If you are an educator who focuses on global topics and uses experiential approaches in teaching and learning, you should consider using some of the simulations recently developed and made available by the U.S. Diplomacy Center (part of the U.S. Department of State). The simulation topics include: International Migration Crisis: Human Rights and Border SecurityContinueContinue reading “U.S. Diplomacy Center Launches Diplomacy Simulations Program”
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Featured Peacebuilding Group: Global Campaign for Peace Education
Education should be everyone’s concern. For many of us, we are directly involved in promoting conflict resolution, social justice, peacebuilding, and global education. We work with local communities to reduce violence and provide pathways of youth, and in global contexts to show young people what they can do to tackle the most serious problems facingContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Global Campaign for Peace Education”
Project Based Learning (PBL) as a Means to Getting Young People to Become Agents of Peaceable Change
Educators, particularly those working with secondary youth, are constantly exploring the best ways for student engagement that would offer them specific life and professional skills as well as knowledge of the world around them. Many educators are now starting to focus on project based learning (PBL) as a means to advancing student learning. In thisContinueContinue reading “Project Based Learning (PBL) as a Means to Getting Young People to Become Agents of Peaceable Change”
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