Sentences with phrase «teaching global competencies»

«We created the Global Learning Fellowship to provide professional development in teaching global competencies and to support educators as they integrate these skills into classroom instruction.»

Teaching global competencies is an essential part of being an educator in the 21st century.

The purpose of this presentation was to address teaching global competencies to students and how they are an essential part of being an educator in the 21st century.

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She handled day - to - day aspects for two federally - funded programs, GET SET (Global Education for Tomorrow in Science, Engineering, and Technology) which engaged students, teachers, and parents in a suite of learning activities designed to increase student interest in pursuit of advanced course - taking, and careers in engineering and other STEM areas, and DC ACTS (DC Advancing Competencies in Technology and Science), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching pedagogy.

Working with educators, we are updating the curriculum and assessment practices for the teaching of the global competencies that are necessary for the current and future economy, such as critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, self - direction, collaboration, communication, global citizenship, and sustainability.

Fernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.

In Teaching and Learning for the Twenty - First Century, Reimers and his co-editor, HGSE lecturer Connie K. Chung, explore how school systems in six countries are defining and supporting these global competencies.

Educators today face the task of teaching children a new set of social, academic, and civic competencies to navigate a growing global economy and ever - changing society.

Note: Live streaming of this event will begin May 9 at 5 p.m. Educators today face the task of teaching children a new set of social, academic, and civic competencies to navigate a growing global economy and ever - changing society.

This reflects the increasing understanding that in rapidly changing knowledge economies, critical thinking and problem solving are important parts of the new global skill set, whereas the labor market demand for routine cognitive competencies — the kinds of skills that are easy to teach and test — has declined rapidly over recent decades.

Harshman's involvement in a number of global competency professional development efforts in the Midwest in places like Ohio and Illinois not only keep him busy, but, «energized by the creativity and interest to teach students about their interdependency with and responsibility to people they may never meet and places they may never go.»