1. Kaplan University ED553

2. “Education is key to building the sense of global citizenship that global problem-solving requires” --J.F. Rischard

3.  A Moral Imperative  With it: Value  Without it: Cost  Self preservation!

4.  What will the class of 2025 need to be viable as a citizen?  As a employee?  As a leader?

5.  Problem Solving Skills  Values  Life and work Skills  Citizenship Skills

6.  Critical Thinking  Non violent problem solving  Ethical decision making

7.  Basic  Scientific  Economic Information “Information and communication technologies are raising the bar on the competencies needed to succeed in the 21st century" - 21st Century Literary Summit (AOL Time Warner and Bertelsmann Foundation sponsored)

8.  Multicultural literacy – ability to understand and appreciate similarities/differences in customs, values and beliefs of cultures.  Students aware of how previous affect how they and others think and behave.  Actively engage with other cultures: languages, interaction

9. What is Information Literacy?  Access information, filter it discriminatingly, synthesize it meaningfully (ACE)  Have the ability to locate, access, evaluate and use information effectively. (ALA)  Evaluate information: detect bias, distinguish fact from opinion, develop reasoned arguments (BCTF)

10.  Why?

11. Which languages will be not a feature but a benefit in terms of market niche and long-term advantage to graduates? ( Russian after Sputnik, Arabic, Chinese now) “Chinese is strategic in a way that a lot of other languages aren’t…. Planning to be ready to engage with (the Chinese) rather than only thinking of them in terms of a challenge or a competitor is the smart thing to do.” Scott McGinnis, on the rising popularity of Chinese in American public schools. (Newsweek, 10/24/05)

12.  Global Awareness: Recognition and understanding of interrelationships among international organizations, nation-states, economic entities, socio-cultural groups and individuals. (Global education checklist -Czarra, 2002-03)

13. Students are knowledgeable of connectedness of nations historically, politically, economically, technologically, socially, linguistically and ecologically. Understand role of US in international relations. (Global education checklist -Czarra, 2002-03)

14.  Ethics- ability to not only distinguish right from wrong, but to make informed choices between two rights,  Honesty  Respect, tolerance, acceptance  Willingness to look at things from the other culture’s perspective

15.  Commitment to social justice.  Concern for the common good.  Caring, compassion.  Open mindedness  Personal responsibility

16.  Communication skills  Curiosity  creativity  risk taking  interpersonal skills  Self-direction and ability to work w/out supervision

17.  Civic responsibility as well as freedom  Democratic skills: commitment to democracy, understand democratic values and processes, speaking and debating skill  Citizen locally, nationally, globally

18.  Global citizens, some leaders, more social entrepreneurs.  The social entrepreneur uses skills and values to create SOCIAL worth  Social entrepreneurs produce healthy societies and sustainable development. - Klaus Schwab (WEF founder)

19.  Thoughts?  Ideas?