Publisher:
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2007
Educators are to implement best-practice curriculum and instruction that meet the needs of a diverse population and prepare students for an ever-changing global milieu. With the end of the bipolar Cold War order, followed by spiraling conflict since 9/11, the world faces an uncertain crossroads. In one direction, there are paths leading toward fragmentation. Bonded communities of ethnicity, nationalism, and culturally-bound knowledge reinforce boundaries and fears of unknown others.
