uwc presentation

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?