Current Trends in Global Education: Bridging K-12 and Higher Education for an Interconnected World

Current Trends in Global Education: Bridging K-12 and Higher Education for an Interconnected World explores the evolving landscape of global education through insights from esteemed educators and researchers. It defines global education and presents multiple rationales for developing global competence along with a literature review of significant challenges over the past two decades. The anthology showcases innovative K-12 practices, emerging trends, and the transformative role of transnational telecollaboration and artificial intelligence (AI) in fostering global citizenship and cross-cultural communication. It also examines higher education focusing on novel pedagogical tools, hybrid learning communities, and virtual exchange initiatives in ESP/EAP courses, as well as key factors affecting AI adoption in this context.

Editors

Marina Falasca, M.Ed., M.A., is an Associate Professor with a focus on pedagogy, didactics, and curriculum at IES en Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramón Fernández in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Marina also serves as the STAR Scholars Country Director for Argentina and is the recipient of the 2024 Klett Award for Sustainable Development Education in the World Language Classroom.

Karina J. Baum, Ph.D., is the Director of Global Education at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a K-12 independent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Education Benchmark Group and the Kathleen Stone Island Outward Bound.

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