The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the notion that our world is global and interdependent. Despite the ever-increasing connection of global with local, there continues to be formidable barriers in accessing information produced in different international contexts and languages. This Innovative Practices article details the redesign of an…

This interdisciplinary study examines faculty members' various understandings of writing pedagogies across the curriculum to foster global citizens from the perspective of "soka," or value creation. Broadly, value-creating global citizenship pedagogy develops students' skills and knowledge for the purpose of socioecological good.…

One of the most persistent and controversial issues facing the global community is climate change. With the creation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 and the Kyoto Protocol (1997), the global community established some common ground on how to address this issue. However, the last several climate summits have failed…

Are students being prepared for the challenges they will face in a globalising world? We investigated whether middle school students were interested in global issues, had knowledge of global issues and possessed the skills needed for competence as a citizen in a globalising world in the context of participating in a five-week, web-based…

The Humans and Environment Learning Program (HELP) was designed to develop global awareness in students through exposure-oriented instructional programs. This global education process consists of on-going learning and applying, enriching, and reinforcing of skills. (DF)

A teacher reminisces on her experiences in Japan after World War II. (JD)

The University of Minnesota has developed an undergraduate International Health course to help students identify and compare health problems among diverse nations, explore various factors that influence world health, explain some of the difficulties encountered when attempting to assess the health status of a country, and relate the status of a…

If social studies teachers are to build an international or global perspective into their teaching, they should not only be exposed to the substance of global education throughout their academic training, but should also be introduced to teaching methods and materials that are international in character. This presentation considers ways in which…

Descriptions of global education tend to be either fragmented or nebulous. Consequently, the educator is left with little tangible basis for developing instructional programs. As a corrective measure, this paper advocates using fundamental ideas from the disciplines of geography and environmental sociology that collectively contribute to the…

Reviews principles for making global concerns realities for high school students. Describes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of homelessness and the encouragement of student action to assist in the problem. Provides a list of questions to guide students' reflection on the realities they are experiencing. Lists resources. (DMM)

Mock negotiations are used as part of an undergraduate course in international business management at Lebanon Valley College (Pennsylvania) in order to introduce students to the process of negotiating for advantage in foreign countries and to emphasize the importance of an individual nation's customs, culture, and ways of transacting business in…

Methods are offered for developing college-level peace and world order programs designed to stimulate critical problem identification and creative problem solving and to equip students for the political complexities of the struggle for peace. The manual is organized into four sections. Section 1 contains four essays by students in peace and world…

This bibliography lists over 140 journals, books, reports, teachers' guides, other bibliographies, and publishers concerned with multicultural education for teacher educators. Entries are listed alphabetically by author under the topics of global education, multicultural education, cross cultural studies and training, international/intercultural…

This paper presents an approach to organizing general education around international education through focusing on a specific world area, in this case Latin America. Considered are the importance of Latin America as a major regional entity, major cultural characteristics that North Americans need to understand, and programmatic considerations in…

To meet the economic, political, and social challenges of today's world, teacher education in global and international education is now mandated by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Global and international education is defined as education that develops the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are the basis for…