Face to Face: Global Understanding Through Personal and Virtual Contact
Judith Beth Cohen Professor, School of Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Jcohen@lesley.edu . Abstract: Based on travel-study experiences in Ghana, Peru, South Africa and other sites, Cohen discusses the positive effects of short-term travel study immersion for students and faculty. Citing research studies that explore global attitudes of participants after such travel, Cohen makes a […]
Civic and Intercultural Education: A Means for Community Development and Attitude Change
Oana Nestian Sandu Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania e-mail: oana.nestian@intercultural.ro, oana.nestian@gmail.com web: www.intercultural.ro . Abstract: Our societies are going through a process of continuous transformation. The challenges and opportunities of diversity and globalization can only be addressed if civic education and intercultural education are inter-related. More often than not, there is a lack of coherence between […]
International Day of Democracy: The Contribution of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114305025″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Linda Hartling Director, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies; Cofounder, World Dignity University lhartling@humiliationstudies.org . Evelin Lindner Founding President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway, and Columbia University, NY, USA; Cofounder, World Dignity University e.g.lindner@psykologi.uio.no . Michael Britton Board Member, Human Dignity […]
Schools in Emergency: Learning From Past Mistakes
By Donna Goodman Founding Director at Earth Child Institute, UNICEF donna@earthchildinstitute.org . Innovating fun and stimulating ways to raise awareness and to generate support for each and every child to fulfill her/his destiny to ‘be the change’ we need for a peaceful sustainable world for all! Check out the amazing international work of Earth Child […]
Global Learning Academy: Wish List
Rubina Ali Chariperson at Global Learning Academy globallearning999@gmail.com / www.globallearningacademy.org . Lets see where it all began. I was living in USA(25 years) with my daughter and son and had no clue on how tough life is in the third world. As I went through the divorce and lost the luxury of having family, events, […]
GreenEarthCitizens
Principles of Approaching Issues We will ensure that our advocacy is consistent with our mission, rooted in our work and promotes defined public interests. We will have clear processes for adopting public policy positions, explicit ethical policies and ways of identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest among different stakeholders. 1 Peaceful […]
World Refugee Day: the Hidden Truth of Refugees
World Refugee Day: The Hidden Truth of Refugees from Global Education Magazine on Vimeo. Balata Camp is the largest refugee camp in the West Bank The area is 0.25 km2. The population registered by the UNRWA are 26,500 but the real number in the camp are 28,000. The unemployment rate in Balata camp is […]
Los refugiados también existen en las Américas
Francesca Fontanini Oficial regional de información pública de ACNUR Américas fontanin@unhcr.org . Cuando hablamos de los refugiados y desplazados que hay en el mundo, 43 millones, la primera imagen que viene a nuestra mente es un campamento en África. Pero no tenemos que olvidar que, de esta cifra, hay más de 400,000 personas refugiadas con […]
Global Education Magazine: International Day of Democracy (September 15th, 2013)
Download the magazine here Cultural Democracy is a dynamic process which works to create awareness and responsibility with people in the free world. Considering the challenges of globalization, this edition of Global Education Magazine intends to reflect on the supranational level actions that promote political unity and equal rights, respecting all diversity and minorities. Karibu! The word democracy comes […]
La tecnología de consumo vs Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio: ¿De qué está hecho tú móvil?
Olga Moreno Fernández Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide ommorfer@upo.es . Clara Beatriz Pascual Hernández Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide clarapascual@capitannadie.com . Resumen: Acercar los Objetivos de Milenio a las aulas universitarias es un proyecto promovido desde la Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo y el Centro de Cooperación […]
