Walls of every kind are being toppled all around the globe: walls of prejudice, walls of poverty and injustice, walls of selfish interests and isolationism, walls of arbitrary assumptions and superstition and irrationality, walls of greed and exploitation.
 
In their place, foundations are being laid for bridges in all fields of human encounter and human endeavor. Globalism, interdependence, shared goals, common currencies and markets — these are the new mind frames, the breakthrough paradigms for this century.

The emerging global village will be a world for global citizens, a world of Multiple Intelligences and personal learning styles — individually unique yet compatible and mutually reinforcing — a world which may finally be fit to nurture and witness the communion of all peoples, the realization of one humanity sharing and enriching one earth.
 
We must prepare our children for this bright new world being born even now in our midst. We must help them become masters, not of other persons but of themselves and their own destinies. We must help them appreciate the creative dynamics between personal fulfillment and social responsibility, between freedom and social order, between cultural diversity and shared aspirations, between national interests and international cooperation.
 
We must make our children proud national citizens: competent, confident, creative, appreciative of their native culture and history, responsible.

And yet, we must also make of our children global citizens: competitive, productive, forward looking, pioneering, cognizant of the intricate demands of international exchange in all fields of social activity.
 
Towards these ends, we must break down walls of ignorance, myth and complacency, and in their place help build bridges of new knowledge, new structures, new processes, new ways of thinking, doing and being.
 
This is a huge task. And it begins with education — at home, in school, and in the community.
 
We invite you to attend an international seminar entitled, “One World Learning Series- The Philippine Caravan” that will be held at the Divine Word College of Urdaneta on Feb. 25-26, and in Baguio Convention Center on Feb. 27. The event is organized by the International Learning Styles Network Through its Philippine affiliate the Center for Learning and Teaching Styles, Phils. We will be tackling the Impact of the Learning Style Instructional Strategies on Students’ Attitude and Achievement for teachers and students. For details, contact 0939-5684-072.
 
(The author Henry S. Tenedero is the president of the Center for Learning and Teaching Styles, an affiliate of the International Learning Styles Network, based at St. John’s University in New York. He is a graduate of the AIM Masters in Development management and of the Harvard Graduate School for Professional Educators.He is the  uthor of the following books: Cooking Up A Creative Genius; The HI CLASS Teacher, Breakthrough Ideas in Education; and Using Passion and Laughter in Your Presentations. He can be reached at htenedero@yahoo.com)