What is the Global Classroom?

Global classroom is an educational programme which was established in “1988” (Global classroom partnership-living locally, learning globally [sa]). This programme allows senior students from each school that is involved in the partnership to join together as a team (of international students) to travel and research learning issues in each partnership school. They are able to travel to diverse countries with different social, cultural and economical situations. During these extended trips (sometimes up to one year) students research and discuss issues such as environmental stability, global conflict, health and human development and economic development with others in order to find solutions to improve global conditions.

Global classroom does not only provide exchange programmes but it also provides the most outstanding video-conferencing technology to support distance education by enabling large groups of people to communicate globally (East Carolina University welcome to the global classroom [sa]).

Global classrooms partnerships’ mission “is to engage youth and international students and scholars in meaningful face-to-face intercultural exchange that cultivates stronger communities... within our diverse... global society” (What is global classroom?-Global Guides [sa]).

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