| Articles |
| A Virtual Perspective |
| Using avatars to experience the world |
| by:
Christian Auclair
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Lesson plan, Teachers, Technology |
| Imagine two business people, half a world apart, meeting in a virtual world. Virtual reality goggles allow them to see each other in three-dimensional space, headsets let them hear in stereophonic sound, and a haptic body suit that fills with thousands of air bubbles simulates the pressure of a handshake... (read article) |
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| A Window On The World |
| Why a global curriculum makes sense |
| by:
Irene Davy
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Headlines point to suffering in the aftermath of an earthquake in Pakistan, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Muslim riots over cartoons published in Europe, Canadians held hostage in Iraq. Here at home, when I call for computer help, the person who answers is somewhere in India. Last year, my teachers attended... (read article) |
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| Caught On Tape |
| Making movies helps students help others |
| by:
Anita Griffiths
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| Categories: Art, Global education, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers, Technology, Video |
| To prepare students for the real-world business situations they eventually will encounter, William and his fellow students learn by doing through a unique film project. Moments of authentic learning include sitting in meetings and trying to mesh divergent business objectives, and balancing creative ideas within tight time... (read article) |
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| Creating a new culture of teaching and learning |
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| by:
Our Kids Publications , Alan November
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, Research, Teachers, Technology, Video |
| On May 1, 2009, Alan November, an international leader in education technology addressed more than 200 teachers and administrators at the 2009 CAIS Best Practices conference at Lower Canada College in Montreal. November spoke in detail about exciting ways to incorporate technology in the classroom, to improve teaching and learning.... (read article) |
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| Developing Awareness |
| The Round Square program builds international consciousness |
| by:
Eileen Dauntt
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Since 2001, Bayview Glen has played an active role in Round Square, a unique and student-focused association. More than 50 schools on five continents are members of Round Square, which asks students to make a commitment, beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility.
This mandate helps students develop both... (read article) |
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| Documenting Hope |
| A trip to Zambia opens students' eyes and changes the course of their lives |
| by:
Rebecca Levere
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Safety and Health, Teachers |
Rebecca Levere travelled to Zambia with 10 of her students from the University of Toronto Schools to film a documentary about the AIDS pandemic. In this article, she explores the long-term impact of that journey, exploring the dilemmas and decisions young Canadians face as "haves" in a "have-not" world.... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Don Tapscott |
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| by:
Don Tapscott
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| Categories: Global education |
| What can be done today to help students become global citizens?
They’re already off to a good start as they are part of the first-ever global generation, courtesy of the Internet. And my research shows that this has given them a common outlook, regardless of what country they live in. They... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Jeffrey Beard |
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| by:
Jeffrey Beard
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| Categories: Global education |
| What can be done today to help students become global citizens?
At an IB conference in 2007, Jean-François Rischard, the World Bank’s vice-president for Europe, described two forces at work that will continue to change our world at accelerating rates. The first force he referred to as a “demographic explosion,” where... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Per Ledin |
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| by:
Per Ledin
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| Categories: Demographics, Global education |
| How can independent and private schools be made more financially accessible?
In Sweden, there are public (85 per cent market share), independent (13 per cent) and private schools (two per cent). Independent schools are privately owned but financed—in the same way as Sweden’s public schools—by a tax-financed public school voucher (tuition... (read article) |
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| Global Intelligence Quotient |
| Making studies human and relevant |
| by:
Nick Szymanis
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers |
| The days of a teacher being the first person from whom students hear about far-off times and places are long gone. Today's educators realize students walk into class for a break from the daily bombardment of information, images, even music.
Drawing on students' knowledge of the world and its people... (read article) |
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| Going Global Keynote Address |
| Creating the 21st century school |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Children come into schools with vast amounts of creativity but by the time they graduate their creativity has mostly disappeared. Patrick Bassett, president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), says educators must begin to achieve just the opposite.
On Oct. 30, Bassett presented the keynote address (watch... (read article) |
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| Going Global Panel Discussion |
| What is international education and how can schools work to achieve global citizenship |
| by:
Our Kids Publications , Anne-Marie Kee , Guy McLean , Kim Gordon , Mark Evans , Paul Miller , Robert Snowden
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers, Video |
| On Oct. 30, 2008, a Going Global conference was held at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, sponsored by the school and the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI). Educators, students and parents, joined by others tuning in via a webcast, questioned a panel of experts about creating a global future... (read article) |
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| Growing Global Citizens |
| Experiencing the world from the classroom |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers |
| We are often told our world is shrinking. In the 2005 book The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman’s commentary about the flexibility of time, space and learning makes the shrinking boundaries of nations, continents and hemispheres crystal clear. It is into this world that our students will venture once they... (read article) |
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| Hello, World? Listen To This |
| Using technology to create a voice |
| by:
Michael Furdyk , Peter Skillen
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers, Technology |
"I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."... (read article) |
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| In the Eye of the Beholder |
| The technology used for a global classroom |
| by:
Geoff Roberts
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| Categories: Global education, Teachers, Technology |
| One beautiful day in Australia, a kind educator was on vacation, strolling along the quay, enjoying the gentle caress of the late morning salt spray on her face. She came upon a young aboriginal boy at play, proudly extending his "fishing pole" branch over a sizable puddle that had collected... (read article) |
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| Losing Touch With Canada's Modern Historical Achievements |
| Does the direct human link to the Great War slip away with the passing of John Babcock, Canada's last veteran of the First World War? |
| by:
Christopher Shannon
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers |
| Last week I entered my grade eleven history classroom and shelved the planned activity. This had nothing to do with curriculum reform or new ministerial priorities. My decision was motivated by a single notable event from the previous day. John Babcock, Canada’s last veteran of the First World War, had... (read article) |
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| Monks and Montessori |
| How the two became one |
| by:
Judith Cunningham
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| Categories: Art, Global education, Opinion, Physical education, School heads, Science |
| One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori learned by observing children and translated what she saw into applications that have revolutionized education.
Some 1,500 years ago, Bodhidharma observed the animals and noted how they exercised and taught their young. He shared his knowledge with an order of monks who were weak... (read article) |
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| Question: What is being done at your school to encourage sustainability? |
| There are many ways for your school to ensure it is sustainable: financial, environmental, demographic, programmatic and global. What is being done at your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Open House Question, Teachers |
| In every issue of Dialogue Magazine, we ask a question to the independent educator community to spark dialogue about the issue's theme. We've already heard from many schools and want to feature your story. Some of the comments posted below will be selected to be published in the Open House... (read article) |
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| Question: What is Global Education? |
| How is your school teaching global education? Is there a particular activity, event or program that has exemplified what global or international education means to your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Open House Question, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2006 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
World at Lunch
Students and faculty were randomly divided into First, Second and Third Worlds as they entered the cafeteria.... (read article) |
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| Strategic Alliances |
| Building international school partnerships that work |
| by:
Kent Warkentin
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Niagara Christian Collegiate (NCC) has been educating students from other lands for more than 35 years and, during that time, has developed a distinct international student program. Six years ago, I evaluated the program and was thrilled with the curriculum in many areas but found it lacking in others. We... (read article) |
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| Suggest a Future Theme for Dialogue Magazine |
| Let us know what stories or topics you would like to read about |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Art, Curriculum and learning, English, Global education, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, Marketing, Math, Opinion, Opinion, Parents, Physical education, Research, Safety and Health, School heads, Science, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
| Since the magazine’s birth in 2004, Dialogue has aimed to stimulate discussion between private and independent school educators. As always, Dialogue magazine and Dialogue Online remain the place to express your ideas and to share your expertise with your peers. Dialogue shares educator knowledge and skills, reducing the workload and... (read article) |
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| That's Going To Leave A Mark |
| Helping students make a permanent impression |
| by:
Nigel McCarthy
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Physical education, Teachers |
| Remember that sun-soaked summer day, coming upon a freshly poured cement sidewalk; remember looking at your friend who had already picked up a stick; remember the wet grey mass floating and coalescing slowly; and, finally, remember dragging the wood through the wet concrete and stamping your names into something lasting,... (read article) |
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| The Yin And Yang Of Foreign Students |
| Increasing enrolment with students from abroad |
| by:
Don Rickers
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| Categories: Administrators, Global education, Marketing |
| Canada is a significant player on the stage of global education: Only the United States, England and Australia issue more student visas. Some 175,000 international students are enrolled in institutions from Victoria to St. John's; the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade estimates that these young people contribute $4... (read article) |
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| To Tell The Truth |
| How one journalist turned his world around |
| by:
Doug McGill
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| Categories: English, Global education, Opinion, Teachers |
| Is globalization a good thing or a bad thing? A hopeful or troubling trend? A harbinger of global peace based on the theory that people who trade and talk with each other don't bomb each other? Or a dangerous divider of nations because of all the new ways that globalization... (read article) |
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| Urban Renewal |
| Focusing on education under a big city's bright lights |
| by:
James McConnell
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| Categories: Administrators, Global education, Marketing, Safety and Health, School heads |
| hen I think of independent schools in Canada, what comes to mind are lush, beautiful campuses. Most independent schools I have visited are to be envied: Well away from the hustle and bustle of city life, they sit on enough land to allow for sufficient buildings, playgrounds and parking. They... (read article) |
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| Weaving A World Of Possibilities |
| How one school is trying to foster global understanding |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Our world is a small place. International events flood the news and we respond emotionally, intellectually and often in a tangible way. Increasingly, events in one part of our global village affect the lives of others far away.
The chaos theory, which refers to the butterfly flapping its wings, played... (read article) |
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| Why Ask Why? Ask Why Not |
| Social activism in students' everyday lives |
| by:
Lorna Pitcher
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads, Teachers |
| We have faced and overcome many "why nots" at Toronto's Sterling Hall School (SHS) over the years in our quest to create social activists. Crowded curriculum, lack of age-appropriate resources, time constraints, parental priorities, board pressures, stretched faculty . . . we've heard them all.
How did our small school... (read article) |
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| Why We Must Erase The Lines In The Sand |
| Justice and global citizenship |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Global education, Opinion, School heads |
"In the end, poverty, putridity and pestilence;
work, wealth and worry; health, happiness and hell,
all simmer down into village problems."... (read article) |
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