How to integrate intercultural learning into your classroom
In this article, you will find out: Why researchers consider global competence to be a crucial 21st century skill for…
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New test to assess global competence of teenagers worldwide
In this article, you will learn: How the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines global competence, How global competence…
AFS’s Global Competence Certificate becomes available to participants of Languages Canada programs
AFS Intercultural Programs is proud to announce a new partnership between Sentio, Global Education Network, an AFS subsidiary, that provides…
Discover the World with AFS, circa 1976-1986
The AFS office in Ghana is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year! From 1967 to 1997, AFS Ghana hosted 163…
AFS Convenes Asia-Pacific International Global Citizenship Education Forum on Employability
NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 28, 2017) – AFS Intercultural Programs and the AFS Asia-Pacific Initiative (AAI) with the support of…
Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr., 1921-2017: AFS Volunteer, Broadcaster, and Changemaker
“I learned that with the right leadership, a good idea, and a volunteer spirit, you could accomplish wonders, and those are the principles we applied to the AFS exchange programs.” –Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr.
Generation Z eager for cultural exploration, mindful of security and affordability, report finds
Comprehensive, global AFS Intercultural Programs research explores the motivations for and hindrances to high school international study among Generation Z…
Making memories with great friends
To my best understanding, friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two people. A friend is someone who knows…
Travels with Artie
Arthur “Art” Howe, Jr. was an individual who dedicated much of his life to AFS: first as a volunteer ambulance…