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Announcement, Global Citizenship

Young Global Citizen from Bangladesh Wins 2020 AFS Prize

Shah Chowdhury from Bangladesh with the Project Trishna won the annual AFS Prize for Young Global Citizens for empowering communities through safe water access and ensuring safe water as a basic…

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Education, Global Competence

PISA shows Teacher Attitudes, Activities In- and Outside Classrooms Impact Student Global-mindedness

In upending education systems worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic shines a stark light on how necessary it is for young people to be able to navigate interconnected, interdependent realities. The newest…

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Education, Global Citizenship, Global Competence

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 communities into peaceful and sustainable societies,” says Monika Froehler in…

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Education, Global Competence

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 efforts to bridge these divides and I see intercultural 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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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 Watch…

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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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Education, Intercultural Learning

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) education far beyond what most had prepared or planned for.…

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