“Recognizing
the importance of Oklahoma’s international connections, teachers
must equip students with greater international knowledge and skills in
order to compete in the global economy.”
— Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry
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"In India today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In the United States, Britney Spears is Britney Spears. That is our problem."
— Beheruz Sethna, President,
Georgia State University, speaking to Education Policy Fellowship Program participants in Washington, D.C.
- Tulsa hosted the second annual Governor’s Global Education Conference on April 4, 2008, at Langston University's Tulsa campus.
The University of Central Oklahoma celebrated the opening of its Centre for Global Competency March 31 in UCO’s Constitution Hall. The event featured internationally known journalist and television personality Lisa Ling. The Centre promotes the values, skills and experiences of “The Globally Competent Individual” on the UCO campus, in the local community and throughout the world.
- Listen to language
lessons from around the world provided by the Peace Corps. Listen to the lessons on your default media player or subscribe to the lessons as podcasts. Learn more about podcasts. Currently, the Peace Corps offers: Jordanian Arabic, Kazakh Russian, Bambara in Mali, French in Mali, Mandarin Chinese, Thai and Ukrainian.
National Geographic is offering opportunities for young explorers to learn about the world first-hand on a National Geographic Student Expedition – three-week trips specially designed for high school students. This summer’s expeditions have already been booked, but request a catalog and a newsletter for updates for Summer 2009 expeditions.
Applications to host an exchange teacher of Chinese or Arabic during the 2008-2009 school year can be downloaded from the American Councils for International Education's Teachers of Critical Languages Program at www.tclprogram.org.
- OASIS Ambassadors have created incredible activities for their students! Check them out under Oklahoma in the World and use some of these great ideas in your own school.
- Colleges and universities continue to create global experiences for students and provide resources to K-12 teachers. Don't miss the newest information in Higher Education Resources.
To book a performance with the Mexican Folkloric Dance Troupe, contact Teri Mora, director of Hispanic student services, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, 580.349.1538.
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- "Today, we have no symbol as obvious as a Russian satellite streaking through the sky to remind us of our global competitors, but there are many smaller signs fast approaching on the horizon. The world is changing at a rapid pace, and many of our students lack the skills to succeed in the global knowledge economy."
— Excerpt of U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' Jan. 6, 2006, speech at the U.S. University Presidents' Summit on International Education in Washington, D.C.
- "At
some point, if we are to retain the lead in the global economic race,
we will have to rely on our homegrown and homebound human capital for
our competitive edge. Eventually, we will have to close the education
gap between our competition and ourselves. Eventually, holding our
lead in the global economic race depends on our ability to move up in
the global education race."
— Anthony P. Carnevale, Senior
Fellow, National Center on Education and the Economy, Washington D.C.
The focus of global education is the relationships
of the world’s cultures and systems and the connections of human
beings and their common fate, regardless of the national boundaries within
which they live.
Oklahoma Associations Supporting International Studies
(OASIS) is a collaboration of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce and is made possible through a grant provided by the Asia Society
and the Longview Foundation.
National Geographic Student Expeditions