Internationalism

1. Vismaya M D
Roll no 50
Social Science

2. Internationalism
 International understanding or internationalism or
inter-cultural understanding refers to the development
of that insight and attitude in the individuals who,
rising above their own selfish and narrow interests,
find out the really valuable items in all other cultures,
besides their own
 internationalism is the feeling that the individual is not
only a member of his country, but also a citizen of the
world. Internationalism indicates love, sympathy and
cooperation among all the people of the world

3.  Dr. Radhakrishnan: “It is essential for us not to live
apart but to live together, understanding one another’s
fears and anxieties, aspirations and thoughts. We must
work for the racial harmony. We may be German, we
may be American, we may be Russian, but we are
essentially human beings. Let us learn to live in a
world community”.
 Oliver Goldsmith: it is a feeling that the individual is
not only a member of the state, but a member of world

4.  Atmananda Mishra: internationalism refers o
friendship and harmony amongst different nations of
the world and also includes cooperation amongst them

5. Need for internationalism
 modern scientific means of rapid communication have
removed the barriers of time and space.
 entire world has become one indivisible unit and there
is interdependence among various nations for socio-
economic reasons
 all the nations of world—big and small realise that the
world should fall or stand together.

6. To ensure world peace.
 To prevent World Wars.
 To promote human welfare.
 To promote mutual understanding and
interdependence
To strengthen faith in democratic principles.
To maintain one’s sovereignty.

7.  To promote international trade and commerce.
To promote economic and scientific development.
To create a helping tendency among the nations at the
time of emergencies.
To transmit and promote cultures.
To remove narrow mindedness and create world
citizenships.
To eradicate poverty and unemployment

8. Arguments for internationalism
 Whole human race is one
 Human welfare
 Scientific world
 Self-sufficiency
 One world and one family
 Nature of human beings
 Development of democracy

9.  Development of nation
 Development of trade and commerce
 Peace and prosperity of the world

10. PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONALISM
The general conference of UNESCO held in 1974
recommended certain principles
International dimension
Respect for all people
Awareness of interdependence
Communication
Rights and duties
Necessity
All-round participation

11. Barriers in developing
internationalism
 Secrecy about the nuclear strength of nations
 Inequalities in countries
 Racial prejudices
 Lack of national solidarity
 Narrowness

12. Goals of education
 to feel that the world functions for the merits of
humanity and other living and non-living organisms.
 to understand how people live in other countries and
their cultures, natural resources, scientific and
technological development
 to feel that they are responsible for world peace.
 To inculcate the sense of ‘oneness’ and “one land”
 To realise the fact that every country is to be
dependent on other nations for trade and commerce,
and economic prosperity

13.  To develop the helping tendency
 To shop narrowism and teach them to discharge their
duties and responsibilities as world citizens.
 To realize the necessity of internationalism as a powerful
way to protect the nations from wars and foreign
aggression.
 To discern that no scientific and technological
development will take place in the absence of
internationalism.
 To understand that internationalism uplifts the
economically and socially backward countries

14. Need for education
 Education is a meaningful, powerful and progressive
means for achieving the high ideal of intercultural
understanding.
 Education for international understanding is
essentially education for peace, love, cooperation,
cooperative living, brotherhood feeling and world
citizenship

15.  To remove wrong emphasis on nationalism
 To emphasise on interdependence
 To cultivate independent thinking
 To train the young men to use their knowledge
 To educate for democratic ideals
 To correct the meaning of patriotism

16.  To eliminate fear from individual and social life
 To promote international living and sociability
 To educate for human prosperity
 To save the world from nuclear war
 To promote human civilization
 To synchronise world culture
 To acquire the world knowledge

17. Education and internationalism
 development of international understanding is the
vital factor in international growth and development,
which can be achieved by an effective instrument of
education.
 Education makes our world safe and peaceful by
developing an international outlook and international
understanding.

18. Curriculum
 Earth is the home of man and other living things.
 To acquire knowledge about the world.
 To inculcate respect for all the major religions of the world.
 To learn how to promote better understanding of the
interdependence of the people of the world.
 To know something about the strength of mankind to
replace conflict with cooperation.
 To discern all international welfare programmes and higher
achievements of all nations in all fields of human activity.
 To learn language, literature, music, and art creations of all
the nations of the world.

19.  Literature
 Language : C.F. Strong- “The social purpose of languages
and the vital part they have to play in peaceful intercourse
of the people of the world require emphasis.
 Science
 History and geography
 Philosophy and psychology
 Music, drawing, painting
 Teaching about united nations
 Teaching about human rights

20. Role of educational institutions
 Celebration of birthdays
 Celebration of world days
 Celebration of independence days
 Clubs and study groups
 Organization of UN societies
 Bulltin boards and wall news sheets
 Assemblies
 Special discussions
 Libraries
 Educational tours

21. Role of teacher
 The teacher is called the ambassador of international
understanding. They develops the attitudes favourable
to internationalism among students.
 Faith in world society
 Link the subjects at international level
 Conditioning pupils’ mind for international spirit
 Inculcate internationalism through motivation

22.  Effective teaching
 Visits to other lands
 Through adult education
 Research in international concepts and attitudes
 Discussion
 Special lectures
 Pictures of world leaders

23. Role of UNESCO
 UNESCO is one of the specialised agencies of the
United Nations. Its structure and operation are
determined by its constitution drawn up by the
members of the London Conference in 1945
 To establish peace in the world, an international
organization like the United Nations Organization was
established.

24. AIMS OF UNESCO
 The purpose of the organization is to contribute to
peace and security by promoting collaboration among
the nations

25. FUNCTIONS OF UNESCO
 It tries to remove fear and disbelief in the nations by promoting
fellow-feeling and goodwill among the various countries of the
world.
 It tries to get rid of illiteracy and ignorance from the backward
nations of the world and promote internationalism
 It brings culture, art, science and literature of one country
within reach of other countries.
 It gives financial aid to research scholars to promote their work.
 It undertakes useful project technology in different countries of
the world.
 It translates classical literature and organizes art exhibitions.
 It organizes study circles to know the needs of other nations and
establishes an international university to discuss their common
problems.

26.  It organizes an international exchange of the teachers,
students, scientists and thinkers among various countries
which enable them to discuss individual and common
problems and find out solutions for them.
 It provides financial aid for opening schools in poor and
backward countries. Such an activity reduces the gap
between the developed and the undeveloped countries.
 It advises nations about the scrutiny and the preparation of
books, re-organization of curriculum and promoting
translation of higher standard books for the use of those
who need translations with an international outlook

27.  It organizes exhibitions of periodicals, magazines, books and art
creations on an international scale, to promote international
understanding.
 It encourages international tours of students to stimulate
goodwill and fellow-feeling among students of different nations.
 It tries to propagate the ideals of fellow-feeling and brotherhood
among the different nations of the world through television,
press, wireless and other published material for international
welfare.
 It organizes international seminars and symposiums on world
educational problems. Experts from various countries come
together and discuss the issues and crisis in promoting global
education.
 It organizes international camps where students of different
nations would meet each other and exchange their views.

28.  It strives for world peace by the re-organization of the
press, the radio and the cinema for international welfare.
 It involves more than fifty countries to experiment the
innovations in education, natural science, social science,
mass communication education and cultural activities of
the world.
 It fosters international understanding through the
improvement of curricula and experimental activities in
teacher-training institutions.
 It prepares history books with an international outlook and
expands libraries and museums.
 It tries to rehabilitate the devastated countries culturally

29. Conclusion
 Education is a powerful instrument
 The curriculum should be reconstructed
 the whole world has become one land, one family.
 The study of international understanding is more
important than any other problem which we face in
the present world.

30. References
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 www.indiastudychannel.com
 https://egyankosh.ac.in
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