Global Gateway for Scotland

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The Global Gateway Developing the
international dimension in your
teaching www.globalgateway.org
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What is the international dimension in
education?

• Teaching and learning about other countries and
  cultures, sometimes by working with those
  involved in education in other countries

One cannot truly educate young people in this
country without the international dimension being
a very significant part of their learning
experience Charles Clarke Foreword to DfES
International Strategy
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Why should teachers engage with the international
dimension?

• Our young people are global citizens
• Important for young people to experience other
  countries and cultures as part of their education
• People of all ages will need the skills,
  qualifications and mobility which will enable
  them to compete for jobs in an increasingly
  global labour market

• Foreign language teaching
• We can learn from each other

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What is the Global Gateway?

• A free-at-the-point of use international website
  developed in conjunction with teachers for all
  stakeholders in education (teachers, young
  people, parents, school leaders, school
  governors, local authorities)
• A comprehensive one-stop shop for international
  education resources and services
• An international partner-finding facility

• A way of building and sustaining international
  education partnerships

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What do teachers need to use the Global Gateway?

• Access to a computer with internet access

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Whats included?

• Resources and information to support all stages
  and levels of international education engagement
  for all stakeholders in education anywhere in the
  world

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Whats included?Why internationalism

• Benefits of engagement with the international
  dimension for
• Young people
• Teachers
• Schools

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Whats included?Partner finding tool

• Register your school on database
• Search database for school
• Search according to a range of criteria (country,
  language, type of school, age group, type of
  project, curriculum subject areas)

• Wide range of project types

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Whats included?Creating sustaining successful
partnerships

• Guidance on the different types of partnerships
• Guidance on what makes a partnership work
  (including a check list to evaluate the
  effectiveness of your partnerships)

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Whats included?Library of Links

• International education services and resources
  (lesson plans, collaborative projects, exchange
  programmes, funding information, professional
  development, curriculum development, awards)
• Quality assured

• Fully indexed and fully searchable (user group,
  type of resource, subject, age group, country,
  continent)

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How is the Global Gateway being developed to meet
the specific needs of countries?

• Some countries (Global Gateway Strategic
  International Partners) are helping to develop
  the Gateway to meet their own needs. This can
  include
• Translating and customising the site
• Adding country-specific content to the library of
  links
• Promoting their country through the Gateway as a
  partner of choice

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www.globalgateway.org

• Global Gateway Team
• British Council
• The Tun, 4 Jacksons Entry, Holyrood Road
• Edinburgh EH8 8PJ
• Scotland,
• United Kingdom

• Neil Shaw
• Strategic International Partnerships Manager
• neil.shaw_at_britishcouncil.org