Global Education Guide

This guide presents information, and hopefully inspiration, for teachers and individuals to explore the concept of global education.

Purpose

For teachers interested in building globally-minded learning spaces, this guide provides a jumping off point for resources and collaboration.

For individuals interested in global awareness and impact, this guide provides an overview of the rationale behind global education, the potential impact in your community and resources to guide effective implementation.


Rationale

Global education initiatives allow student to engage with the world through different perspectives. The growing global interdependence that characterizes our time calls for a generation of individuals who can engage in effective global problem solving and participate simultaneously in local, national, and global civic life. 


Design

This guide is comprised of sections that address the following broad ideas:

  1. Study

    1. What is global education and how should it be taught? 

  2. Teach

    1. Instructional resources for teaching global education.

  3. Travel

    1. Blog

    2. Guiding question and reflection.

 This website is not an official U.S. Department of State website. The views and information presented are the participant's own and do not represent the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, the U.S. Department of State, or IREX.