Critical Thinking, Empathy and Responsible Collaboration Need More Focus in Education
“Global Citizenship Education is a powerful approach in education that can empower people to recover from crises and transform their…
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AFS Global Competence Certificate Recognized as PIEoneer of the Year Finalist
The AFS Global Competence Certificate (GCC) Special Edition was a finalist for the PIEoneer of the Year Awards – a…
Intercultural Competence Increasingly Important in the Post-Covid World
“COVID-19 has illuminated vast inequalities in society and illustrated societal divides even more starkly. It is therefore incumbent to increase…
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…
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…
AFS Resumes 2020 Study Abroad Programs
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to make a profound impact on all aspects of life around the world, AFS is…
AFS Hackathon for Ideas Generates Solutions to Global Challenges
More than 300 people from 70 countries participated in the AFS Global Ideathon (4-6 September) to work collaboratively on innovative…
Empowering Teachers to Develop Global Citizenship among High School Students
150 teachers and close to 4,000 high school students will participate in the new AFS Effect+ for the Classroom program…
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…