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Rapoport, Anatoli – Educational Forum, 2013
Globalization significantly influences the very notion of citizenship that is no longer universally seen as only a nation-related concept. Therefore, the discourse of global citizenship is getting more attention in programmatic educational texts and curricula. This study investigates how teachers use the conceptual framework of global citizenship…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Curriculum, Constructivism (Learning), Citizenship Education
Kinghorn, Jon Rye – 1979
To aid high school classroom teachers as they develop and implement programs on global issues, the workbook presents suggestions on program procedures and on tailoring global education programs to meet individual school needs. The workbook begins by exploring global interdependence and stressing that major reasons for offering global education…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Educational Environment
Kinghorn, Jon Rye; And Others – 1979
To aid high school classroom teachers as they develop and implement programs on global issues, the guide outlines basic elements of an ideal global education program. Major themes are: valuing diversity; understanding the world as an interdependent system; developing effective working relationships with others; and understanding prevailing world…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Decision Making Skills
Heywood, Stanley J. – 1985
This paper discusses cognitive maps of the world that an individual needs to be considered educated. A cognitive map is the filing structure within the brain that allows an individual to encode, give meaning, and retrieve information relating to a variety of world matters. The first requisite is a cognitive map of the world of differences, whereby…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Cultural Awareness
Kinghorn, Jon Rye – 1979
The document explains how to plan a two-day orientation workshop in which high school faculty and staff examine global issues prior to developing and implementing a global education program. In addition to increasing awareness of global issues, the program is intended to improve the educational environment by promoting cooperation between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation
Lamy, Steven L. – 1978
The document presents background information and activities for use by secondary school social studies teachers as they incorporate material on ethnic conflict into the curriculum. Ethnic conflicts are interpreted as hostilities which are either solely based upon or accentuated by ethnic differences. Examples are violence in Northern Ireland,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Conflict Resolution