Experience a New Culture
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
- William Arthur Ward
4 THE WORLD’s Global Experiential Learning Excursion takes educators On Location to schools in rural Belize and Guatemala. Educators experience life in the developing world and learn the history, culture, and contemporary issues of our Central American neighbors.
4 THE WORLD offers the most affordable global experiential learning excursion possible. We also have fellowships available for qualified applicants.
Your Projects, Our Way
4 THE WORLD offers the most affordable global experiential learning excursion possible. We also have fellowships available for qualified applicants.
Your Projects, Our Way
Teachers will follow 4 THE WORLD’s iterative model for problem-solving: (a) identify the problem, (b) assess the solutions, and (c) collaborate to implement a solution. This model emphasizes working with the people affected by the problem in order to solve the problem in a sustainable way. 4 THE WORLD’s model for problem-solving works for small groups of children in a classroom all the way to international organizations working on vital development issues.
Teachers will choose a global theme from their curriculum to explore from diverse perspectives while traveling. You can see a list of past project topics on the next column. The global theme will integrate problem-based learning with global learning.
4 THE WORLD’s global learning model is LISTEN, LEARN, ACT. Teachers will consider issues of importance in Belize and Guatemala by listening to teachers, students, and community leaders in-country. Teachers will then identify a pressing problem to investigate and learn about the issue from diverse perspectives. After assessing the possible solutions, the teachers will facilitate collaboration for students in the US, Belize, and Guatemala to take action and implement a solution. The process then starts over, as the teachers and students listen to those affected and assess the solution, identifying strengths and weaknesses and learning from the experience in order to improve the world one project at a time.
Teachers will choose a global theme from their curriculum to explore from diverse perspectives while traveling. You can see a list of past project topics on the next column. The global theme will integrate problem-based learning with global learning.
4 THE WORLD’s global learning model is LISTEN, LEARN, ACT. Teachers will consider issues of importance in Belize and Guatemala by listening to teachers, students, and community leaders in-country. Teachers will then identify a pressing problem to investigate and learn about the issue from diverse perspectives. After assessing the possible solutions, the teachers will facilitate collaboration for students in the US, Belize, and Guatemala to take action and implement a solution. The process then starts over, as the teachers and students listen to those affected and assess the solution, identifying strengths and weaknesses and learning from the experience in order to improve the world one project at a time.