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…
Global Competence
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…
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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…
Study abroad must be supported by mentoring, another study confirms
A new study from Purdue University confirms that university students who received group mentoring through the AFS Global Competence Certificate…
Are we there yet? The State of Global Competence Education
2019 AFS Global Conference on Active Global Citizenship—and How to Educate for It (9-11 October 2019 in Montreal, Canada) featured…
Growing a global competence coalition at the 2019 AFS Global Conference
What will it take to provide young changemakers with the global skills they need to make the world a better…