AACTE encourages the exploration of global education, cross-cultural education, and international teacher education as well as faculty development in these areas. The AACTE Committee on Global and International Teacher Education fosters development of a global perspective in teaching and teacher education and promotes the use of this perspective in decision-making within the Association, member institutions, and related constituencies.

The Committee develops activities with a global/international focus for the AACTE Annual Meeting, encourages the network of interested members in conjunction with the Special Study Group on Global and International Teacher Education, and administers the Best Practice Award for Global and International Teacher Education.

• JUSTEC 2008 Call for Proposals
  The 20th Annual Seminar of the Japan - United States Teacher Education Consortium (JUSTEC) will be held July 30-August 2, 2008 in Kyoto, Japan more...

• Preparing Teachers Around the World
  This international study compares and contrasts teacher education and certification policies in the United States with those in Australia, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Singapore. http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/prepteach.pdf

• A Research Report on the Undergraduate Training of Secondary School Teachers
  Internationalizing Teacher Education: What Can Be Done

Over 50 Universities to attend the first Qatar International Education Fair
From Supreme Education Council (Qatar)
The Higher Education Institute will host over fifty universities and educational institutions at the first Qatar International Education Fair being held from February 26-28, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel. The fair provides opportunities for students to learn more about different programs of study for undergraduate and post graduate study, admissions requirements, application process, and required tests. Officials from these campuses will answer the many questions students have about applying to and studying at these universities.

Microsoft Specialist to Address Both Plenary Sessions of Global Education Forum
From Al Bawaba
Mike Lloyd, Schools Solutions Specialist at Microsoft?s Worldwide Education Group, is to address both plenary sessions at the Global Education Forum taking place at the Madinat Jumeirah Dubai on January 22nd-24th 2008.
The theme of the two sessions, held on days one and two, will be ?Addressing the challenges in education through the power of ICT?, and ?Schools of the Future? respectively.

Intellectual Literacy Hour
From The Guardian A new report says libraries will have to change what they do or risk becoming redundant.

PlayStation in schools
From Evening Standard
Sony is to begin selling a computer game aimed at children as young as seven.
It hopes the PlayStation multiple choice quiz game will be used in classrooms to teach the National Curriculum.