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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED211493 AUTHOR: Peters, Richard Oakes
TITLE: Proactive Students in Global Education.
Understanding
the Third World: A Moving Force in Our Lives. The Teacher.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 31 p.
ABSTRACT: A global approach to the world's problems is
presented, viewing social, cultural, scientific, and
humanistic questions as factors in a world that is a single
interacting system. It is noted that the basic needs of the
third world, which represents nearly half of the world's
population, have not been met. A discussion on this topic
addresses the issues of overpopulation, diminishing food
supplies, declining natural resources, and unemployment
that are current in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is
pointed out that there is a pressing need for global
education to prepare youth to solve the world-wide problems
that will be urgent before the end of this century. Global
education is an effort to cultivate in young people a
perspective of the world which emphasizes the
interconnections among cultures, species, and the planet.
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. Twelve United States
institutions of higher education that offer global and
international education are listed. These universities
include global education in their teacher training
programs.
Eight organizations offering inservice programs in global
education are also identified. In addition, partial lists
are provided of institutions offering studies on Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. (JD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Pluralism; Depleted-Resources;
Futures-of-Society; Higher-Education; Labor-Market;
Population-Trends; Teacher-Education; Unemployment-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Developing-Nations; *Global-Approach;
*Human-Resources; *Natural-Resources; *World-Problems
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