1. Uniting global knowledge and local engagement: Revisiting the purpose of international education
Ken Corn
Director of Outreach and Impact, UWC Atlantic College, Wales
Lodewijk van Oord
Head of College, UWC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

2. Uniting global knowledge and local engagement: Revisiting the purpose of international education
Ken Corn
Director of Outreach and Impact, UWC Atlantic College, Wales
Lodewijk van Oord
Head of College, UWC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

3. The purpose of education
Mission statement 1:
White Valley School seeks to ensure our pupils will attain their academic aspirations and goals, as they look forward to taking their next steps along a personal journey of growth, achievement and success
Mission statement 2:
Green Valley School aims to increase academic achievement and love of learning for our students and to develop an unwavering strength of character which allows them to become successful individuals and pursue their dreams
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

4. The purpose of education
Mission statement 1:
White Valley School seeks to ensure our pupils will attain their academic aspirations and goals, as they look forward to taking their next steps along a personal journey of growth, achievement and success
Mission statement 2:
Green Valley School aims to increase academic achievement and love of learning for our students and to develop an unwavering strength of character which allows them to become successful individuals and pursue their dreams
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

5. The purpose of education
Individual advancement:
Our pupils
Our students
Their aspirations
Their ambitions and dreams
Personal journey
Ambitions
Successful individuals
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6. The purpose of education
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

7. The purpose of education
John Dewey, Moral Principles in Education (1909):
The moral responsibility of the school, and of those who conduct it, is to society. (…) The educational system which does not recognize that this fact entails upon it an ethical responsibility is derelict and a defaulter. It is not doing what it was called into existence to do, and what it pretends to do.
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

8. The purpose of education
UWC Mission statement:
UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

9. The purpose of education
UWC Mission statement:
UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

10. The purpose of education
Advancing the individual:
Our pupils
Our students
Their aspirations
Their ambitions and dreams
Personal journey
Ambitions
Successful individuals
Advancing the common good:
Education
A force to unite
Nations
Peoples
Cultures
Peace
Sustainable future
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11. Education as a force to unite
Academic programme
Social impact programme
“Learning to know”
“Learning to act”
Figure 1. The UWC curriculum model
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12. Education as a force to unite
Two dimensions of learning, each fostering a different kind of knowledge. Both dimensions serve as pedagogical means to achieve an educational end
Academic programme
Social impact programme
Learning to know
Learning to act
Cognitive property
Affective property
Theoretical knowledge
Practical knowledge
Orthodoxy: “right thought”
Orthopraxy: “right action”
Reading the world
Rewriting the world
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13. Education as a force to unite
Academic programme
Social impact programme
“Learning to know”
“Learning to act”
Think globally
Act locally
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14. Global knowledge, local engagement
“By thinking globally I can analyze all phenomena, but when it comes to acting it can only be on the local (…) level if it is to be honest, realistic and authentic.”
- Jacques Ellul, Perspectives on our Age (1981)
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

15. Global knowledge, local engagement
“By thinking globally I can analyze all phenomena, but when it comes to acting it can only be on the local (…) level if it is to be honest, realistic and authentic.”
- Jacques Ellul, Perspectives on our Age (1981)
Glocalism: is a conscious commitment to be fully mindful of wider global issues and imperatives whilst seeking to engage with these within the local community
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16. Associated Schools Programme
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17. ‘Knooppunt’ Community Centre
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18. Joining refugee support networks
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19. Yes! – Youth. Environmental. Sustainability.
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017

20. The purpose of education
Glocalism: is a conscious commitment to be fully mindful of wider global issues and imperatives whilst seeking to engage with these within the local community
John Dewey, Moral Principles in Education (1909):
The moral responsibility of the school, and of those who conduct it, is to society. (…) The educational system which does not recognize that this fact entails upon it an ethical responsibility is derelict and a defaulter. It is not doing what it was called into existence to do, and what it pretends to do.
Alliance for International Education conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 October 2017