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Global Competence

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Education, Global Citizenship, Global Competence

Students Should Learn Life Skills, Behaviors and Attitudes in Schools

“The curriculum must change. It’s time to position non-formal education and learning properly within the life of every school. Knowledge should still be important and academic attainment prized, but there…

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Education, Global Competence

Virtual Exchange Supports Global Competence Development During Covid-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has left no area of education untouched. It has also highlighted two things – the necessity of educators and students to be able to utilize technology and…

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AFS Student, Global Competence

How to Foster Global Competence Online: A Facilitator’s Perspective

“They were really new to intercultural learning and they loved it! They had so much to share, it made them have a different perspective on themselves and their own neighborhoods…

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AFS Student, Global Competence

The Next Generation of STEM Leaders Will Be Global

110 students receive scholarships to start their STEM and global competence education this July The bp Global STEM Academies, full scholarship study abroad programs for young people energized to solve…

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Global Competence, Intercultural Learning

Education New Zealand Endorses the AFS Global Competence Certificate

AFS Intercultural Programs is proud to partner with Education New Zealand (ENZ) to deliver a customized version of the AFS Global Competence Certificate (GCC): an award-winning program that develops tangible…

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Education, Global Competence

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, Head of Educator & School Relations, AFS Intercultural Programs “In…

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Advocacy, Education, 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 time students spend learning about the world and other cultures,…

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Global Competence, Intercultural Learning

“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 become increasingly challenging in times of COVID-19. Surveys show that…

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Global Competence

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 a virtual global launch of the results of the Programme…

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AFS Intercultural Programs is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.

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