Trend+15

=Trend 15= As nations vie for understanding and respect In an interdependent world, international learning, including diplomatic skills, will become basic. (Subtrend: To earn respect in an interdependent world, nations will be expected to demonstrate their reliability and tolerance.) (Isolationist Independence ~ Interdependence)

Internal Scans 1. Tempe High School is made up of students who speak over 50 languages. Students study each other's history and culture. 2. Tempe High School offers studies of the English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and aborigine languages. 3. Students from Sierre Leone, Liberia, and China have migrated to Tempe High.

4. Effective teachers are becoming culturally literate and welcoming to people from other countries. In an effort to welcome colleagues from Alabama, they learned and composed "Stars Fell on Alabama."



5. Australia offers incentives for attracting teachers who can relate to students of various backgrounds.

External Scans

1. Before commencing formal meetings, officiators acknowledge the aborigines as a diplomatic offering. 2. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, " Natural increase and net overseas migration contributed 46% and 54% respectively to total population growth for the year ended 30 September 2010." ([]). 3. Australia hosted the 2000 Olympics, a symbol of their committment to interdependence of the world around them. According to the Olympic Charter, the five-ringed symbol "represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games." 4. Australians frequently view the US and Uk news, as an opportunity to analyze strategies from other cultures. 5. Australians are mobile people. All of the principals of the schools had been out of the country to visit or teach in another country.