Outlines a course designed to give students understanding of global communication, intercultural communication patterns, and strategies for international business. The course includes cognitive, affective, and experiential elements in which students examine culturally learned cognitions, ethnocentrism, written and oral communication,…

Examines the need for ecological thinking in global education reform, describing biocentric global education and discussing the importance of disciplinary convergence in biocentric global education. After explaining ecological school reform, the paper describes the Ontario Green Schools Project, which emphasized six areas (curriculum, school…

A curriculum to prepare nurses for global public health practice contains eight modules: global burden of disease, epidemiology in developing countries, international health organizations, comparative public health, emerging infections, maternal/child health, economic development and health, and traditional/indigenous medicine. The course makes…

This article discusses the 7th World Assembly of the International Council of Adult Education. It also presents a workshop proposal on Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development, based mainly on the Treaty of Environmental Education for Sustainable Societies and Global Responsibility. The proposal emphasizes on an inclusive, permanent and…

In today's increasingly diverse classrooms, it is essential for educators to provide students with the tools, dialogue, and experiences that will help them to know and understand the global village in which they live and also build their compassion, empathy, and appreciation for the diverse individuals and cultures who populate it. This book shows…

Globalization has been defined by Malcom (1995) as a social process in which the constraints of geography on social and cultural arrangements recede and in which people become increasingly aware that they are receding. It is a phenomenon that represents the emerging world wide interdependence of individuals and countries, which is characterized by…

Engineers of the 21st century will spend appreciable portions of their careers in environments rich with global connections. Therefore, engineering colleges and universities must develop strategies that provide the global perspectives and international experiences that will help their graduates excel in this new world order. The current paper…

Background: Cosmopolitans and their critics often imagine a spectrum of affinities--concentric circles of belonging reaching from the self and family to the ethnic group, the nation and, finally, to all humanity. Debates over the role schools should play in educating "world citizens" versus national patriots follow suit: Should educators work to…

This research was commissioned by AONTAS-the National Adult Learning Organisation, in partnership with Irish Aid, the Irish Government's programme of assistance to developing countries. To date, a strategic focus on the integration of development education into adult learning has been missing at both State level and across the development…

This teacher's guide accompanies a videotape of the same name. Experts from the fields of energy and the environment, along with an official from the U.S. Department of Energy, discuss these concerns. The video is a condensation of five programs produced by Close Up Television and Video as part of a national institute for high school social…

This is an extended bibliography of "The Citizenship Education Policy Study," a nine country study conducted over four years. The citations listed in this bibliography include all references listed in the five categorical bibliographies of this project, including: (1) citizenship education; (2) citizenship theory; (3) futures; (4) global; and (5)…

Over 180 examples of peace education students' materials and teachers' guides, from the last 25 years, are listed in this bibliography. A translation of the title into English is added in square brackets if the original language is not English, French, or German. Examples of final products, preliminary versions, and material catalogs are given.…

This bibliography lists books, papers, conference presentations, periodicals, and special publications that address the topic of global education. Items listed in the ERIC database have accompanying ED numbers in the bibliographic record. The Citizenship Education Policy Study was in effect from 1993-1998 and included 24 researchers and…

This book highlights and examines basic economic concepts as they relate to consumer, business, social, and personal choices. Students are shown connections between their classroom learning and their real-world experiences in budgeting, career planning, credit management, and housing. The set of 15 lessons include: (1) "Decision Making: Scarcity,…

This paper asserts that the perspective of "A Nation at Risk" has distorted the nation's understanding of the relationship between education and the economy for two decades. Written during a recession, it implied that the state of the economy could be directly traced to the current performance of the nation's education system. However,…