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What is Global Competence?

The idea of global competence articulates the knowledge and skills students need in the 21st century.

Globally competent students have the knowledge and skills to:

Investigate the World

Globally competent students are aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works.

Recognize Perspectives

Globally competent students recognize that they have a particular perspective, and that others may or may not share it.

Communicate Ideas

Globally competent students can effectively communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with diverse audiences.

Take Action

Globally competent students have the skills and knowledge to not just learn about the world, but also to make a difference in the world.

The Four Domains of Global Competence

Four Domains of Global Competence

Learn More About Teaching for Global Competence

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Five Reasons Why Global Competence Matters

Talking points to help make the case for global competence education in your school and community.
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Educating for Global Competence

Read the book that introduced the definition of global competence, Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World.

Read More About Global Competence

Students in Guizhou, China. (Thomas Galvez/Flickr)

The Challenges in Bringing Global Education to China

Educational psychologist Kit-Tai Hau discusses how China can bridge the rural-urban education divide, and where global competence falls amid a tough political environment.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) and school children look at digital interactive media during the opening of the newly restored National Gallery in Singapore on November 23, 2015. (Mohd Fyrol/AFP/Getty)

How Singapore Readies its Students for a Globalized World

Professor Lee Sing Kong discusses what his country is doing to develop "globally competent" students, and why a tide of nationalism cannot win.
Student at Mulberry School for Girls in London (Philip Meech/Asia Society)

Keep Our Eyes Stayed on Freedom

Tony Jackson reflects on the 2016 presidential election and the work ahead for all educators.
Students in a Model United Nations exercise (ITU Pictures/Flickr)
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Civics Education is the Foundation for Global Citizenship

How civics education can prepare all students to be active citizens of the United States and the world.
Panelists discuss education issues at the launch of Asia Society's Center for Global Education. (Ellen Wallop/Asia Society)

Equipping Students for Globalization

High UN and OECD officials describe how promoting diversity and 21st century technological skills in students are critical as the world globalizes.
Sarah Brown (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)

Sarah Brown: Why Expanded Education Opportunity Is Key to Solving Global Challenges

The education advocate and former First Lady of the United Kingdom explains why global competence is so vital to the future.
Felix Ruano. (Asia Society)

Felix Ruano on Why Poor Communities Need a Global Understanding

A Harvard student from a poor immigrant family discusses why having an international perspective is critical for succeeding in an increasingly globalized world.
A girl at an immigration rally in Daley Plaza in Chicago (Joseph Mietus/Flickr)
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Immigration, Xenophobia, and Racism

Asia Society’s Apoorvaa Joshi digs through the flood of information about the 2016 presidential election and provides ideas and strategies for using the election to build students’ global competence.
Students getting on the school bus (wwworks/Flickr)
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Global Competence as a Matter of Equity

Asia Society Vice President of Education Tony Jackson reflects on his own experiences with global competence and describes how teaching through a global lens can help address the equity issues we face in education.

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