Global Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The articles in this collection deal with various methods of global education--education to prepare students to function as understanding and informed citizens of the world. Topics discussed in the 26 articles include: (1) the necessity of global education; (2) global education in the elementary school language arts curriculum; (3) science fiction and global education; (4) student exchange programs as a means of promoting cultural awareness; (5) global education emphasizing Russia; (6) creating a global education curriculum; (7) using an international fair to bring other cultures into the classroom; (8) self-consciousness and planetary consciousness; (9) the World Court; (10) the inspirational, educational values of international arts festivals; (11) lessons to be learned from the internment in the United States of Japanese-Americans during World War II; (12) foreign language study; (13) the expansion of the National Council of Teachers of English to a worldwide organization; and (14) creating global awareness through genealogy education. (FL)