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1. Session Title:
“Raising Global Citizens in
Our Schools and Homes”
Introduction – Homa
Tavangar, Author, Growing
Up Global
• Why It Matters
• Bridging the Gap
Between Home &
School

2. “Be a friend
to the whole human race…”
www.growingupglobal.net

3. Students grow up in a world where global and
technological competencies will determine their
access to jobs and social capital as adults, but do not
have enough authentic and naturally engaging
opportunities to practice the skills and mindsets
necessary to succeed in these realms.

4. One of Ban Ki-moon’s 3 priorities in the UN’s new
Education First Initiative is “global citizenship”
…to promote peace, mutual respect and environmental care.

5. In today’s increasingly
interconnected world, are we
preparing students to become
global citizens? Explain.

6. Today’s Classrooms

7. Today’s World

8. Limited
encounters
with the world

9. Scripted
curriculum

10. Teacher-
centered
instruction

11. Multiple-choice
assessments

12. An excellent education is preparing
students for the world that they live in.

13. Some characteristics of the world we
are preparing our students for…

14. Global education is…
essential.

18. Build diverse relationships

19. Develop global perspective

20. Agree & disagree respectfully

21. Position themselves in the world
and expand their sense of possibility.
I can go places!

22. Act as members of a global community

23. Where are all of these things
happening?
Bronx, NY Lima, Peru
Herlev, Denmark Denver, CO