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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED261831 AUTHOR: Peters, Richard
TITLE: Developing Student Sensitivity about Interlocking
Dependency in Natural/Social Global Environments:
Eco/Social
Studies in Rural Schools.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1985
NOTE: 22 p.
ABSTRACT: The purpose of global education is to develop in
youth the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to live
effectively in a world possessing limited natural resources
and characterized by ethnic diversity, cultural pluralism,
and increasing interdependence. Although it is difficult
for rural students to develop a global perspective because
of their isolation from the cultures and instructional
resources of metropolitan areas, many strategies for global
education can be employed by rural schools. Teachers can
use audiovisual and print materials that expand students'
awareness of diverse social and natural environments. They
can participate in summer global travel programs such as
those sponsored by the National Council for the Social
Studies. Students can write to pen pals in foreign lands,
exchanging ways-of-life information. Guest speakers can
share their experiences of different cultures. Rural
schools can seek out corporate sponsorship for student
travel including field trips to community resources as well
as travel to foreign countries. Global education
activities, such as those suggested by the Humans and
Environment Learning Program (HELP), can be integrated into
the existing curriculum for science, social studies, and
foreign languages. Selected resource materials for global
education are appended along with names and addresses of 16
organizations concerned with global issues. (JHZ)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Experiential-Learning; Field-Trips;
International-Programs
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Curriculum-Development; *Ecology-;
*Global Approach
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