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Global Citizen
The document discusses what makes someone a global citizen. It notes that globalization has accelerated the movement of people, goods, and ideas between countries. As a result, young people today need skills like cultural awareness, higher-order thinking, and sophisticated communication to live and work with others from diverse backgrounds. The document defines a global citizen as someone with knowledge of global issues, skills for interacting with people from other cultures, and virtues like caring about society.
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- 1. What IS a Global ? Citizen Jennifer Groff ISTE 2007 jennifer_groff@mail.harvard.edu
- 2. “We must re-define,as each generation has done, what it means to be an educated American in a changing world. The educated American of the twenty-first century...” ~The Committee for Economic Development in Education for Global Leadership (2006)
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- 5. What makes aglobal citizen? “Going Beyond Learning ABOUT the World to Being engaged WITH the World!”
- 6. iEARN • Engages about 2 million students every day in interactive, curriculum-based collaborative projects with peers in 118 countries. • Creates communities of practice for educators and young people in structured and safe online environments to take the hassle out of navigating the web. • Has award-winning opportunities for face-to- face and online course professional development global classroom activities • Provides opportunities for youth and educator events in the US and internationally to interact with online partners. Join us in Cairo in July!
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- 8. About EF EF'sMission: To inspire the next generation of global citizens by breaking down the barriers of language, culture and geography
- 9. About EF EFEducation’s Wish: For every student to have an international experience before they leave high school
- 10. About EF • Fourdecades of experience • Two million people choose EF every year • Hundreds of offices and schools in 51 countries • 3,000 staff and 23,000 teachers • A worldwide presence!
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- 14. What IS a Global ? Citizen
- 15. We live in a New World...
- 16. We live in a Globalized Society...
- 17. Globalization is... “...what happens when the movement of people, goods, or ideas among countries and regions accelerates.” ~John H. Coatesworth “Globalization, Growth, and Welfare in History,” in Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium (2004), p. 38
- 18. The world hasexperienced cycles of globalization before... “Most of the societies that endured the miseries of globalization became more productive and wealthier than other societies that did not globalize.” ~John H. Coatesworth “Globalization, Growth, and Welfare in History,” in Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium (2004), p. 38
- 19. Globalization is... the interactionof 4 distinct trends: ‣ Economic: The globalization of economies and the rise of Asia ‣ Science & Technology are changing the world ‣ Health & Security Matters: Every major issue...will require international cooperation ‣ Changing Demographics: Globalization has accelerated immigration ~Viven Stewart, Asia Society in “Becoming Citizens of the World,” Educational Leadership, April 2007
- 20. Because of Globalization... “...young people the world over need more innovative thinking skills, cultural awareness, higher-order cognitive skills, and sophisticated communication and collaboration than ever before.” ~ M. Suarez-Ozozco & C. Sattin “Globalization, Growth, and Welfare in History,” in Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium (2004), p. 38
- 21. “Children growing uptoday will need to develop...the higher order cognitive and interpersonal skills to learn, to work, and to live with others, which are increasingly likely to be of very different racial, religious, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds.” ~M. Suarez-Orozco & H. Gardner in “Education for Globalization” (2002)
- 22. What IS a Global ? Citizen
- 26. “We must re-define,as each generation has done, what it means to be an educated American in a changing world. The educated American in a changing world. The educated American of the twenty-first century...”
- 27. What IS aGlobal Citizen?
- 28. What IS aGlobal Citizen? KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
- 29. What IS aGlobal Citizen? KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VIRTUES
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- 31. Global Literacy & Education
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- 33. “ [Becoming anadult means] taking a place in society at large and caring.” ~Erik Erikson
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- 35. What IS a Global ? Citizen
- 36. “We need todevelop a network of increasingly complex skills in order to participate in the global digital network.” ~Antonio Battro “Digital Skills, Globalization, and Education,” in Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium (2004), p. 38