When Global Events Expose Global Needs
How education systems are—or are not—helping learners develop global competencies in the era of COVID-19 by Ana Caroilna Cassiano,…
Global Competence
Rethinking the Role of Global Competence in School Curricula
“Providing all students the right opportunities to develop global competence will require significant changes in the classroom, including how much…
“Pre-departure” During COVID-19: Online tools & activities for supporting intercultural learning during uncertainty
Although the pandemic demonstrates our global interconnectivity and why intercultural skills are essential, empowering students to develop these abilities has…
AFS & OECD to Launch PISA Global Competence Results at Virtual Conference
At a time when global skills are in critical demand, the 2020 AFS Global Conference is set to host the…
Re-entry in Crisis: 3 key strategies to support students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or cut short intercultural learning for over 5 million study abroad participants and international students.…
COVID-19 causes international exchanges to end early, but global learning grows stronger virtually
AFS helps thousands of students continue building global competence using a new online education platform Over 5,800 high school students…
OECD’s PISA Global Competence Assessment Results to be announced at the AFS Global Conference
The 2020 AFS Global Conference is set to host the worldwide launch of the results of the Programme for International…
References
I. Some students learn, some don’t: Churchill, R. (1958). The Student Abroad. The Antioch Review. Vol 18, #4, pp.447-454. Kinginger,…
New Global Competence in Teacher Education Project Launches with an Erasmus+ Grant
AFS Intercultural Programs (AFS) and the European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL) together with the University of Hull and four…