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The Need for Global Consciousness

Debate on Globalization, Migration, and Education

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The Immigration & Education Nexus

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 12))

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The era of globalization can be described as a very unique period in human history as well as a time of great complexity; it is a time of new challenges in terms of political action and social development, and brings with it new opportunities and also new responsibilities for the individual (López Rupérez, 2003). In recent years, the changes resulting from globalization processes have brought with them varied and contradictory dynamics which have robbed people of many certainties and therefore challenged the very foundations of their identities.

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Schröttner, B.T. (2012). The Need for Global Consciousness. In: Urias, D.A. (eds) The Immigration & Education Nexus. Comparative and International Education, vol 12. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-820-9_2

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