Global Education
"A Classroom as Wide as the World"
What Is Global Education?
interdisciplinary approach to learning that aids students in functioning successfully in a world that is interconnected and multicultural.
Change our Curriculum
- teaching about other cultures
- environments that value diversity
- hire teachers with global understanding
- develop local, national and international partnerships
- importance of foreign language courses
- exchange programs
HOW CAN YOU IMPLEMENT GLOBAL EDUCATION IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
According to our text, there are three elements of global education:
-Knowledge of world regions, cultures, economies, and global issues
-Skills to communicate in other languages, to work in cross-curricular teams, to access information from different sources around the world
-Values of respect for other cultures and disposition to engage responsibly as an actor in the global context.
What state and federal level changes need to occur?
References
DiCicco, M. C. (2016). Global citizenship education within a context of accountability and 21st century skills: The case of Olympus High School. Education Policy Analysis Archieves, 24(57), 1-22.
Jacobs, H. H. (2010). Curriculum 21: Essential education for a changing world. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Myers, J. P. (2016). Charting a democratic course for global citizenship education: Research directions and current challenges. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(55), 1-16.
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Parkhouse, H., Glazier, J., & Cain, J. M. (2016). Expanding approaches to teaching for diversity and justice in k-12 education: Fostering global citizenship across the content areas. Education Policy Analysis Archieves, 24(59), 1-31.
Xanthopoulos, J. A. (2005). Global education. In M. C. Horowitz (Ed.), New dictionary of the history of ideas (Vol. 2, pp. 635-639). Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library database.