NEW!
Denise, in collaboration with Amsco Publishers, is developing a Global Skills series for high school students.
The four part series
includes the following timely global issues:
Human Rights
Terrorism
Immigration
Globalization
The Global Skills
emphasized in each book:
Critical Thinking
Cross-Cultural Awareness
Systems Thinking
Worldviews
Global Issues Knowledge
Each book in the series is about 200 pages and includes lesson plans, activities, stories, resources and testing suggestions.
Publication date 2010 or early 2011.
Please contact me if you would like information about the series.
Global Awareness workshop participants, click here for links to materials
Welcome to ...
The Center for Global Awareness
...is dedicated to encouraging the
education of globally aware citizens who, using 21st century skills,
participate in a more sustainable, equitable, peaceful, and culturally
tolerant world community.
Brief Description of
the Center
further a holistic approach to world history, encourage a global
perspective, deepen our understanding of critical global issues and
globalization, and create alternative pedagogical tools for teachers,
students, and the general public; all with the express purpose of creating
solutions for a more sustainable, equitable, peaceful, and
culturally-tolerant world community.
Dr. Denise R. Ames ...
is the founder and director of the Center for
Global Awareness. She is a life-long educator with over 20 years
teaching experience at universities, a community college, and secondary
schools. She received her doctorate in world history/social studies
education at Illinois State University and has taught academic
courses in Global Issues/Globalization, World and United States history,
Western Civilization, Cultural Studies, and humanities.
Her current teaching and research is dedicated to the development of the Global Awareness Program series, GAPs, a globally-focused, alternative curriculum for educators and secondary school students and college undergraduates. The centerpiece of the series is the (forthcoming) book Waves of Global Change: A Holistic World History. Along with curriculum development she conducts professional development workshops nationally and internationally.
She has two adult children and lives in the bucolic North Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Visitors to the Global Awareness website ...
1. Global Education
professional development workshops, seminars, and
courses for educators. click
global education
2. Global Awareness Lectures,
Academic Courses, Workshops and Keynote Addresses
click
ongoing workshops
3. Upcoming workshops, courses, lectures, seminars
click
upcoming
workshops
4.
Forthcoming book
Waves of Global Change: A Holistic World History
5. Professional Development Educational Tours click
travels
Please contact Dr. Ames for questions about the workshops,
additional workshops she offers, curriculum consulting, or browse the
website. She will be happy to address any questions or concerns.
Please click the contact icon if you have any comments or questions