ERIC Number: ED457003
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 260
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Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-88751-085-X
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In the Global Classroom: Book 2.
Pike, Graham; Selby, David
Global education is a relatively new term in the education world. It brings together two strands of educational thinking: worldmindedness and child-centeredness. This document offers strategies for implementing global education into the curriculum by considering its infusion and integration. Activities presented in the book offer ideas and strategies for providing a participatory learning environment in the global classroom and focuses on different goals such as building self-esteem, encouraging students to exchange personal information, and contributing to the learning process. Chapters include: (1) "A Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet"; (2) "Peace"; (3) "Rights and Responsibilities"; (4) "Equity"; (5) "Economics, Development, and Global Justice"; (6) "Citizenship"; and (7)"Mass Media." (YDS)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Communication (Thought Transfer), Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Global Education, Learning Processes, Mass Media, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Self Esteem, Teaching Methods
Heinemann, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881 ($25). Tel: 800-793-2154 (Toll Free); Fax: 800-847-0938 (Toll Free).
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Note: For Volume 1, see SE 065 146. Published by Pippin Publishing Corporation. Supported by the Canadian Book Publishing Industry Development Program.
