North West Global Education Network

The 8 Key Concepts in the Global Dimension

Interdependence

Understanding how people, places and environments are all inextricably interrelated and that local events can have repercussions on a global scale e.g.

• showing that mathematicians from many cultures have contributed to the development of modern day mathematics
• explaining how information and communication technologies connect local, national and . international communities
• exploring the impact of ICT on global interdependence
• explaining why people and places are interdependent
• showing how the world is a global community
• showing how events throughout history and around the world are inextricably interrelated
• teaching about the moral and social obligations we have towards each other