Global Education in Upper Secondary School Education
What is Global Education?
- International education = Global education = an activity guiding people’s joint responsibility worldwide
- The task is to open people's eyes and minds to the realities of the world, and awaken them to bring about a world of greater justice, equity and human rights for all
- Learning can be described as a change in the cognitive, psychomotor or emotion control systems which mainly corresponds to the division: knowledge, skills, attitudes and action
Fields of global education:
- Intercultural education
- Environmental education
- Human rights education
- Development education
- Peace and security education
Global education is not an independent subject at school, but instead it has been incorporated into various subjects.