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The World Course

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"If we are serious about preparing students to understand globalization, we should treat this the way we treat any other subject about which we are serious," says Reimers, director of HGSE's International Education Policy Program. "We should have high-quality curriculum. It should be rigorous curriculum and it should provide extended opportunities for students to engage with the subject." 

With a group of HGSE doctoral students, Reimers began to consider what it would take to create such a curriculum, starting by identifying the competencies high school students should have in order for them to understand and, ultimately, better the world. The result is Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course, a book designed not only to support the educators who are already teaching with globalization in mind, but also to challenge those who are not.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Reimers speaks about the book and give insight into a curriculum designed to empower all citizens of the world.

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