About

Global Education Website http://globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ The Global Education Website is initiated and funded by AusAID to support its Global Education Program. The objective of the Global Education Website is to increase the amount and quality of teaching of global education in Australian primary and secondary schools. The site supports the AusAID Global Education Program which aims to raise awareness and understanding among Australian school students of international issues, development and poverty, and to prepare them to live in an increasingly globalised world and to be active citizens shaping better futures. The strategy of the project is to provide an Internet Site and curriculum material that is of high professional standard, is attractive, teacher friendly; and accessible. In Australian schools, global education is a cross-curricular perspective that is shaped by Global Perspectives: A framework for global education in Australian schools. There are five learning emphases and two dimensions which form the framework for global education: Interdependence and globalisation – an understanding of the complex social, economic and political links between people and the impact that changes have on others. Identity and cultural diversity – an understanding of self and one’s own culture, and being open to the cultures of others. Social justice and human rights – an understanding of the impact of inequality and discrimination, the importance of standing up for our own rights and our responsibility to respect the rights of others. Peace building and conflict resolution – an understanding of the importance of building and maintaining positive and trusting relationships and ways conflict can be prevented or peacefully resolved. Sustainable futures – an understanding of the ways in which we can meet our current needs without diminishing the quality of the environment or reducing the capacity of future generations to meet their own needs. Spatial dimension – overlapping local and global; social and natural communities which describe interdependence, influence identity and ability to make change. Temporal dimension – connections between the past, present and future in the dynamic and changing world which influences identity and interdependence of people and their ability to respond to global issues Global education provides students with conceptual knowledge and skills, and helps to develop positive attitudes and values and a willingness to participate actively in shaping the future. The global education website provides background material to a range of issues supported by case studies, teaching activities and global learning quests to encourage deep thinking about and an active response to global issues. As well there are country profiles, a monthly newsletter, links to selected high quality, relevant AusAID and edna resources and the Global EdNet discussion group. Teachers are invited to register to receive the Global Education Newsletter. Send a blank plain text email to join-globaleducation_news@edna.edu.au or view the newsletter online from http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/118 Registration for Global EdNet is at http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/119 Education Services Australia (a merger of Curriculum Corporation and education.au) manages the development of content and implementation of the website which is hosted on edna servers at the University of Adelaide hosting facility, AR&I. For more information Contact Education Services Australia 182 Fullarton Road, Dulwich South Australia 5065 Australia Phone: +61 8 8334 3210 Fax: +61 8 8334 3211

As part of a visual refresh of the Global Education website new banners were designed in 2008. The photos used in these banners were sourced from the AusAID Photo Library and used with the permission of AusAID. They can be viewed as a slideshow at http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/mod/slideshow/view.php?id=1375 More photos are available from the AusAID Photo Gallery.