RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Vargová, Dáša T1 Global Education in the Context of the Current School Curriculum JF Civilia YR 2012 VO 3 IS 2 SP 84 OP 93 DO 10.5507/civ.2012.022 UL https://civilia.upol.cz/artkey/civ-201202-0009.php AB The author, in relation to the contradictory processes of globalization and its impact on the individual, emphasizes the necessity of the implementation process of global education in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools. This request is based on the latest trends in educational policy in Slovakia. In the paper author introduces the concept of developing core competencies of pupils through global education. She has focused on the integration of global education topics into the teaching, to define the specific objectives of global education, teaching methods for deepening of development of critical thinking and towards a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of globalization. As an example of good practice, she has offered to teachers of school subject citizenship education at school own methodological suggestions in the teaching of global education.