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THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES
• WHAT IS IT ABOUT: HISTORY AND IDEALS
THE MISSION STATEMENT
• “Through international education, shared experience and community service, United World Colleges encourage young people to become responsible citizens, politically and environmentally aware, committed to the ideals of peace, justice, understanding and cooperation, and to the implementation of these deals through action and personal example.”
THE UWC IS A COMMUNITY• STUDENTS AND
STAFF WORKING IN THE COLLEGES
• GRADUATES• SUPPORTERS AND
BENEFACTORS
ALL UWC’S
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
SHARED EXPERIENCE THROUGH:CULTURAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL STUDIES,CONFLICT MANAGEMENT,GLOBAL CONCERNS, CLIMBING, KAYAKING, RECYCLING,ETC.
HISTORY (IES)
KURT HANH 1886-1974:
AN INNOVATOR, A REFUGEE, AN EDUCATOR
HIS IDEALS IN EDUCATION
THE BEST QUALITIES EDUCATION CAN DEVELOP: CURIOSITY, A STRONG SPIRIT, TENACITY (NOT GIVING UP), GENEROSITY AND MOST OF ALL COMPASSION
TWO ASPECTS OF EDUCATION
TO FORCE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO OPINIONS IS WRONG
NOT TO EXPOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHALLENGING NEW EXPERIENCES IS WORSE
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BOMB……..
ATLANTIC COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1962 1967 THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES
MOVEMENT IS BORN L.B PEARSON COLLEGE IN 1974
PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
HOW CAN THERE BE PEACE IF WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER IF WE DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER? L.B PEARSON
PEARSON’S ACHIEVEMENTS 1
He was one of the architects of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Pearson was chairman of the NATO council at the time of the Korea War and sat on the three-man United Nations (UN) committee that negotiated Korean cease-fire.
PEARSON’S ACHIEVEMENTS 2
In 1952-53, Pearson was president of the UN General Assembly. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel peace prize, mainly for his work in creating the UN Emergency Force, which helped settle the Suez Canal crisis in 1956.
THREE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
WHAT DOES INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING MEAN FOR YOU?
OF ALL THE UWC VALUES WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM LI PO CHUN AS A UWC AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COLLEGE?