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Globalization and Education

Chapter Eight

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Trends That Affect Students

Globalization: Increasing global interdependence in economic, cultural, social, & tech spheres
Knowledge economy: Dominated by exchange of knowledge
Knowledge is an important asset and a product of major economic & cultural value
There exists a fiercely competitive global work force

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What Students Need to Thrive

Skills that must be taught in school:
Technological
Collaborative
Creative problem-solving
Fluency in languages besides English

Personal traits that are important:
Flexibility, comfort with change
Curiosity, passion for learning

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How do we prepare for change?

Learn how to learn
Students need to understand their cognitive styles so they can approach a learning task effectively

Students need more depth, less breadth
What we learn could quickly be outdated
A solid understanding of current events is vital

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Teach Students How to Learn

Watch the TeachSource Video Case, “Metacognition: Helping Students Become Strategic Learners”
What metacognitive strategies, if any, do you employ when reading this textbook?

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21st Century Job Requirements

Knowledge of the world
Creative problem-solving skills
Ability to manage new information sources
Sort, interpret, validate, and act on vast amounts of fast-changing information
Collaboration skills
Cultural sensitivity and fluency in other languages are important skills for global teams

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Welcoming More Diversity

Watch the TeachSource Video Case, “Diversity: Teaching in a Multiethnic Classroom”
In what ways does this American classroom feel like a global classroom?
How does this activity act as a window and a mirror for the students in the class?
Why might some people criticize the use of an ancient Japanese art form for storytelling?
How does this activity foster an appreciation of global differences?

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Cross-cultural Learning

ePals Global Community
Links students in 200 countries
Teacher can choose match by type of school, age range of students, languages spoken
Example of cross-cultural science project
By high school students from 3 countries
They describe collaboration process

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Support for Cross-cultural Education

Intercultural E-mail Class Connections

International Ed. and Resource Network

United Nations programs

Lesson plans & videos on global issues

Info about educational videoconferencing

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NASA Videoconferencing

Part of the pre-conference materials sent to help teachers prepare their students for a discussion about asteroids

Source: NASA Digital Learning Network, Asteroids PowerPoint Presentation, http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=67

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Videoconferencing

Real-time audio & video communication that allows people in different locations to “meet face-to face”
“Virtual field trips” to museums, zoos
NASA scientists and engineering experts videoconference with students
Provide pre- and post-conference materials to teachers

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Videogames and Education

Videogame culture: gaming refers to playing computer and video games. Video game culture is a form of new media that has enormous potential for teaching and learning.

When developed correctly, games can

engage players in learning that is specifically applicable to school curriculum.

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Online Classes (Distance Learning)

Students and teachers in different places
Increasingly common at high school level
How they work:
Students communicate daily with teacher
Counselor tracks students’ progress
Student needs maturity, motivation, and good work habits to succeed.
High school students who cannot find courses offered in their own schools can now take these courses online! Especially important in rural areas.

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Distance Learning and Equity

Especially important in poor and rural pre-K–12 schools that……
May lack resources for advanced classes
Can provide cultural enrichment in schools with limited diversity
In all schools:
Can provide classes that would be otherwise unavailable to students
Opportunity for international study, cross-cultural experience

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Online Teachers

Your job is to help students:
Make meaning of information
Develop skills for polite cross-cultural communication
Collaborate in a productive manner
This teaching environment changes:
Teacher-student interactions
Peer communication
Assessment and accountability

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Conclusion

It is hard to predict what the world will be like when your students become adults
Connectivity, communication, and collaboration are the new “reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic”
We need the “three Rs” to master the “three Cs”
To teach today, we must keep pace with rapid change;
Global communication challenges us to expand our vision and work for positive change!