What is Global Education?
Educating our students to possess the knowledge, skills, and disposition to understand and act creatively on issues of global significance. Specifically, global education seeks to make students competent in investigating the world, recognizing perspectives, communicating ideas across diverse audiences, and taking action to improve conditions globally.
Global Education is...
In general, global education revolves around these four key components:
1. Investigating the world... beyond one’s own immediate environment, framing significant problems and conducting well-crafted and age-appropriate research.
2.Recognizing perspectives... ,others’ and one’s own, while articulating and explaining such perspectives thoughtfully and respectfully.
3.Communicating ideas... effectively with diverse audiences, bridging geographic, linguistic, ideological and cultural barriers.
4.Taking action... to improve conditions viewing oneself as a player in the world and participating reflectively.
Why is Global Education Important?
Why do we need global education? The answer is simple. We live in a global village. Our entire world is interconnected and dependent on collaboration and cooperation. Global education is essential to understanding the inter-connectivity of the world and those who live in it. As we move further into the 21st century, students need to be prepared to communicate across borders, work together to solve global problems, and understand that they are not just citizens of the U.S.; they are citizens of the world!
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Important facts to consider:
1. 232 MILLION people on earth no longer live in the countries in which they were born. (UN Population Division 2013)
2. 10.2 MILLION jobs in the US are connected to international trade (Dep of Commerce 2017)
3. More than 1 MILLION foreign students are currently attending school in the U.S. (LA Times)
4. 10% of the Uconn incoming freshman class of 2020 are international students (Uconn Admissions)
Global Ed is GLOCAL
What happens "over there" impacts our local world directly or indirectly
Global Issues That Effect All Humans Include:
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Climate Change
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Human Migration
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War/Terrorism
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Global Health
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Internet Freedom
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Human/Worker's Rights
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Refugees
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Global Economics
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International Trade
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And many more!
MORE Important facts to consider from the PEW Research Center:
1. Millennials, young adults born after 1980 are the most racially diverse generation in our history
2. 43% of Millennial adults are non-white, the highest share of any generation.
3. Nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the U.S. in the past 50 years.
4. By 2055, the U.S. will not have a single racial or ethnic majority
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What Global Education is NOT...
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A new fad in education
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Telling students how and what to think
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Another "add-on" to teacher's curriculum
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Focusing exclusively on global conflict
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A politically-driven agenda
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About raising money for charity