2. "In the future, how we educate our children may
prove to be more important than how much we
educate them."
Because the United States tends to be more privileged,
they have less knowledge about other parts of the world,
and are being compared to those other parts of the world
all the time. This comparison can be refered to as Global
Education
3. Global Education
Cross Cultural
Awareness: understand
Global Education: of the worlds cultures
Perspective Systemic Awareness:
Consciousness: being nature of global systems
aware of other and patterns of
viewpoints in the world interrelationships and
State of the Planet interdependence
Awareness: emphasizes Options for
global issues and events Participation:
possibilites for
participating in local,
national, and
international settings
4. "Learn how to learn"
Be a sponge!
Constantly absorb new
information
Teach yourself new ways to
do things
Teach yourself new things
5. CQ + PQ > IQ
curiosity quotient + passion quotient > intelligence
quotient When it comes to learning:
Be Curious! Be passionate!
Its a recipe for a good
motivated learner!
Being curious and
passionate for learning makes
learning enjoyable
6. You need to like people
Sure, computers and
machines can do manual
work and math, but they will
never be able to provide
that personalized
interaction which is a
nessecary skill in the work
force.
7. Nurture your right brain (and left!)
left brain: sequence,
literalness, analysis
right brain: context,
emotional expression,
synthesis
machines have been made to
do left brain things-
8. Use Technology
smart boards Using technology in the
class room can not only help
classroom jeopardy motivate children to learn
but also tend to the needs
audio books of those who learn
differently from others.
computers
9. assess and test
It is more beneficial to
assess students along the
way to make sure they are
understanding the material.
Don't just give a test at
the end of the chapter, do
things like worksheets,
quizzes, projects, and
games to see how much
they understand!
10. its like a recipe
mix all of the componets together and you have all 'the
right stuff' to create:
a globaly competitive classroom!
11. Sources:
Brown, Susan, and Marcella Kysilka. What Every Teacher
Should Know about Multicultural and Global Education.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (2003).
Darling-Hammond, Linda, and Laura Mccloskey. "Assessment
for Learning Around the World". Phi Delta Kappan. 2008.
Friedman, T.L. The World is Flat. New York: Fararr, Straus,
and Gircox. 2006.
