This blog will be about the personal awareness of being global.
By definition the word global means relating to the whole world or worldwide. and relating to or embracing the whole of something, or a group of things and is what many educators wanna strive to become. A major part in becoming global is the enhancement of the personal awareness of what is and what is possible globally, this awareness is shown by three examples and these examples will be listed below. The examples come from my readings of the book “The Global Educator” by Julie Lindsay.
A first example of this from the book is a teacher named Stephanie from the USA no last name is mentioned but Stephanie states that becoming a global educator is inspiring but takes work. she says that before becoming global the teacher must be deeply engaged, in which this process takes time and effort to identify resources in order to prepare and execute lessons. Summing it up if the teacher is fully and deeply engaged and takes the time and correct steps they can fully maximize the global learning for their students.
A second example from the book is Stephanie Wujcik Edna also from the USA. Stephanie W.E. says the biggest impact on teachers learning to be global is the conversations, training, and support that have given teachers the permission to dream big and take risks when creating assignments for their students. “The kids love having the opportunity to get to know others around the world. They get so excited!” (Pg. 49 “The Global Educator”)
A third example from the book is from Matt Harris from the USA but now works in indonesia. Matt is influenced by the word cosmopolitanism since the word relates to being a global citizen and being able to use global perspective and work and live beyond his home country.
In a recap all these examples show that becoming global is the enhancement of the personal awareness of being global.
This video is a TED talk on what it means to be a citizen of the world!
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