Future Friendly Schools - Global Citizenship
What makes a Future Friendly School? Through this participatory process, you will help to identify and prioritize the most relevant indicators for certification across our three focus areas of environmental stewardship, student voice, and global citizenship. We appreciate your participation and look forward to your insights! This page is for voting, commenting on, and suggesting new indicators in the area of global citizenship. You can switch to the other certification indicators through the links in the header. If you’re interested in partnership or participating as a founding school in the program, contact us at education@takingitglobal.org!
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school is like a big family
friendly schools will make students to be comfortable in school. one of them by providing complete facilities and create a friendly family atmosphere. all students are brothers. all share, to be happy and together at school. no violence, no difference. teaching done by pleasant and friendly, but do not degrade the quality. that teaching is not always done by the teacher. sometimes brilliant student can also teach other students as a teaching their brother. the schools will have a comfortable atmosphere, friendly, and feel like big family.
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School & Jail
School & Jail are the only two places on the earth where we don't prefer to go by choice. Rather, we are forced to enroll. Think of this seriously. Look at the innocent faces of children while entering the school and while leaving the school. Difference can't go unnoticed. Why children clap their hands with joy when holiday gets announced. What are those things for which children refuse to go to school? Why they sometimes play tricks to bunk off the school? Why children impatiently wait for Sunday to come? How many children will prefer to go to school themselves…
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Education for all; Encourage creativity
Education for everyone, learning by creativity. Besides providing students with pre-defined exercises with known results, learning by discovering should be encouraged, so that students grapple with ambiguities and complexities of problem and discover solutions.
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One Curriculam, Only specialization
I believe there should only be one course curriculam, currently in different parts of worlds different syllabus is followed. Personally i believe the education from the junio level should only include relevant subjects such as there should not be any geographic etc. subjects when some one is not interested to study theme. I believe in specialization. New syllabus should be based on specialization from 8th grade or onward, there is no need to study 10 or bundle of subjects in a semester or year. Students should be given choice to select their field of study and they should totally study…
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Integration of Culture, Norms, and Practicies of the Indigenous people in the school curriculum
Recognize, protect, and promote the rights and welfare of Indigenous People, as well as equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to face various social realities and challenges. School curriculum should address for community participation and self determination and addresses the clamor for content that is directly connected to Indigenous Peoples life and struggles.
It should also implement a stronger affirmative action to eradicate all forms of discrimination against Indigenous People. Cultivate respect for cultural diversity as part of the respect for human rights. Promote awareness and appreciation of Indigenous Peoples cultural heritage and history.3 votes -
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Building clean and safe pit toilets in primary schools to prevent diarrheal diseases due to poor hygiene and sanitation practices in kids
Over 1800 children a day die from diarrheal disease due to lack of safe water, sanitation and basic hygiene. Over 2.5 billion people all over the world don’t have access to clean and safe toilets. As a result of this many illness which is a direct cause of poor sanitation arise affecting millions of people especially children of school going age. Many deaths related from severe diarrhea today kills a child in every 20 seconds making it the second most deathly disease in developing countries claiming lives more that HIV/AIDs, malaria and measles combined. The Making Toilets **** Again Project…
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Cultural diversity on campus, student societies,
As an undergrad student in the United Kingdom,
I could name a few factors that clearly indicate a more diversified cultural environment. I should firstly emphasise on the political dimension, since it was the laws & regulation policies of this particular state that allowed students from all across the world to study in the United Kingdom, thus broadening their horizons and being able to pursue their dreams. Secondly, it was globalisation itself, since it incentives young folks to travel around and explore new shores. Thirdly, I'd argue that the creation of a public sphere, a forum, where many cultures can…
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The ability and willingness to foster exchange programs with other schools on the international level is a step into creating global citizen
The ability and willingness of schools to foster exchange programs with other schools on the international level is a step into creating global citizenship in future friendly schools.
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adapting and incorporating methods that have proven effective in other countries. Allowing for international debates and sharing experiences
exchanging ideas at a global sphere is an effective way to broaden knowledge and skills as well as to evaluate our programs
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Strong ties to local farms and Community Supported Agriculture
CSA is a growing movement in the U.S. that encourages the investment of communities in local farms as well as local farms in their communities. The basic economic model is such that consumers buy shares at the beginning of the season that meet the budget determined by the farm. In return, the members receive weekly distributions of the seasonal produce as they come available for harvest. This way the farmer can focus on growing food of the highest quality by sustainable means in the interest of building community, rather than planting monocultures of cash crops for profit, without consideration of…
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Exchanging learning experiences while locally engaging and global connecting of education centers to fulfill multidisciplinary activities
Establish a research/training centre to fulfill multidisciplinary outreach activities with the participation of both the academic staff and students would enable to explore the curriculum and class work in more practical manner rather than theoretical perspective.This will establish linkages between universities/colleges and industry and will orient students to experience a diverse study and research environment. As soon as they complete the course works they are capable of facing to the job hunting and building their own lives more quicker than the normal student.
Hasitha Priyashantha
Univeristy of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka6 votes -
Perhaps one reliable, easly measurable indicator will be that students blog on a regular basis with peers from a dozen countries,
One reliable, easly quantifiable indicator of global citizenship in a future friendly school is to have students blogging on a regular basis with peers from a dozen countries, bringing in fresh news and brilliant ideas into the classroom which will undoubtedly enhance a set of skills and empower learner autonomy.
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Peace
Peace Recognition and poverty elevation should sustain the future family School.
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IL NOUS MANQUE LE FRANCAIS
IL NOUS FAUT AUSSI LE FRANCAIS
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School gardens/farms
FFS should have gardens or farms directly associated with the school, locally ON campus, where students work with the land and their own food.
Food from the farm is used in the cafeteria. It's organic, healthy, local, seasonal, beautiful.
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Empathy towards the society
Youth need to see and feel like others.
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Future Friendly Schools already exist... They are called UWCs
12 UWCs (previously United World Colleges) exist around the world with the mission to unite peoples, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. 138 countries with national committees have selection processes to choose the best and brightest students from those countries to attend these 12 colleges around the world where environmental stewardship, student voice and active citizenship form the core of learning. Community is at the heart of the schools and due to the selection process, schools welcome students from a variety of countries and socioeconomic backgrounds. 4 students live together in a room and all students live…
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Schools should offer programs that become self sustainable after a period of time to encourage local teacher development and student base.
The WVS offers 400+ courses that encourage sustainability of its programs by involving students in teaching other students, so that after a while they can become self-sustaining and motivating. Has become very important in clean energy and sustainable living programs in helping communities improve their quality and standard of living.
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Television show, podcasts, etc highlightling students in the student body from different ethnic/cultural background
Any school that has a television broadcasting capability can have an interview show with a student host , students from various countries and ethnic backgrounds, as well as , background pictures of the specific country being explored. It can be based on a travel show format.
3 votes
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