Use the following online tools and resources to help you globalize your classroom. These resources provide lessons, rubrics, and tools to help you globalize your classroom--and to calibrate whether or not your lessons are developing your students' global competencies. Explore each resource and begin making your students globally competent.
Education for Global Citizenship: A Guide for SchoolsEducation for Global Citizenship enables pupils to develop the knowledge, skills and values needed for securing a just and sustainable world in which all may fulfil their potential.
To access entire resource, see link below: Educating for Global Competence: A Resource for EducatorsEducating for Global Competence- Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World is intended for classroom teachers, administrators, informal educators, policymakers, community leaders, researchers, parents, students, and all other stakeholders interested in preparing our youth for the 21st century. Becoming better at educating for global competence involves rethinking practices and recognizing that there are no simple recipes for success. As such, this book is meant to be used flexibly—browse, make connections, and concentrate on
the chapters that you find most pertinent to your work. Experiment with ideas, challenge concepts, and share with colleagues. Ultimately this book must work for you. It is meant to be read in the way that best meets your needs, inspires your curiosity, and proves fruitful in the classroom. |
Why Global Education?
What is Global Education? How do our students benefit from Global Education? What is a Globally Competent student? The linked Powerpoint explores the rationale behind Global Education in our classrooms. Check it out!
Example Performances of Global Competence
So, you’re sold on the importance of Global Education. Now what? Not sure what activities/lessons/etc to do with your students? The link below lists numerous specific activities/performances/tasks etc designed to increase our students’ global competence. They are divided into four broad categories:
- Investigate the World
- Recognize Perspectives
- Communicate Ideas
- Take Action
Example Performances of Global Competence
Checklist for Teaching Global Competence
Not sure whether or not your lesson focuses on Global Education and increasing your students’ Global Competencies? Use the Checklist in the Link below to review your Global Education Lesson.
Checklist for Teaching Global Competence
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