Global competence can be broken down into: investigate the world, recognise perspectives, communicate ideas, take action. In their schools they are trying to foster inter-disciplinary learning as life is not compartmentalised. To make a school global there is a need to address this at all levels, global is at the centre of every aspect of practice, particularly project based, inquiry learning and focus on world languages.
Strategies to become more global are: 1) make your pitch for being global 2) overcome reasons for not becoming globally competent 3) make strategic upgrades (opportunities for inquiry, global electives/languages/travel etc.) 4) leverage technology (iEARN, flat classroom, teach unicef etc.) 5) Grow your own global leaders 6) create your own global networks (relationships, resources, resiliency) Two great ideas I took from this are that you need to encourage teachers to have global experiences so they can see the relevance to bring it into their teaching. The second is the idea of a six word story where you can ask students or colleagues to answer using six words which has the benefits of being concise and is a great exit strategy to summarise learning. Here are the links from the session http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html http://asiasociety.org/files/book-globalcompetence.pdf
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AuthorEmma Ahmed is a learning coach and curriculum coordinator at International Schools. Archives
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