GEx OVERVIEW
Mulgrave's Global Citizenship Experiential Education (GEx) programme is an innovative regional and international experiential travel and local engagement programme for Mulgrave students in Grades 6-11 which takes place in March (optional) and June (mandatory). As a continuum of developing experiences from Middle to Senior School, GEx challenges and inspires students to become engaged and responsible global citizens who act to make the world a better place.
In GEx, we don’t ‘go on trips’ or ‘tours’. We lead students on focused, immersive learning and engagement programmes with community partners led by education service providers and Mulgrave staff, grounded in themes of global significance tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mulgrave’s critical work in DEIJ (diversity equity inclusion justice) and our new core Grade 10 Global Citizenship course. These experiences are facilitated with a mix of learning sessions at Mulgrave and a culminating 'week without walls' grounded in connections with local community and education partners.
To find out more about the goals and values of GEx programmes, please see below. To learn more about specific experiences, please click on the menu bar above. If you have any questions, please check out the GEx FAQs page here or please reach out and let me know.
Antony Wilson
Head of GEx
awilson@mulgrave.com
Why GEx?
GEx recognises the powerful impact of real-world experiences and connections beyond the classroom to develop compassionate, globally competent young leaders of tomorrow. We seek to break away from tokenistic models of service learning or "voluntourism"; instead we strive to build student understanding, empathy, respect and action through authentic local and global community partnership experiences, acting as catalysts for social justice and change, while helping students discover pathways to making a difference in the world.
This commitment to global citizenship is at the heart of the IBO and Mulgrave’s vision and values. It is also a core part of the skill development priorities of our new Strategic Plan 2021-2024. To become global citizens, and ‘thrive in a culturally diverse and interdependent world,’ GEx experiences facilitate deep learning around issues of power, privilege, and the struggles individuals and communities face. The programmes help build intercultural skills, community connections and empathy for others; and it fosters understanding of how we can take action together to change our world. For a full overview of Mulgrave's commitment to Global Citizenship, please click here.
GEx Goals & Values
GEx GOALS
GEx is a Global Citizenship Experiential Education programme of immersive learning grounded in local engagement and domestic and global travel that…
builds local and global community partnerships rooted in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
challenges and inspires students to become engaged, responsible global citizens who act to make the world a better place
recognises the necessity of real-world experiences beyond the classroom to develop globally competent leaders of tomorrow
facilitates on-going reflections and extensions on learning and engagement
GEx CORE VALUES
We believe in the power of immersive and hands-on experience to change students understanding and perspective as world citizens
We strive to hear, understand, connect and engage with diverse and marginalized voices, perspectives and communities
We strive to confront and challenge systems of power and privilege and our roles therein
We build community relationships that are reciprocal and sustainable
We seek to cultivate engagement that inspires understanding, empathy and action for communities and our planet