1st Edition

Critical Cosmopolitanism in Diverse Students’ Lives Universal and Restricted Expressions

By Eleni M. Oikonomidoy Copyright 2019
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Based on a qualitative meta-analysis of data from five studies conducted with secondary and college students, this book explores the multiple ways in which sources of cosmopolitan agency exist in their lives. Grounded in a framework of critical cosmopolitanism, this book examines how students’ identities develop in new contexts and how their perceptions of themselves change. With a focus on... Read more

Chapter 1: Situating the Critical Cosmopolitan Educational Framework



Chapter 2: Newcomer Cosmopolitans



Chapter 3: International Student Cosmopolitans



Chapter 4: Local cosmopolitans



Chapter 5: Cosmopolitan Intersections and Divergences



Chapter 6: School as a Kosmopolis



Chapter 7: Teaching as a critical cosmopolitan act



Chapter 8: Synthesis

Biography

Eleni M. Oikonomidoy is Associate Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.