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Introduction to the 5th Global Issues Conference Special Edition 
 

 

Władysław Chłopicki, Guest Editor 

 

Professor of Linguistics, Carpathian State College, Krosno, Poland 

 

The fifth edition of the Global Issues Conference in 2020, which took place in virtual 

space between 30 March and 3 April 2020, was positively surprising both due to the 

number of presenters and active members of the audience, and to the quality of the 

presentations. Both students and their supervisors participated in lively discussions, 

asking numerous questions through the conference chat, and the presentations on a 

broad range of truly global subjects came from virtually all continents.   

 

The current journal issue brings a small selection of papers from the Global Issues 

Conference 5. The papers do reflect the globality of issues and the variety of partners, 

and come from Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, and United States.  The authors 

discuss the issues of interest for practically everyone - environmental protection, 

proper nutrition and health care for adolescents, political propaganda, national 

stereotypes as well as virtual teaching.  

 

Specifically, Anila Alam, Aliya Fazal and Karamat Ali from Pakistan carry out a scientific 

study of the impact of the glacial melting each year in the mountainous surroundings 

of the Ishkoman basin, which is generally the result of human activity. In their paper 

they emphasize the need to inform people and work against the depletion of local 

vegetation. Adeela Rehman from Pakistan discusses the importance of the awareness 

of proper diet among girls and boys, and based on a statistical study she draws 

attention to the fact that while girls are more aware of proper nutrition, they do not 

practice it, while boys engage is risky behaviours and ignore proper nutrition, too. Femi 

M. Olufunmilade from Nigeria discusses the content of “promotional” videos broadcast 

online by the terrorist group Boko Haram, who want thus to “promote” their name in 

public and lure young people to join their ranks. Aleksandra Brzana, Paulina Szot and 

Justyna Warchoł from Poland (notably, this is Szot and Warchoł’s second publication 

with the journal – see issue 8.1) analyse the stereotypes Poles have of three nearby 

countries, Russia, Hungary and Czech Republic, pointing out historical and current 

ideas they have as well as the reasons they have them, and conclude that negative 

stereotypes can be fought with promoting mobility and simply knowledge of other 

cultures. Nidhi Sharma and Sachiyo M. Shearman from the United States discuss the 

impressions that students from Saudi Arabia had of their stays in the US, based on the 

interviews with them – the authors hope to be able to use the results of their study to 

help other students face the imminent challenges better. Finally, Noureddine 

Mouhadjer, Mohammed Kheladi, and Amine Belaid from Algeria discuss their 

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Global Partners in Education Journal – Special Edition  February 2021, Vol. 9, No. 1 
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experience in the Global Understanding classes, emphasizing their role in fostering 

reflection on intercultural differences as well as the importance of respect and tolerance 

for the view of others during those classes. 

 

I would like to thank the authors for their participation and dedication to the conference 

and journal’s goal, which is to provide a safe forum for students worldwide to exchange 

ideas and promote international cooperation and understanding. The papers reflect the 

global nature of the Global Partners in Education as an international organization, in 

the way the authors approach their topics and analyse their data as well as their 

excellent use of English as an international language of communication. 

I would also like to recognize the following colleagues at Carpathian State College in 

Poland for their assistance in reviewing the articles: 

• Katarzyna Dziemian, MA 

• Jack Lala, MA  

• Agnieszka Habrat, PhD 

• Anna Rewiś-Łętkowska, PhD 

• Dorota Rygiel, PhD   

 

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