Before you embark on a project, partnership, or global citizenship educational event, it is important to take a few moments to consider whether or not you are participating in something that is meaningful, equitable, and just for all parties involved (students, teachers, partnering organization, recipients). The accompanying questions and checklist were created Read more…
In addition to incorporating global citizenship education in your classroom and lesson plans, there are also other great ways to involve your students in experiential education through partnerships that employ a global lens. School partnerships and projects are a great way to interact with the larger development community and can Read more…
“It is a natural response for communities to want to offer ‘help’ to their partners in the form of money and some partners may expect it. However, successful partnerships depend on equality and mutuality, and such charity can actually hinder development. The importance of reciprocity or ‘mutual exchange’ must be Read more…
“With my Grade 1 students I have tried to create opportunities to engage reflexively by focusing on themes of identity, difference, power, and relationship. I use a great deal of critical multicultural children’s literature to initiate discussion on these themes, and I emphasize the informal curriculum in terms of intervening Read more…
In a fast-changing and globalized reality, there are many who believe that education can, and should, help young people to meet the challenges they will confront now and in the future, and that educating for global citizenship is now more important and urgent than ever before. Upon reflection back over Read more…
Contributed by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation Bill Robinson is one of those fearless and motivated teachers who actively pursues education for global citizenship in his teaching. A teacher at St. James in Calgary, Bill is dedicated to sharing his knowledge, questions and reflections surrounding global citizenship with his Read more…
At St. James elementary/junior high, the grade 9 Global Leadership class held our very own Human Rights Day. The Global Leadership class worked extremely hard, and everyone dedicated their time to making this day a success. After three months of planning and organizing, it was game time. Every student voluntarily Read more…
This is the reflection of Laurel LaBar-Ahmed, a Saskatchewan teacher, on how she engaged with global citizenship education. Contributed by Laurel Labar-Ahmed At the start of this academic year, I was faced with the daunting task of how to actively engage 37 grade 8 Social Studies students while meeting the Read more…
Laurel LaBar-Ahmed, a junior high school teacher in Saskatchewan, shows a good example of an innovative and ongoing action project that began with her 2011-2012 grade 8 Class. Entitled Active Citizenship for Sustainable Communities, it involves the creation of a three-part DVD series and teacher’s manual. You can view the resource manual here. The Read more…
Contributed by CAWST’s Youth Wavemakers program The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) Youth Wavemakers Program uses ‘stories of hope,’ like the one below, to empower youth in Canada to become global citizens. The stories that are shared have inspired youth to take action in their own communities Read more…
