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Philosophy of education involves the use of philosophical techniques and insights to understand fundamental questions about education. Usually it centers on specific societies or persons and treats their beliefs schematically. The editors of this volume believe differently that in this age of globalism, the classroom no longer can be insulated from politics and students today face "an entirely new set of problems." More than a dozen contributors to this volume introduce those problems, which include the relevance of rational discourse in different cultures; the idea of global citizenship; new pedagogical proposals for analyzing cultural meanings, global gender equality, and the use of "models and heroes in an egalitarian age"; the treatment of symbolic clothing in schools; and a proposal for "global religious education." The authors show clearly the philosophical techniques they employ in their analyses and that lead to their conclusions and proposals, but some are more convincing than others. The book on the whole is to be commended for its focus on a global context, for treating the most important issues, and for showing how philosophy of education works, though it requires mature students if it is to be used effectively. Summing Up: Recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. R. R. Sherman emeritus, University of Florida