The Author: Renate Kock, Teacher and Teacher Trainer for Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools; First and Second State Examination; Diploma Degree and Doctorate (1995) in Educational Science (University of Osnabrück); Part-time lecturer at the University of Osnabrück, Faculty of Educational Science and Civilisation Studies (1995-2000); Lecturer at the University of Cologne, Faculty of Educational Science (since 2000).

• Contents: Globalized World Society, Civic Society – Global Education, Productive Learning, Civic Education, New Learning – Pedagogy before the Secular Modern Age – Answers of the Modern School of Thinking – Freinet, Freire, Montessori, Wygotski, Piaget, Bernstein, Illich – The Construction of Knowledge in the Post-Modern Age – Maturana, Constructivistic Didactic Approaches – The Indian National Curriculum from Ghandi to Jomtien.