Kalliolinnantie 10 B
00140 Helsinki
Finland
- Youth and education
In our vision, we aim for building a tolerant, multicultural society, where all people can live in harmony. In correspondence with the vision, our mission is to help young people to understand the global world and bring internationalization to upper secondary schools. The objectives of our organization are: 1) To expand the young Finns' understanding of the world and global themes 2) To promote tolerance among young people 3) To promote self-awareness among young people 4) To provide for secondary schools, especially in smaller cities, possibilities for internationalization 5) To bring interactive teaching methods in classrooms
Global.me project aims for providing high quality global education course for Finnish upper secondary school students (age from 16 to 19) in selected schools around the regions of Helsinki, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Mikkeli and Oulu. International teacher trainees will act as trainers in the global.me course in teams of 3-4. The aim is to have as wide cultural diversity as possible. The course utilizes interactive and innovative teaching methods and is discussion-based. The course concentrates on human rights education, peace education, media education, intercultural education, development education and education for sustainable development. The course has been running yearly since 2007. Before the course starts the volunteers will be trained by (non-) governmental organizations working in the field of global/development education (KEPA, Unicef, Peace School, etc.). Each volunteer group will be signed for 4-6 schools in one region, and they will be training in these schools for 7-8 weeks for 3-4 hours a day. The course is finalized with regional closing events, where the students from the area get together for one day of workshops and other activities organised by the volunteers. The volunteers will also interact with local society outside of the schools.