To be effective, the serious study of any global issue requires time and depth. Students will understand that global issues and challenges are interrelated, complex, and changing, and that most issues have a global dimension. Students should be encouraged to find the relationships between different domains of knowledge in order to gain a realistic perspective about any global issue. They should become familiar with some of the mechanisms available for managing global problems and to what degree those mechanisms have functioned successfully in the past. Students will be aware that their information and knowledge on most global issues are incomplete and that they need to continue seeking information about how global and international issues are formed and influenced.
Global education is a lifelong process.
New global issues will emerge in the future, and new insights into current global challenges will be generated. Students need the skills and abilities to examine and evaluate new information, including understanding the biases of the source. Because global issues and challenges are not static, students need to develop the following skills to help them analyze and evaluate today's global issues and to be able to analyze and evaluate new issues in the future. Students will learn the techniques of studying about global issues, problems, and challenges. The study of any global problem or issue requires time and depth.