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Global Development Issues

• Sustainable development
• human rights
• environmental sustainability
• access to health
• peace building
• recognition of cultural diversity
• fairtrade
• refugees rights
• HIV/AIDS
• indigenous peoples rights
• active citizenship
• climate change.

“Global Education is a process that helps students participate effectively in the development of a better world for all” Calder and Smith 1991.

Six Themes of Global Education.

• Globalization and interdependence
• identity and cultural diversity
• dimensions of change
• social justice and human rights
• peace building and conflict and
  
• sustainable futures

The focus of the professional development available through the One World Centre is to assist teachers and trainee teachers to develop learning experiences for their students with a global perspective using global development issues and the broad themes of global education.

Websites with information about global development issues.

Global Education Centre, South Australia
www.global-education.asn.au

Global Learning Centre, Queensland
www.uq.net.au/~zzglcent

AusAID ‘s Global Education Website
http://globaleducation.edna.edu.au/