The Internet is an important resource for K-12 global education teachers. Developments over the past two decades have increased the media exposure of nations and interactions among them in politics, trade, education, science, medicine, entertainment, and athletics. Good global education curriculum encourages understanding of cultural differences…

This edition of "Issues in Global Education" is devoted to the topic of technology and global education. This newsletter begins with an article describing the role that global telecommunications projects can play in the classroom. It is followed by a project highlight, describing one teacher's pedagogical use of technology to advance her students'…

This project introduces second-grade students to international studies by having them create a passport. Once the students have their passports, the teacher can then present lessons to small groups, discussing one foreign country per session. The teacher should begin with a traditional lecture giving pertinent facts about a country followed by…

This compilation of annotated bibliographies focuses on current popular and important topics in social studies education. The bibliographies, drawn from the ERIC database of education-related literature, include recent (mostly 1994-1998) citations with abstracts from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)-published journals,…

This bibliography lists examples of books, dissertations, reports, and articles dealing with the broad field of multicultural education. The bibliography's major focus is on materials in English from recent years, especially materials that deal with educational objectives implicitly related to peace education, such as bias awareness, empathy, and…

A survey of 78 female Florida home economics teachers identified two types of teacher efficacy. Teaching efficacy as outcome expectancies was the only significant predictor of global attitudes; personal teacher efficacy (self-efficacy) was the only significant predictor of global education practices. Past experience was not significant. (SK)

An undergraduate home economics program at the University of North Dakota infuses global concepts in courses on consumer issues, personal and family finances, and family management. Substantive themes center around values, family resource management patterns, interdependence, global issues/problems, critical thinking, and global actors. (SK)

Asserts that college curricula, student activity programs, and institutional partnerships should each work toward the goal of promoting multicultural awareness. States that, as the nations of the world become more accessible to one another, students must learn to live comfortably with other peoples and cultures, and that teachers are instrumental…

Discusses connections between global education and interdisciplinary teaching and learning, cooperative learning, active learning, and authentic assessment at the middle school level. Considers differences between multicultural education and the broader scope of global education to include international events and interactions among cultures…

Argues the global challenges of an ever-shrinking world are the result of the complicated intertwined practices of both corporations and nation-states. Suggests advanced undergraduate seminars in argumentation use case studies to explore the intersections among legal, business and other social forums. (NH)

Introduces the international science education program Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). The program is based on the active, hands-on involvement of students and data collected using the scientific protocols file on GLOBE's website. (YDS)

Collier's lesson in universal educational experiences versus culture, illustrates the eye-opening experience of a few dozen U.S. school leaders who each year travel abroad on organized educational study missions. They are doing so in an effort to build bridges, share the perspective of the United States' educational system, learn about global…

The present study analyzes educational targeting in Argentina, Brazil and Chile from a sociological point of view. It shows that a "logic of induction" has become the vehicle for anti-poverty education strategies meant to help targeted groups improve on their own. The analysis explores the influence of the global educational agenda, the…

With the effects of globalization everywhere, what should we say to our children and grandchildren about globalization and education? What are the print media--the books and magazines--telling us about globalization and education? This article examines what a person may take from the print media to talk with their children about effects of…

This paper works to shed light on challenges and possibilities of helping teacher education faculty to be competent as international teacher educators. This collaborative self study of a USA teacher educator's international experiences provides ideas that might be considered that will help support teacher education faculty in movement toward this…