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Global Competence

What is Global Competence?

"Global competence is the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance.".

Globally competent individuals are aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works. They can use the big ideas, tools, methods, and languages that are central to any discipline (mathematics, literature, history, science, and the arts) to engage the pressing issues of our time. They deploy and develop this expertise as they investigate such issues, recognizing multiple perspectives, communicating their views effectively, and taking action to improve conditions. " Asia Society

Teaching For Global Competence in a Rapidly Changing World- Asia Society - provides practical guidance and examples of how educators can embed global competence into their existing curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

What is Global Competence?Global competence is a crucial upgrade if our education system is to prepare the next generation for the knowledge economy. But what does it entail?

Veronica Boix Mansilla, Principal Investigator at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. discusses the four global competencies. (start at 4:30)

What does global competence look like ...in a TEACHER?

This framework is the ASCD Globally Competent Learning Continuum, originally developed at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education. It is an online self-reflection tool to help educators of all grade levels and content areas develop globally competent teaching practices.

Global Competent Continuum

What does global competence look like....in a STUDENT ?

Four key aspects of global competence. Globally Competent youth:

Investigate the world beyond their immediate environment by examining issues of local, global, and cultural significance;
Recognize, understand, and appreciate the Perspectives and world views of others;
Communicate ideas with diverse audiences by engaging in open, appropriate, and effective interactions across cultures; and
Take Action for collective well-being and sustainable development both locally and globally.

What do Globally Competent Students Look Like?By David Young - Globally competent students have a set of skills that support personal and professional productivity in their communities and in the world.

4 Components of Global Competence

Global Competence - Asia Society What can a global competent student do ? Global Competence is the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance. The global competence matrices help explain Global Competence and how to apply it. Six content-area matrices supplement a main matrix. ■ Outline of essential skills and concepts (big ideas) that connect the discipline with a global competence. A guide for teachers in designing lessons and assessments.

Educating for Global Competence:Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World Veronica Boix Mansilla & Anthony Jackson, Council of Chief State School Officers’ EdSteps Initiative & Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning. Main Textbook

What does global competence look like.... in a GLOBAL CITIZEN?

OXFAM Global Citizen Guide

A global citizen is someone who is aware of and understands the wider world - and their place in it. They take an active role in their community, and work with others to make our planet more equal, fair and sustainable.

What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?Hugh Evans started a movement that mobilizes "global citizens," people who self-identify first and foremost not as members of a state, nation or tribe but as members of the human race. In this uplifting and personal talk, learn more about how this new understanding of our place in the world is galvanizing people to take action in the fights against extreme poverty, climate change, gender inequality and more. "These are ultimately global issues," Evans says, "and they can only be solved by global citizens demanding global solutions from their leaders."

Global Education Assesement Tools

Teacher Leadership Competencies .pdf

Global Teacher Leadership Competencies Matrix

Checklist for Teaching for Global Competence.pdf

Checklist For Teaching Global Competence

Global Competence Matrices.pdf

Core Subject Global Competence Matrix

Global Digital Learning

If digital learning is to create positive change, we must embrace strategies that address our ever changing digital present.

Why we need a new approach to teaching digital literacy - kappanonline.orgTo assess the credibility of the information they find online, students should turn to the power of the web to determine its trustworthiness.

Digital Play for Global CitizensThis new publication introduces educators and parents to methods on how to use a multitude of innovative technology tools to help their students and children learn about, understand, and engage with our increasingly interconnected world.

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