5 Benefits of Global Learning

When students learn about diverse cultures, global issues and different perspectives, they gain skills and attitudes that prepare them to contribute to an interconnected world.

Students today face a future filled with opportunities and challenges we can barely imagine. They need to develop adaptable skills – such as critical thinking, creativity and digital literacy – that will help them navigate an unpredictable future and thrive. When teachers also help students to learn to think globally, they are preparing students to succeed in a diverse and dynamic world.

At Corbett Prep, global learning is more than just a curriculum component. It is interwoven into daily student life.

Kathryn Smith Rouse, Corbett Prep's Global Learning Director, shared with Tampa Bay Parenting five ways that students benefit from developing international mindedness. Global learning helps students increase their cultural awareness, enhances their communication skills, bolsters their critical thinking abilities, gives them a sense of social responsibility and prepares them for a world economy.

Read more about the importance of global learning in schools in the August edition of Tampa Bay Parenting.