[hr-education-na] Global Education Survey

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GLOBAL EDUCATION IN NORTH AMERICA?

Dear List Members,

As you are aware, recent events have made it painfully clear that North
Americans need a better understanding of the world in which they live. At
the same time, it also has become clear that the assessment/standards
movement has seemed to make it more difficult to bring a global
perspective to the curricula of the schools.

Even so, many outstanding global education programs do exist. However, for
a number of years now there has been no serious, large-scale effort to
determine the state of global education in North America. For that reason,
a group of us, all very much involved in the movement, has decided to try
to put together an electronic (and perhaps printed) directory of relevant
programs so that educators can share ideas, learn from each other, and
develop global education programs for their students.[*] To that end, we
have designed the attached questionnaire and are asking you to take a few
minutes to fill it out and return it to us. We also are asking you to
identify other individuals, programs, projects that you believe would be
worthy of inclusion in such a directory. We would like this to be as
comprehensive as possible. You will be notified of the results of the
project upon its successful completion.

For your information, the definition of global education that we are using
is the one from the 1991 ASCD Yearbook, Global Education: From Thought To
Action:

Global education involves learning about those problems and issues that
cut across national boundaries, and about the interconnectedness of
systems---ecological, cultural, economic, political, and technological.
Global education involves perspective taking---seeing things through the
eyes and minds of others---and it means the realization that while
individuals and groups may view life differently, they also have common
needs and wants.

We thank you, in advance, for your participation,


Anne Baker, National Peace Corps
Graham Pike, University of Prince Edward Island
Andrew Smith, The American Forum for Global Education
Ken Tye, Chapman University



[*] Some of you may remember the Global Education Yellow Pages published
by the American Forum for Global Education.

Attachment: GE-Questionnaire.doc
Description: MS-Word document