Advocating for Global Education
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Advocating for Global Education
- 4. All students are required to learn a second language from elementary school Subjects such as world history and world geography are part of the core curriculum Teacher preparation includes demonstrating understanding of local and global cultures 2009 PISA test rankings Reading Singapore Mathematics Science 5th 2nd 4th 31st 23rd United States 17th
- 5. Asia Society (2011): Global competence is essential now because of the defining global trends of the 21st century ◦ The flattened global economy and the changing demands of work ◦ Unprecedented global migration and the changing nature of neighborhoods, identities, and citizenship ◦ Climate instability and the growing need for global environmental stewardship Global changes
- 6. U.S. Department of Education: International Strategy 2012-2016 ◦ Objective 1: Increase the global competencies of all U.S. students, including those from traditionally disadvantaged groups Global changes Federal mandate
- 7. The Common Core associates the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of global competence with college and career readiness ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Deep knowledge Adaptability Critical thinking Digital citizenship Effective communication Understanding of other perspectives and cultures Global changes Federal mandate Common Core
- 8. Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools: Citizenship education counters much of the disengagement students report from their learning ◦ Promotes civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions ◦ Builds 21st century skills ◦ Improves school climate ◦ Reduces the dropout rate Global changes Federal mandate Common Core Reduces dropout rate
- 9. ASCD: Countries whose students outperform U.S. students often integrate global competence into their curricula ◦ Singapore is producing students with world-class achievement in reading, math, and science and with a global and future orientation as well. Global changes Federal mandate Common Core Emulates the toprankers Reduces dropout rate
- 10. Global education can overlay any subject area in any grade Global changes Federal mandate Common Core Emulates the toprankers Reduces dropout rate Integration, not replacement
- 11. Work with a partner on a three-pronged argument in favor of global education that you could make in 1-2 minutes The audience can be a fellow teacher, supervisor, principal, board of education, or parent Global changes Federal mandate Common Core Emulates the toprankers Reduces dropout rate Integration, not replacement
- 12. Is advocating for global education in the cards for you? What and to whom do you feel comfortable advocating? What do you still need more resources or strategies for? What’s your next step?
Editor's Notes
- From World Savvy’s Global Competency Poll: Only 38% of respondents reported world events were regularly discussed in their high school classes, but 74% said they wish their classes had a more global approach, rather than just national.
- Economy: The U.S. economy is becoming more globally connected. Today, one in five jobs in this country is tied to international trade, and this trend is expected to continue.Migration: American society is becoming more linguistically and culturally diverse. In 2006, minority student enrollment in public schools rose to 43 percent of the total student population—up from 35 percent a decade earlier.Complex global challengesClimate instabilityIncreasing global health and environmental challenges, such as HIV/AIDS and H1N1 flu, natural disasters, global warming, poverty, etc., call for coordinated global responses. With the outbreak of H1N1 flu, for example, we have witnessed coordination of governments and civil societies to address this issue. Offering timely responses to such challenges requires an understanding of other languages and cultures to facilitate easy communication.
- The U.S. Department of Education has established its first-ever, fully articulated international strategy. The strategy is designed to simultaneously advance two strategic goals: strengthening U.S. education and advancing our nation’s international priorities. The strategy reflects the value and necessity of:A world-class education for all students;Global competencies for all students;International benchmarking and applying lessons learned from other countries; andEducation diplomacy and engagement with other countries.Established for all the reasons already mentioned, plus this: Strong educational outcomes for all students, global competencies, and modern technological expertise help to fuel innovation and growth and are therefore critical for national security. Civic and global awareness are necessary to understand our nation’s history and policies, as well as our relations with other countries. In addition, foreign language skills and area expertise are essential for national defense, intelligence, homeland security and law enforcement.
- In the ELA standards, in “Students Who are College and Career Ready in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language,” the document paints a portrait of students who meet the standards.They build strong content knowledge the deep knowledge of the world required to be globally competentThey respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose,and discipline the adaptability required to be globally competentThey comprehend as well as critique, they value evidence the critical thinking required to be globally competentThey use technology and digital media strategically and capably the digital citizenship that is part of being globally competent todayThey come to understand other perspectives and cultures the ability to communicate ideas and recognize perspectives required to be globally competent
- Global citizenshipWhen global education overlaps with civic education, it shares many benefits of the latter.
- ASCD published Asia Society’s Senior Advisor for Education Vivien Stewart’s A World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and Success. In it, we see that countries whose students outperform U.S. students often integrate global competence into their curricula.She wrote: “Singapore is producing students with world-class achievement in reading, math, and science and with a global and future orientation as well. What can the U.S. learn from Singapore? In today’s world, you have to adapt rapidly to thrive.”