What's Global Education
Global Education is a lens or global perspective that is used to view, select and teach curriculum.
Global Education respects development and environmental needs, peace and justice, and human rights for all.
The focus of global education is to raise awareness, understanding, empathy and action with the ultimate goal of developing engaged global citizens.
Global education is an approach that can be brought into all subjects.
Important elements of this approach are:
- Thinking and teaching holistically, incorporating learning from one topic or theme to the next
- Celebrating cultural diversity, similarities and our interconnectedness in the classroom, the school, Canada and the world
- Encouraging optimism in our world, for society in general and international development in particular
- Providing opportunities to care for self, for others at home and abroad, and for the global physical environment
- Integrating this approach across the curricula increases student impact
- Teaching critical thinking and problem-solving which leads directly to action
CHF’s Global Education Program covers the following broad areas:
- Development Education – looks at international development programs and the conditions in developing countries, examines Canada’s role, encourages us to address global issues and look critically at the notion of “development”
- Environmental Education – fosters an awareness of and concern for environmental issues that aids in developing new patterns of behaviour that will promote environmental responsibility
- Human Rights Education – teaches about civil, political, economic and social rights, with the goal of promoting social justice for all
- Global Citizenship Education - encouraging students through informed knowledge to act to make a difference in their world both locally and globally.
- From Global Infusion: A Guide to Bringing the World to Your Classroom. Ottawa Global Education Network.
