Preparing global citizens: Globalisation and education
Yong Zhao, Michigan State University

This pamphlet is about preparing our children to meet the challenges of globalisation and aims to:
• Describe and explain the challenges of globalisation facing schools, school leaders and students
• Show why a global perspective is needed in schools and how it can be realised
• Suggest specific actions schools can take to implement a global perspective, and some challenges for school leaders to consider

The pamphlet includes the following chapters:

1. Introduction
2. The death of distance: a personal encounter with globalisation
3. Talent diversification: preparing the global workforce
4. Global citizenship: the new universal knowledge and skills
5. Schools as global enterprises: road to preparing global citizens
6. Globalisation questions for school leaders

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