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Global College
Global College in short
Global College is an upper secondary school that is located in the centre of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Our school is a public school with approximately 400 students between the ages of 16-19, and 25 teachers. All public schooling in Sweden is free of charge and co-educational. 
Programmes and Profiles
The students apply to our school out of an interest for global issues. Presently we offer the social science programme with the choice of a global or an art profile. We also offer the natural science programme with a health and environmental profile. The programmes and their profiles differ somewhat in the range of subjects offered, but the teaching methods are the same, as well as the overall focus on children's rights, democracy, equality and promoting an understanding for our multicultural world.
Pedagogical Methods
Our pedagogical methods include a strong belief in the importance of putting democracy into practise and letting our students partake in democratic procedures concerning all educational matters. As an example the school conference has an equal amount of student and staff representatives, which means that the students are truly able to influence their own school situation. Moreover, our teaching methods are based on a multidisciplinary approach and our students have a number of subject integrated projects every year to complete. Besides gaining knowledge of complex global issues, students also learn to work in groups and to co-operate towards a common goal when working in the form of projects. Another aspect of the school which plays an important role in our students' education and in the methods chosen for teaching is the use of cutting edge information technology. The students have their own laptop computers with wireless access to the Internet at all times and the school has its own intranet with specially designed features for pedagogical purposes.
Field Studies
As part of the learning process in the third grade we offer a few weeks practical training with different companies and organisations. On the social science programme with the global profile, we also also provide the opportunity to go on a three-week long field trip. This year, we sent groups to India and to Uganda. The aim of this field trip is for the students to gain real life experiences from other cultures as well as to apply all their acquired knowledge of global issues within a final project during their third and last year at the school.
The vision of Global College is that the students, when having finished their education, should have:
-a better understanding of themselves and their possibilities for personal development;
-a realization of self development with and through other people;
-a creative, critical and analytical way of thinking;
-insights into global issues, both problems and possibilities for change;
-the strength to implement their own visions and to consider the impact of their actions;
-an understanding of the fact that our future must be built on sustainable development, global -solidarity and equity; and
-the will and the ability to change the world.
ENGLISH LEAFLET
For more information, please contact Mr Lars Benon, headmaster of Global College.
Contact information:
Mr Lars Benon
Hornsgatan 93
117 28 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Phone: +46(0)8-508 398 51
E-mail: lars.benon@utbildning.stockholm.se
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