Global+Awareness

=9.1 Global Awareness=


 * How would you define global awareness?
 * To what extent would you say global awareness is an important 21st century skill? Please explain your answer.

Global awareness is the understanding of events and places around the world. I think the world in the 21st century is getting smaller by the day. I feel having an understanding of world events, cultures and the locations of places around the world is a very important skill for our students to have. Especially in a place as diverse as Malden.

After reading the article, I stand by a lot of what I said above. The article really just expanded on my initial thoughts. There is no doubt the world is becoming smaller every day. A point that Thomas Friedman makes in his book (he calls the world flatter). This point is easy to bring home to my students due to the fact that I teach World History I. I explain that Guttenburg's printing press is our version of the Internet. The interconnectedness of the world is shocking and to be a citizen of the world you have to be a globally aware individual. I thought the strength of the novel was the use of words like conflict, cooperation, interdependence, empathy, and perspective taking to explain what global awareness is. The article also states that a key to being globally aware is the ability to collaborate and use technology in a beneficial way. I will end by saying, the use of technology in Social Studies is a great way to teach global education.

[|Global Education Article]

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