Examines the topic of globalization and standardization of education through a novel and unique cultural developmental perspective
Draws upon case studies and examples from varied cultural contexts
Zooms in on the constructive and destructive tensions between global trends and local cultural practices
Introduces a unique conceptual framework to discuss challenges and opportunities

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Part I: Perspectives on the challenge of globalization.- Ch 1. Education, competition and cultural development.- Ch 2. What is disruptive about disruptive behavior?.- Ch 3. Buildung, motivation, and deliberative democracy in primary education.- Ch 4. Commentary To Part 1: Perspectives on the Challenge of Globalization.- Part II: Constructing Culturally Responsive Education.- Ch 5. Cultural Security in Australian Classrooms: Entanglements with Mainstream Education as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children Transition to School.- Ch 6. A Cultural-Historical Model to Inform Culturally Responsive Pedagogies: Case Studies of Educational Practices in Solomon Islands and Australia.- Ch 7. Nhembo'ea reko regua: trajectories of the Mbya Guarani struggles for a differentiated education.- Ch 8. Education for beauty in the Laje Collection and the emergence of creative work at the outskirts of Salvador, Brazil.- Ch 9.Commentary to PartII: Constructing culturally responsive education.- Part III: Educational cultivation of personal lives.- Ch 10. Identity in education and education in identities. Connecting curriculum and school practice to students' lives and identities.- Ch 11. Using symbolic resources to overcome institutional barriers: a case study of an Albanian-speaking young woman in Switzerland.- Ch 12. Teacher identity in structural reflective workshops: A view from China.- Ch 13. Children's development between personal engagements and curriculum based pre-school practices.- Ch 14. Commentary to Part III: Cultural perspectives on self/identity issues, prejudice and symbolic resources.- Ch 15. Editors' conclusion: Imagining an education for 'good life'.