Read the text again and answer the following questions 1-8, choosing the suitable answer (A, B, C or D).
1. The role that education must play in preparing all students for success in an interconnected world is
A outmoded
B defined by the new tendencies of the world
C challenged by school districts
D factory-age
2. The described strategies for change in education are necessary but
A not urgent
B more productive in some schools
C insufficient to create global citizens
D rigorous
3. The questions globally competent students ask and explore are
A globally meaningful
B may have one right answer
C relevant for their own community
D systematic
4. The understanding of others’ perspectives is (Choose two answers)
A clearly articulated
B informed by today’s context
C easily defined
D informed by historical knowledge about other cultures
5. Being media and artistically savvy means an ability to
A communicate with diverse audiences
B know how to choose technology and media
C know how effectively use technology and media
D all points mentioned above
6. Globally competent students are NOT
A actors
B artists
C bystanders
D players
7. Globally competent students learn to think like
A artists
B historians
C scientists
D all points mentioned above
8. Learning about and with the world (Choose two answers)
A occurs within and outside of school
B has short-term consequences
C is the work of a life time
D is fashionable
CONCEPT STUDY/LANGUAGE BASE
Study the concept of global competence and comment on the given visual model.
Discuss: What knowledge and skills must globally competent students have?
Classify the following characteristics of globally competent students according to the following criteria and complete the chart with suitable words and phrases.
· recognizing that they have a particular perspective
· being capable of making a difference
· understanding the world through an interdisciplinary lens
· effectively communicating, verbally and non-verbally
· learning to think like historians and scientists and artists
· understanding that audiences differ
· being aware, curious and interested in learning how the world works
· being life-long learners
· showing courage and to act and reflect on their actions
· comparing and contrasting perspectives and construct a new one
· asking and exploring critical questions and :researchable” problems
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· able to situate themselves in a variety of cultural contexts and diverse groups
· articulating and explaining the perspectives of other people
· identifying influences of perspectives
· being proficient in languages
· being media and artistically savvy
· identifying, collecting, and analyzing credible information from a variety of local, national and international sources
| Criteria | Investigate the World | Weigh Perspectives | Communicate Ideas | Take Action | Apply Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Expertise |
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Communicative Task: Role play the following situations with a partner.
1. A third-year exchange student is writing an essay on global education. Have a talk to the teacher (an expert, a friend) on the main points of the essay.
2. Discuss a lesson plan on global competence for the secondary school class where you work as a teacher trainee, with a teacher (an expert, a friend)
3. Conduct an interview (a press conference) on the issues related to global education.
Individual Project: Choose the topic from the list below, study it and prepare a mini-project, describing the concepts mentioned.
1. What does the concept of ‘community’ (e.g. individual and across the globe) and ‘global village’ imply?
2. What issues do globally significant questions (e.g. global challenges, local issues exemplifying global processes far beyond one’s backyards, etc.) address?
3. How do you understand the concept of ‘perspective’?
4. What examples of communicating ideas in a culturally diverse contexts and groups can you give?
5. What ways and strategies existing in the world illustrate the attempt of taking action to solve global issues?
6. What features and elements of global education can you trace?
7. What does the concept of life-long learning’ mean?
8. What does interconnected world and global reality of the 21st century mean?
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