pages 157-167

   7. The Obligation to Teach About the Holocaust and Genocide, and the Obligation to Educate Against Racism

      • Yair Auron

      Pages 169-180

5. Professional Ethics and Good Teaching

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Care Ethics and Education

      • Nel Noddings

      Pages 183-190

   3. Empathy in Virtuous Pedagogy

      • Yehudith Weinberger

      Pages 191-203

   4. Student Assessment and Good Teaching

      • Irit Levy-Feldman, Zipora Libman

      Pages 205-217

Beyond Bystanders calls for a shift in the professional self-image of teachers from agents of socialization to active advocates of human flourishing, social justice, and world betterment. The editors propose that it is irresponsible for teachers to posit themselves as bystanders and to conceive of globalization as something happening to them. Their role as educators in all disciplines must be to establish educational leadership that would empower students to critically evaluate developing global realities – mass migrations, socioeconomic inequalities, global warming, and the dehumanizing effects of submission to social media and consumerism – and achieve the overarching goals of humanization and facilitation of the fulfilling life. A shared commitment to humanist ethics, pedagogical activism, and social engagement at Kibbutzim College of Education (Tel Aviv) and Wagner College (New York) sparked this collaboration. The authors of the book include educational thinkers such as Nel Noddings, Michael Apple, David Hansen, Pasi Sahlberg, and Wiel Veugelers as well as scholars and practitioners from six different countries and diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. An essential part of our educational enterprise must involve promoting intercultural opportunities, confronting cultural ills and ensuring that civic engagement is more attuned to political realities. Educators in all disciplines can reframe their teaching and schools to be more cooperative and civic-minded and challenge views of marginalized, immigrant, undocumented and refugee communities as strangers. “Education is not only about teaching people to read and to write. It is about teaching human rights and cultural diversity, nourishing peace and fostering inclusive and sustainable development … I wish to commend Kibbutzim College of Education and Wagner College for joining forces to compile this volume to inspire readers in crafting new models of intellectual and intercultural understanding.”– Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO (from the Foreword)

• Education
• Globalization
• Civic Engagement
• Humanism
• Bystander

• Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel

  Nimrod Aloni

• Wagner College, New York, USA

  Lori Weintrob

Policies and ethics