"Global competence" refers to having the knowledge, skills, and understanding necessary to interact and engage with people from different cultures and countries around the world. It involves being aware of and respecting different perspectives, values, and traditions, and being able to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries.
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And it certainly does not mean adding new school subjects, but rather how we integrate aspects
of global competence into disciplinary contexts.
Instruction aimed at helping students
develop global competence does not need to be restricted to social studies or global studies courses.
But nowhere do policymakers or educators have ready answers about how to embed
global competence in schools and learning.
That lead subject is going to be the new
global competence tests, when the results of tests taken in 2018 are published in 2019.
Promoting global competence makes students more open - minded, accepting, and able to adapt to changing circumstances regardless of socio - cultural, geographic, and other demographic differences.
A big part of the problem is that there is no clear definition of
what global competence should embrace, and how to make it measurable for educational policy and practice.
To reach every student — especially the most marginalized — developing the capacity of educators to teach for
global competence requires systematic professional learning.
Students gain
global competence by practicing skill development in the classroom and applying their learning to real - world topics.
Participants will identify barriers to global education in their context and will learn from examples of schools already
incorporating global competence in K - 12 systems.
The chart on the preceding page lists just a few examples of instructional strategies that can be used across disciplines to support students in developing
key global competence skills.
While the definition
of global competence is dynamic, these soft skills and characteristics are widely seen as what students need to be globally competent today.
• educating
for global competence, • encouraging creativity and «maker thinking» in children, • growing up in the digital age, and • making learning and thinking visible.
Develop and articulate a concise rationale for organizing your practice to
promote global competence and explore strategies for advancing this work.
The OECD PISA framework defines
global competence as: «the capacity to examine local, global, and intercultural issues, to understand and appreciate the perspectives and world views of others, to engage in open, appropriate and effective interactions with people from different cultures, and to act for collective well - being and sustainable development.»
The new
global competence framework will inform the PISA test given in 2018, with the first findings to come in 2019 as part of the results analysis.
This is the premier, online, graduate - level certificate program in
global competence education for in - service educators developed by Teachers College — Columbia University, World Savvy, and the Asia Society.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Education in England told BI: «All schools are already required to teach pupils to have a mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs, so in order to not place additional burden on them, we will not be taking part in this smaller scale
Global Competence assessment.»
OECD and the Center for Global Education worked with academics, educators, and stakeholders in the global education field over several years to
define global competence for primary and secondary education.
The Center also has extensive experience supporting educators to integrate
global competence into their teaching.
Resources such as these help schools certify their teachers as global educators through the Teachers College
Global Competence Certificate, George Mason University's degrees in international education, or the Global Education Conference.
But it said that «like more than half of the 80 countries» taking Pisa tests, it would not place an «additional burden» on schools with the
new global competence test.
«Ultimately, the strength of our democracies, the inclusivity of our economic growth and the sustainability of life on our planet will pivot, in no small measure, on our capacity to cultivate
global competence among all children and youth.
Coauthored with Anthony Jackson, the book addresses what
global competence looks like and how educators can best prepare students to...
During these sessions, teachers learned
about global competence education, analyzed standards and curriculum, and collaborated to develop the requirements students would need to fulfill to earn the designation of Global Scholar upon graduating from high school.
The idea is to provide an internationally comparative Pisa assessment that would offer the first comprehensive overview of education systems» success in preparing young people to have
such global competence.
Think Tank on Global Education invites educators to be at the forefront of testing and developing cutting - edge curriculum to
advance global competence in global studies, in classrooms, schools and districts.
The framework
casts global competence comprehensively, as involving cognitive, socio - emotional, and civic dispositions.
The PISA assessment of
Global Competence provides a yardstick to assess to what extent education systems are living up to that expectation.»
The authors of Educating for
Global Competence assert that in order to solve the earth's most pressing problems, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge are needed.
This has inspired the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to
include global competence in its metrics for quality, equity and effectiveness in education.
Specifically, Boix Mansilla and Jackson
explore global competence as defined by a recent collaboration between the Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
The 2018 assessment will put a larger emphasis on reading literacy and
add global competence as a subject to measure whether students have the skills and attitudes needed «to interact effectively and appropriately with people in different countries and with people of different cultures in their local context,» according to the OECD.
Learn about new
global competence courses offered by the Center for Global Education in collaboration with Arizona State University designed for educators in schools and in out - of - school time.
As part of the program, Diana will go through robust, year - long professional development and complete Year One of VIF International Education's Global Gateway, an online course designed to be a foundation for
understanding global competence.
Knowing what is going on in the world around you, or the fact that there is more to be known about life outside of your town can be the beginning of anyone's
global competence journey.