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Global Education

Introduction:

The purpose of this site is to provide information on what global education means, why it is important and ideas for implementation.  This guide is a collection of materials that I’ve compiled and is by no means a comprehensive collection.  The Study section of this guide provides resources and explanations for global education.  The Teach section contains standards and resources for teachers and the Travel section contains my blog from my international field experience in the Philippines, as well as my guiding question reflection.

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Rationale:

We live in one of the most diverse communities in the world.  With this diversity there comes a need to help prepare our students to be competitive and compassionate global citizens.  It is incumbent on teachers, parents and businesses to prepare our students to be able to effectively interact with people from around the world using a wide array of technology.  

It is important for us to acknowledge that the world has changed much more rapidly than we have.  For our students, this means that we are not preparing them for the realities of the world that they will enter into after leaving high school or college.

 

Why Global Education?

Our world is becoming increasingly interdependent.  Ir is thus necessary for us to be able to communicate with each other to not only understand each other’s perspectives but to also be able to collaborate in order to solve issues of global importance.  Below is a graphic from the Asia Society which attempts to represent what global education looks like for our students.

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