A fifteen-hour course, this professional development program introduces teachers to the concept and teaching of global education. ‘Poverty reduction ’ is used as a case study to introduce a number of teaching and learning activities for the classroom.
Many of the interactive aspects are only available in the online version of this course (http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page1856.html). The online version of the course will contain updated information, and also provides the easiest method of sending your workbooks to a mentor. You are strongly encouraged to use the online course where possible.
When using the CD-ROM, if you find that a link to an external web page has stopped working, check the online version of the course to see if there has been an update for the link.
The Global Education Project mailing list is available for you to interact with other course members. Information about the list and how to join is provided here.
Should you wish to have your responses to the tasks in this education module read by a mentor and receive feedback on your involvement, there is a fee of $50.00. On completion of the set of tasks a certificate of completion will be forwarded to you for inclusion in your portfolio.
Register by printing out and sending back this PDF registration form.This part of the course aims at introducing teachers to the concept of global education. By educating children with a global perspective, using interactive and experiential learning processes, young people can make connections between their own local action and its affect on global change and outcomes. It is this understanding of interconnectedness that will enable young people to understand and make a difference
Objectives
- Introduce the concept of global education.
- Describe a number of educational approaches which can be used to teach about global education.
- Explore the concepts used to teach global education.
- Investigate a number of teaching and learning strategies.
Activities
Work through the following activities:
- What is global education?
- Teaching and learning in global education
- Resources in global education
- Summing Up
After you have completed a workbook, if you have registered for mentoring, send it to your mentor using the email adress given to you when you registered.
Mass poverty is the single most important economic and social issue on our planet today. The lives of millions of men, women and children are affected by poverty on a daily basis. Poor people live in all countries, even the wealthiest ones.
Some of the causes of poverty can be obvious but others are often difficult to identify. It is by identifying these causes and working with people and countries to overcome them, that inroads can be made to reduce poverty at a global scale.
Objectives
- Investigate a number of images and writings about poverty.
- To write a definition of poverty.
- Investigate a number of activities to use in teaching about poverty.
- Design an activity for students about poverty.
- Investigate some of the causes of poverty.
- Analyse some activities to teach about the causes of poverty.
- Investigate activities that result in the reduction of poverty.
- Investigate student learning activities to use when teaching about poverty reduction.
Activities
Work through the following activities:
After you have completed a workbook, if you have registered for mentoring, send it to your mentor using the email adress given to you when you registered.
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Putting a Global Persepective into Education Practice - A Program of Study for Teachers |