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Week13:OnBecomingGlobal
Teacher
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Whatar
etheEl
ement
sofGl
obal
l
yCompet
entTeachi
ng?Expl
ainBr
ief
ly.

El
ement
sofGl
obal
lyCompet
entTeachi
ng
El
ement1:Empat hyandvaluingmul t
ipl
eperspecti
ves.
 Empat hymeansput tingy our
selfint
heshoesofot herstounderst
andt hem
whole-heart
edly
. Chal l
enging our personalassumpt i
ons to understand
viewpoint
st hatdif
ferf r
om ourown.Weshoul dv aluediver
seperspecti
v es,
incl
udingthosethatchall
engeourown.
El
ement2:Commi tmentt opromot i
ngequi tywor l
dwi de.
 Equityisput ti
ngef f
ortbasedonwhatwasoneneededt oachi ev eequal i
ty
amongot hers.Inclassroom set t
ing,engagest udent'sinoppor tuniti
est hat
addresspar ti
cularissuesofl ocaland/ orgl obali nequi
ty( e.
g.,pov ertyand
discri
mi nati
on).Teacher staker esponsibil
i
tyf orhelpingstudentsandot her
si n
schoolt or ecognize inequiti
es.Fur ther,act i
vel
y seek t o under st
and why
inequit
iesexi standchal l
enget hoseunder l
yingcauses.Leadst udent sand
othersinschool toactoni ssuesofequi tylocall
yandgl oball
y.

El
ement3:Understandi
ngofgl obalconditi
onsandcur rentevents.
 Becomingawar eofthecur renttr
ends,issuesandl atesthappeningsar ound
thewor l
dar enecessarytot ackl
et heproblemsandsuggestasol uti
onasa
globalciti
zen.Regul arl
y seek r esour
ces f rom v ari
ed perspectiv
es and
opport
uniti
est ost
ayinformedonl ocalandgl obali
ssues.Ithi
nkcri
tical
lyabout
thepotenti
alimpactofcurrenteventsonfutureconditi
ons,

El
ement4:Under standingoft heway st hatthewor l
disi nter connected.
 Under standi
ng gl obalcondi tionsand cur rentev ent sr equir
esan openness
towar dseekingmul ti
pleper spect iveondi f
ferentissues.Teacher scancr i
ti
call
y
analyzeway st hatgl obalinter connect ednesscont ributest oinequit i
eswi t
hin
andbet weennat i
ons.Al so,canexpl ainhow act ionst heyt akeatt helocal,
national,orinternati
onall eveladdr essi nequiti
esr elatedt oouri nt
er connected
wor l
d.
El
ement5:Exper i
ent i
alunder standi ngofmul tiplecul t
ures.
 Itentail
scr i
tical
lyrelati
ngmul t
ipleculturalimmer sionexper i
encest oeach
otherandt oourper spectivesandpr actices.Teacher smodi fytheir
educat i
onal practi
cesand/ oradv ocatef orchangi ngeducat i
onalpoliciesand
practicesbaseduponi mmer sionexper i
encesandmul ti
pleperspectiv es.
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sprov
ideprogramsforstudent
stoexperi
enceot
hercul
tur
eby
i
mmer si
onorexchangestudent
sinter
nat
ional
lyorl
ocal
ly
.

Element6:Under standi ngofi ntercultur alcommuni cat i

on.
 An under standi ng of i ntercul tural communi cat i
on can hel p t eacher s
communi catei nmul ti
plel anguagesandf acili
tatei nter cult
ur alconv ersati
ons
and par t
ner shi pswi t
ht heirst udent s.Communi cat ion as one oft he 21st
cent uryski ll
sr equi r
edt or eflectonhow par ticularl anguagesandmodesof
communi cationar ev aluedmor et hanot hersandt heef fectt hatt hishason
i
dent i
ty .
Element7:Communi cat einmul tiplel anguages.
 I ti
sat eacher '
sski ll
sbei ngf luenti natl eastt wol anguagesandseek
oppor t
uni tiest ouset hem i nschool sandcommuni ties.
Element8:Cr eat eacl assr oom env ironmentt hatv aluesdi ver sityandgl obal
engagement .
 Teacher shel pst udent sdev elopaconcer nf orglobal issues, ani nterestin
l
ear ningmor eaboutdi versecul tures, andadesi retot akeact ion.
Element9:I ntegr atel ear ni
ngexper i
encesf orst udentst hatpr omot econt ent -
aligned
explor
at i
onsoft hewor ld.
 Asat eacher ,weshoul dr egul ar l
yi ntegrater eal-wor l
dandchal l
enginggl obal
l
ear ning exper iences al igned wi th my st udent s’i nterests and cont ent
standar ds.I ti si mpor tantt o r ef l
ecton my st udent s’gl oball earning
exper iences and r ev i
se my t eachi ng accor di
ngl y .Isuppor tt he school
communi tyini nt egratinggl obal l
ear ningexper iences.
Element10:Faci l
itatei nt erculturalandi nter nationalconv ersat i
onst hatpr omot e
acti
velisteni ng, cr i
ticalt hinking, andper spect i
ver ecogni tion.
 Pr ov ideongoi ngoppor tuniti
esf orst udent st oconv er sewi thi ndividual sfrom
othercul turesornat i
ons,i n whi ch st udentsdemonst rate act iv
el i
stening,
cri
tical thinki ng, andper spect iver ecogni tion.

El
ement11:Dev el
opl ocal,nati
onal,
andinter
nationalpar
tner
shipsthatprovi
der
eal-
worl
dcontext
sf orgloballearningopport
unit
ies.
 Iti sto gui de ourst udent
st o dev el
op local
,national
,andinter
nat
ional
part
nershi
ps,directtheirowncommuni cati
onwi t
hthesepartner
s,anddevel
op
thei
rownglobal lear
ningopportuni
ti
es.

El
ement12:Dev elopanduseappr opr
iatemet hodsofinqui
rytoassessstudents'
gl
obalcompetencedev el
opment.
 21stcent ur yteacher
s shoul
d dev elop and use f
requent
,aut hent
ic,and
di
ffer
enti
at edassessmentsofstudents’gl
obalcompetencedevel
opment .Ican
provi
de st udent
s wi t
h constructi
ve f eedback and analyze student s’
perfor
mance t
oi nform subsequentinstr
uction.Most i
mport
ant
ly,gui
de
studentst
oev
aluat
et hei
rownglobalcompetencedev
elopment
.