Worlds of Difference: Rethinking the Ethics of Global Education for the 21st Century

The varying interests of competing minority groups often part company with regard to how to achieve an equitable community. Worlds of Difference rethinks the traditional interpretation of the principle of educational equity in light of this difficulty. Theorists and educational practitioners influenced by many disparate schools of thought reflect upon the possibilities of a curriculum of difference in relation to questions of language, culture, and media at the forefront of global education issues today. Collectively, the authors argue that education in theory and practice must reawaken an ethical consciousness that affirms the negative values of difference, but still recognizes the uniqueness and particularity of each group. Contributors: Michael W. Apple, Jonathan Arendt, Denise Talliaferro Bezsile, Mario Di Paolantonio, Paulo Ghiraldelli Jr., Henry A. Giroux, Neil Harrison, Douglas Kellner, Peter McLaren, Gregory O Leary, Stuart Poyntz, Valerie Scatamburlo-D Annibale, Lisa Taylor, Peter Pericles Trifonas, Brenda Trofanenko.