Global Education - What is global education? Is it important? How do you implement it in a math class? How do I demonstrate that global education is important? 

These are all valid questions and, the goal, is that this website will be able to answer them, or, at least, help lead you to the answer. 

Global education is identifying local problems and understanding that they are global problems. And seeing global problems and understanding they are local. In our increasingly interconnected world we have to be able to learn from another’s perspective, think critically, and help create solutions in an innovate manner. This is the least that a global education can do. It is not another initiative for teachers to take on, rather it is a mindset that shifts the manner in which we teach our content. Instead of learning a specific content in a silo, we are learning the content in the context of the global and local. 

In an increasingly global world, students, now more than ever, need to see the world in the classrooms in which they learn! Keeping to a state provided curriculum, catering to student interests and needs, and providing rigorous assessments is a tall order. With some of the resources and ideas here on The World in a Classroom, teachers will be able to complete the following:

• Guide students to discover their passions and interests in a global context

• Enrich the students', and teacher's, classroom experience

• Empower your students with global perspectives

Are you excited? Are you ready to take the leap into Global Education??! If so, jump right in and explore the resources on TWIAC!