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Veronica Boix Mansilla's and Anthony Jackson's book "Educating For Global Competencies: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World" is an excellent resource for internationally-minded teachers. The Asia Society is doing some really interesting work in education for global competencies, which they define as "the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance." This book articulates how teachers and schools can graduate globally competent students, as well as the skills and knowledge students need in the 21st century. From the book's introduction, "Globally competent individuals are aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works. They can use the big ideas, tools, methods, and languages that are central to any discipline (mathematics, literature, history, science, and the arts) to engage the pressing issues of our time. They deploy and develop this expertise as they investigate such issues, recognizing multiple perspectives, communicating their views effectively, and taking action to improve conditions." The chapter on teaching for global competencies is particularly valuable. It tries to answer the questions, "What does quality teaching for global competence look like?" and "How can teachers design instruction to foster global competence among their students?" The book can be downloaded for free via the Asia Society: http://asiasociety.org/files/book-globalcompetence.pdf

I came across a guide from Oxfam UK about 'Education for Global Citizenship' whilst researching Standard 2. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/gc/files/education_for_global_citizenship_a_guide_for_schools.pdf Perhaps it is useful for others with their Global Issue topic. It has some background information about why it is important for students to become global citizens, and also has some lesson ideas for the different Key Stages and how it ties into the National Curriculum.

This is from the "The Development Education Association". It is really about global learning. Check out the resources available. It might be tremendous helpful for Standard 2 - Teaching Competencies for the International Teacher. http://www.think-global.org.uk/ This website has many resources for teachers of various subjects. It contains lots of ideas, activities and case studies for your classes.

I'd like to share with you the website "100People: a world portrait - a global education toolbox": http://www.100people.org It's really interesting. It analyses global issues (e.g. water, food, health, economy) as if the world were 100 people. I think it might be particularly useful to develop Standard 2. Please, take a look

Information about the Global Citizens award for schools. Of relevance to standard 2 and getting students interested and motivated with reference to global issues.

This links you to many resources for global issues.

Links to websites with resources on teaching global issues

A magazine you can subscribe to that says it is 'a fresh look at global governance, issues and players'

All the downloadable resources and links are for websites to do with global perspectives and international-mindedness

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/moving_around_without_losing_your_roots.html A blog post about a global nomad and his family.

My headteacher just shared with us this great website. It has a great list of resources to use in the classroom especially for standard 2. http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/

On food waste - should be helpful with standard 2 - information on food waste and Tristram Stuart.

This is a link to an EARCOS conference that took place in 2008 but still has some useful links to speakers' websites - including Jean-Francois Rischard who wrote the High Noon book in 2002 and his notes from his session.

Resources and links from Oxford University Press

A debate in the NY Times - links to a number of articles with various people arguing the value of learning other languages.