Inspiring Examples on How to Incorporate Global Perspectives in Challenging Ways of Learning from Kindergarten to Highschool

                                                                      Småland, Sweden, January 2013 (All links are retrieved March 2020))

Network newsletter "Teach Global Citizenship" no. 3

To everyone who is engaged in developing global citizenship directly through teaching or indirectly

This time the focus is on inspiring examples on how to incorporate global perspectives in challenging ways of learning from kindergarten to highschool ( in US K-12).

Global Citizenship post 9/11, Episode : How Do They Do It In The USA?

"9/11 was a wake-up call for global education in the US - a stark reminder that the USA isn't isolated from the world. Now there's an impetus to change that attitude. Twenty miles east of New York City, Herrick's School District is a model for change, integrating a global perspective into virtually all subjects and grade levels from elementary to high school. Here 10 year olds learn about global politics and the world trade network. World languages are taught alongside art and 15 year olds debate African economic policy, role-playing being UN delegates" ( quote from introduction on youtube)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9M8Pd1B3tI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

"The Global School. Connecting Classrooms and Students Around the World" is a new book by William Kist in which he elaborates "What is Global Education.", "The World within Your Classroom", " The World Across Classrooms", "The Classroom in the World" and "Getting Started". The book is based on interviews with teachers, who are innovators in this field. You are able to access all the links through
https://www.solutiontree.com/free-resources/21stcenturyskills/tgs

The 60 links are organized under "Guides for International Texts , International English Language News Sources, Resources for Travel Research, Teacher-Prepared Virtual Field Trips, Virtual Field Trips & Additional Resources".  I specially recommend the following because of the immanent learning potentials as well as the free and easy access:

The ICDL Foundation is making children's literature available online free of charge. The mission is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas. Sign in and get access to 4643 books in 61 languages: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/about/mission.shtml Notice: iPhone & iPad apps are available.

Learning acts & teacher training manual: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/books/activities/index.shtml

TakingITGlobal use the power of online community to facilitate global education, social entrepreneurship, and civic engagement for millions of youth between the ages of 13 to 30

worldwide. Link: www.tigweb.org "Global Issues" on the TakingITGlobal website connects people to the issues that matter to them most: http://www.tigweb.org/global-issues/

"Tread Lightly" is a free climate change education and engagement program. The aim is to empower youth to reduce their ecological footprints and take action on climate change. The interactive tools on the website may be used in schools as well as by any group or individual:
Click https://www.treadlightly.org   

Tread Lightly Education Materials: https://www.treadlightly.org/programs/tl-kids/

Small actions can have a big impact on the environment if lots of people do the same:

Commit2act is an app for iPhone & iPad inspiring you to act and document and share with others. Free in App Store. Information at http://www.commit2act.org/

See intro and previous newsletters at the blog http://teachglobalcitizenship.blogspot.dk/

Yours

Egon Hedegaard, independent instructor and developer of education, eghedegaard@gmail.dk

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Why Poverty?

                                                                                           Copenhagen, November 2012

Network newsletter "Teach Global Citizenship" no. 2

To everyone who is engaged in developing global citizenship directly through teaching or indirectly through other kinds of activities.

Why, in the 21st century, do a billion people still live in dire poverty? Why haven't we been able to solve the problem of poverty in an age where the technical possibilities are greater than ever before? And what to be done about it? These questions are on the agenda in research, development projects, schools as well as in conversations between concerned citizens. Here are recommended links as inspirational input:

"Why Poverty?" is the first ever global dialogue on poverty starting November 25, 2012. A woman in my neighborhood in Copenhagen took the discussion from her kitchen table to her place of work, the national Danish television "Danmarks Radio", and the initiative has now developed into international cooperation resulting in a cross-media event, online and on TV, using films to get people talking about poverty.

Project trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=img5UEBo1lE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Check when the films are shown in your country: http://www.whypoverty.net/en_GB/whentowatch

More information & subscription to newsletter:  http://www.whypoverty.net/    Quote: "We've commissioned award-winning film makers to make eight documentaries about poverty, and new and emerging talents to make around 30 short films. The films tackle big issues and pose difficult questions, but they're also moving, subtle and thought-provoking stories.

They transmit around the world in November 2012, on more than 70 national broadcasters reaching 500 million people. They'll be accompanied by events designed to spark global and national debates and an online conversation to get people asking “Why Poverty?

Our agenda: We're not a campaigning organisation. We don't want money. We're not pushing for a single, specific solution to global poverty. We do want people to think about the issue and ask questions."

In December, the project will be publishing facilitators packs designed to help people use the films as teaching resources.          

The question ‘What do we know about what works in foreign aid?’ is in focus in the Nordic research papers at http://recom.wider.unu.edu/home

The goal is to deepen public awareness of the complicated nature of development effectiveness (and among its constituents, aid effectiveness).

The question, ‘What do we know about what works in foreign aid to education?’ is in focus in a working paper at http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-075/_files/88227186977145045/default/wp2012-075.pdf

"iCOW a farmers best friend"!

An inspiring example of how innovative thinking have resulted in new, engaging & effective ways of small scale Kenyan farmers helping themselves using the cellphone app "iCOW"! "What is it? iCow is the worlds first mobile phone cow calendar" http://www.icow.co.ke/ & http://www.icow.co.ke/blog/item/22-mobile-tech-spreads-seeds-of-information-to-farmers.html

See intro and newsletter no. 1 at the blog http://teachglobalcitizenship.blogspot.dk/

Yours Egon Hedegaard, independent instructor and developer of education, eghedegaard@gmail.dk

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