How to Use This Guide
Globalization is changing education. Preparing students for the future means ensuring that global perspectives and competencies are integrated across subject areas and disciplines. These competencies should be active elements of every educator's knowledge base. The expansion of student understanding of global interconnectivity allows students to develop skills and knowledge in order to lead and succeed in a globalized world.
Why we need global classrooms
Our students need to fully understand the world in which they live. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, we have a strong need for individuals who can participate in global problem solving via collaborative efforts. We need globally competent citizens who will face the future prepared to change it for the better.
What does a globally competent student look like?
The student who has the skills necessary to be successful in today’s global world and work place will be innovative and collaborative, an "out of the box" thinker. He or she will also exhibit the character traits of patience, tolerance and empathy, with the ability to embrace multiple perspectives. According to “Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World”, the goal is to generate students that are “aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works.” As educators, our role is to engage our students in ways that promote “students’ dynamic learning about, with, in, and for a complex and interconnected world.” With the right tools and encouragement, our students will be able to “explain their own worldviews and cultural traditions, recognizing how these influence their choices and interactions in everyday life. Globally competent students prepare for a global economy by learning how to investigate matters of global significance...Most importantly, preparing to work in a flattened global economy will require that students learn to take action...to identify opportunities for productive action and develop and carry out informed plans." In this light, competence suggests not just an awareness of what is going on in the world, but also the desire and ability to create positive changes that will benefit all of humanity.
My Capstone Project is organized into several main categories, which are accessible through the tabs on top of the home page. Sections include Global Education Updates, my Morocco travel blog which explores cultural and educational differences along with my personal observations/reflections, a local global education resource list, global project-based learning opportunities, global ed student assessment tools inventory, a digital learning inventory specific to Sharon High School, my essential question and reflection about Morocco, a multi-disciplinary global education unit plan, and additional resources including recommended reading.
Cathy Collins
TGC Fellow 2014: Morocco Cohort
Why we need global classrooms
Our students need to fully understand the world in which they live. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, we have a strong need for individuals who can participate in global problem solving via collaborative efforts. We need globally competent citizens who will face the future prepared to change it for the better.
What does a globally competent student look like?
The student who has the skills necessary to be successful in today’s global world and work place will be innovative and collaborative, an "out of the box" thinker. He or she will also exhibit the character traits of patience, tolerance and empathy, with the ability to embrace multiple perspectives. According to “Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World”, the goal is to generate students that are “aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works.” As educators, our role is to engage our students in ways that promote “students’ dynamic learning about, with, in, and for a complex and interconnected world.” With the right tools and encouragement, our students will be able to “explain their own worldviews and cultural traditions, recognizing how these influence their choices and interactions in everyday life. Globally competent students prepare for a global economy by learning how to investigate matters of global significance...Most importantly, preparing to work in a flattened global economy will require that students learn to take action...to identify opportunities for productive action and develop and carry out informed plans." In this light, competence suggests not just an awareness of what is going on in the world, but also the desire and ability to create positive changes that will benefit all of humanity.
My Capstone Project is organized into several main categories, which are accessible through the tabs on top of the home page. Sections include Global Education Updates, my Morocco travel blog which explores cultural and educational differences along with my personal observations/reflections, a local global education resource list, global project-based learning opportunities, global ed student assessment tools inventory, a digital learning inventory specific to Sharon High School, my essential question and reflection about Morocco, a multi-disciplinary global education unit plan, and additional resources including recommended reading.
Cathy Collins
TGC Fellow 2014: Morocco Cohort