Role of Exchanges: Navigating Conflicting Values and Bridging Divides
Intercultural exchanges, like the ones offered by AFS, often lead young people to re-examine their values and even adopt some…
Intercultural Learning
Introducing the award-winning AFS Effect+ for the Classroom: Toolkit for Educators
Educators can now download a new free resource, recognized by UNESCO-APCEIU, for teaching Active Global Citizenship & the UN Sustainable…
New Generation of AFS Students Kicks Off Their Learning Journey
1000+ future AFS exchange students joined the AFS Global Student MeetUp, a virtual preparation for their high school study abroad…
How to Start Bridging Cultural Differences in the Classroom
by Andrés Peñaloza Lanza, Educator and School Relations Consultant at AFS Intercultural Programs According to the United Nations, three-quarters of the…
The Challenge of Assessing Intercultural Competence
AFS has a long-standing history of significant contributions to the research of intercultural education, often working in partnership with leading institutions…
AFS and Penn Partner to Empower Young People to Change the World
Young people all over the world are calling for change – but do they have the skills they need to…
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…
AFS Holds a Successful Ibero-American Week of Global Education
Under the theme of: Globalize, Connect, Transform, 6,000 participants from Latin America and Europe met last week to debate the…
Leveraging Tech for Intercultural Learning
It’s clear that the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and online learning for those of us in (international)…