Boix Mansilla, V., & Jackson, A. (2011). Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. Retrieved July 1, 2018, from http://asiasociety.org/files/book-globalcompetence.pdf
This book is rooted in the Asia Society and CCSSO’s values to develop working relationships between Asia and the United States. They do this work through engaging in dialogues, creative expressions, and developing the knowledge and skill base needed in learners to be successful within a global society. This was especially useful to my work in analyzing cross-cultural collaboration through technology and reading their findings on the change within student’s perspectives in doing this work.
Boss, S. (2008, July 21). Global Learning: Connecting the World with ePals [Web log post]. Retrieved July 2, 2018, from https://www.edutopia.org/epals-online- community-pen-pals
This was an article about two classrooms that connected through blogging with the technology tool, ePals. It explained how these two schools, one in New Jersey and the other in Kenya, were blogging about water and how they connected over learning about the others’ access to water; including both their transportation modes and cleanliness of water. Through this dialogue students were able to build empathy. This was useful to my work, in seeing the rapport the students built with one another and how it changed over time.
Caughell, L. (2018). Teaching students to hear the other side: Using web design and election events to build empathy in the political science classroom. PS, Political Science & Politics, 51(3), 659-663. Doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/10.1017/S1049096518000082
This was a very interesting study that focused on political science majors developing empathy for a candidate in which they did not approve of through the use of blogging. This piece argued that technology was able to foster a high level of empathy between the students and the candidate that they did not originally approve of. I utilized this source to see empathy development through technology tools at a collegiate level.
Franzese, Paula A. 2017. The Power of Empathy in the Classroom. Seton Hall Law Review, 23. Retrieved from http://za2uf4ps7f.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+Power+of+Empathy+in+the+Classroom&rft.jtitle=Seton+Hall+Law+Review&rft.au=Franzes%2C+Paula+A&rft.date=2017-03-22&rft.pub=Seton+Hall+University%2C+School+of+Law&rft.issn=0586-5964&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=693&rft.externalDBID=BKMMT&rft.externalDocID=511222683
Franzese explains the importance of empathy within the context of classrooms, but also explains how educators need to utilize empathic pathways to model empathy to students daily. Additionally, there are good classroom strategies for fostering empathy as well as sample conversations among students and teachers in regards to building empathy within the classroom through several tools. I utilized this as another point of reference for how empathy can be developed within classrooms.
Patterson, Q. (2015, July 08). Technology Is Crucial to Advance Global Education Retrieved from http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2015/07/technology_is_crucial_to_advance_global_education.html
This article outlines the challenges and benefits that educators face in implementing useful technology into building their students’ global competencies. Additionally, it outlines technologies that support building these global connections for students as well educator supports. In offering up collaborative spaces for educators to access ideas, it is their goal that they will provide more students with rich global learning experiences.
Salmon, A. K., Gangotena, M. V., & Melliou, K. (2018). Becoming Globally Competent Citizens: A Learning Journey of Two Classrooms in an Interconnected World. Early Childhood Education Journal,46(3), 301-312. Retrieved July 2, 2018, from https://link-springer-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/article/10.1007/s10643-017-0860-z.
This study was conducted in two kindergarten classrooms that had many similarities in terms of socioeconomic status and diversity. One of the classrooms being researched was in Greece and the other in the United States. Using Harvard’s Project Zero Out of Eden Learn project students were able to have hands-on meaningful experiences, gain deep understandings of themselves as well as investigate contemporary global issues. This was valuable in my research because I was able to see how empathy could be built using thinking routines, technology, and already existing curriculum in both schools to promote these ideals.
Tarrant, C., Godwin, K., Daniel, S., & Bolton, D. (2013). Empathy 2.0 and the wonderful world of wiki collaboration. Voices from the Middle, 20(3), 47-51. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/docview/1324444967?accountid=12598
This study explains the crucial time in a student’s development that happens in middle school in establishing their view of individuality and diversity. This study was conducted through a language arts unit designed by a group of teachers. These teachers used blogging through wiki as a means of connection with other schools and found that student posts and responses were directed by their own social and cultural contexts and put into practice ideas around empathy in their responses with other students.
Teaching Global Competence: The benefits of Promoting Cultural Diversity, Tolerance, and Empathy in Curriculum to Foster Global Awareness. (2013, January 30). Retrieved July 3, 2018, from https://www.edutopia.org/stw-global-competence-classroom-tips-video
This article identifies a school in Seattle that is not only teaching their students about global issues and building empathy, but how they are challenging their students to engage in solving problems that our world currently faces. There are several suggestions offered on the best ways to begin the path of global education within your school. For example, parent involvement, evolving curriculum based on students’ interests and needs, and how to effectively build empathy among students through a curriculum centered in global awareness. This school inspired me, the work that they do centered around technology and global education is authentic.
The Empathy Training Project. (n.d.). Elements of Empathy Wheel. Retrieved July 8, 2018, from http://empathytrainingproject.org/elements-of-empathy/
This site is a project that has tons of free resources but also access to images to help identify the key components to developing empathy. I utilized this site for a graphic within my poster design.