Harvard Dialogues on Global Education

The Evolution of NAIS's concept of Global Education

May 15, 2011 9:41 PM | No Comments

by Paul MillerDirector of Global InitiativesNational Association of Independent SchoolsNAIS began encouraging global education programs as a way for schools to become more engaged with the world. We now think of global education as an approach to effective teaching and...

An entrepreneurial response to the need for global education

May 9, 2011 10:53 AM | 5 Comments

by Tyler C. TingleyCo-Head of SchoolAvenues: The World SchoolOther posters in this blog space have documented the marginal progress educators in the United States have made since Professor Kandel's 1928 address challenged the nation to become more effective in preparing...

Re-framing the debate about global education - Why we need a game changer

May 5, 2011 12:32 PM | 3 Comments

by Gerhard FischerInternational and World Languages Education ConsultantWisconsin Department of Public Instruction It appears to be difficult to bring the many good K-12 international education programs[1] to scale. We are stuck for several reasons. If you had asked me ten...

Inequality and global competency

April 27, 2011 1:39 PM | No Comments

by Natasha Kumar WarikooAssistant ProfessorHarvard Graduate School of EducationAuthor of Balancing Acts:Youth Culture in the Global CityMuch has been made of the importance of global competency for American youth to participate in an increasingly globalized economy, and to understand politics,...

Defining and assessing global competence in teaching and learning

April 25, 2011 10:22 AM | 1 Comment

by Dana MortensonExecutive DirectorWorld Savvy In the last decade, global education has received renewed focus, study and support as the world around us changes rapidly and we usher in a new era of global cooperation, collaboration and interdependence. We've achieved...

Exactly what constitutes global education?

April 22, 2011 12:27 PM | 3 Comments

by Robert HarrisonCurriculum ManagerInternational Baccalaureate OrganizationExactly what constitutes global education? At a recent similar discussion ("What Kind of Education Enables Us to Cope With an Interconnected World") sponsored by Cambridge Assessment (UK), a panel of industry and education sector experts...

It's time to get serious about global education

April 19, 2011 8:00 AM | 7 Comments

by Fernando ReimersFord Foundation Professor of International EducationDirector, International Education Policy ProgramHarvard Graduate School of Education In 1928 Professor Isaac Kandel of Columbia University addressed the annual meeting of the Association of Secondary School Principals. In his talk he made an...

Julia Van Alst: A measurement instrument in global competency is an exciting and
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Raul Echevarria: Dear Julia and others, A solid early childhood education must
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Julia Van Alst: The same debate has been going on regarding whether whether
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Julia Van Alst: Dear Raul, and all, You make a very good point
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Raul Echevarria: I am so excited to learn about the Avenues World
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Jeannine: Here's the article!
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PV: Hi Preshanth, take a look at this article. I will
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Kurt Griesemer: For the past year I've helped document story after story
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Martha Camacho: I have been working in the ITESM for almost 20
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Janel Anderson: Bravo... this is the precise and delicate argument that we
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