May 19, 2011 Larson Hall, Harvard Graduate School- Education
I am currently participating in the 2011 Harvard Think Tank -Global Education
Birmingham Schools, MI sent five administrators here for two days. Very excited and can see how this will push us to the next level when it comes to Global Education.
We are speaking about global competencies and how federal, state, and local perspectives are sometimes not connected.
Tony Jackson speaks about an International School in Denver - teaching global competencies...
http://m.youtube.com/index?client=mv-google&desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US&rdm=4mltwaymy#/watch?v=vJSkkmqob7Q
join the discussion on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harvards-Advanced-Leadership-Education-Think-Tank/143346279065596
"What are schools for?"
Your thoughts?
Carissa Johnson from World Savvy
worldsavvy.org
http://worldsavvy.org/blog/category/C2
Discussing how to assess global competencies. "We find out what we don't know!" Its a process...
short video of her presentation
http://m.youtube.com/index?client=mv-google&desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US&rdm=4mltwaymy#/profile?user=AHartleyBCS
Panel discussion:
Diverse learner- hands on- share various skills
Dealing with the change when moving to a global perspective...
Find the right teachers (they tend to be around for a long time..principal may leave and central office may move on...having consistent global mindsets from teachers is key)
http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/why-change.html
Getting to the level we normally do not reach within the classroom...allowing students to stretch their boundaries and connect it to all corners of the world
(How do we do this at BPS? What, Who, Why should we be moving even further into global competencies?)
Think Tank participant... "Teacher engagement = student engagement"
Is this true?? Your thoughts?
What is our responsibility as an educator? Teach ABOUT history and teach ABOUT literature...
or to model LEARNING FROM history and literature??
Alan November podcast- not a part of the Think Tank but connects to the discussions!
http://novemberlearning.com/students-as-contributors-a-podcast-with-silvia-tolisano/
Hans R- Global Growth- Are we prepared?...are we even aware?
Thoughts??
http://m.youtube.com/index?client=mv-google&desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US&rdm=4mltwaymy#/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
Consultancy
Groups of 6-7 met to discuss challenges in todays schools as it pertains to their specific position and/or school.
Common challenge:
Moving to a global focus when there are already too many tasks and too many expectations placed on standardized/uniform testing.
How do we create a global focus without making it just something more but making it the core of our tasks.
May 20, 2011
http://www.avenues.org/world-school
First Speaker Today:
Tyler Tingley, Co-Head of School - see Biography here http://www.avenues.org/school-head-tyler-tingley
Tyler was asked about how they are dealing with the tuition cost and opening up this school for more than the wealthy families in New York City-
Your thoughts?
Panel: Global Connections
Michael Harvey, Principal of Belmont High School
http://www.belmont.k12.ma.us/bhs/
Partnership with Chinese schools- a global experience
Study Questions:
How does your school integrate global content while staying true to content standards?
What strategies have you developed to assess students' development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of global connections/competencies?
Benefits to global connections:
An expanded sense of community- our communities now span across states, countries, continents
How are we providing opportunities for our students to span their community?
Empathy- We teach about poverty in America...do we need to also include other countries economic issues as the world continues to become smaller?
Two ways to look at Global education- Bak Fun Wong
http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/staff/bak-fun-wong
Do we as educators...
1. Look at us and project our perspective to the rest of the world. Are we making everyone an honoree American?
2. Ask how do we fit into the world? and expand from there.
Good example of students looking at other cultures, gaining global perspectives
http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/whitmer/
"Two different kinds of students in schools, one receives report cards and one receives pay checks"
Great comment-
Focus on similarities/commonalties before differences when comparing various cultures/groups
Humility is key- Approach new cultures through the lens of a student/learner
Using Technology to Facilitate Global Education
Making global connections through technology (skyped with Roy M!)
Food for thought- only 2000 students nation wide have participated in exchange programs this year that is a decline over the last five years
It cost $4000.00-$12,000.00 to study abroad...millions will not go
How can we give them the important global experiences they otherwise would not experience?
do you have a story? share it at:
http://www.connectallschools.org/
Professional Dev. for Connected Learning Environment
Questions:
What is the role of pre-service teacher preparation and in-service teacher professional development?
What kinds of learning experiences are important to ensure that global perspectives are infused into student learning ad teacher classroom practice?
What type of content, connections, and collaborations are most critical to support educators in their efforts to globalize education?
How does global PD impact school culture and student learning, at all levels and across the curriculum?
Primary Source
http://www.facebook.com/primarysourceorg
Paul Beran
Director
Outreach Center
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University
Globally Connected: Middle East Studies and the K-12 Classroom
Approach...content...pedagogy
Niklaus Stetiner
http://www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak/steiner.html
"You can have a global experience in your own local community"
The term global is geographically wholistic (connecting that with this) doesn't have to be international.
Who are we connecting with to help us understand different perspectives to help us frame ours?
My top five take aways:
5. Global education does not have to be across the globe. Learning from, learning with, and embracing different perspectives from the community down the street is global education.
4. This is not specific to education but rather is a transformation society as a whole will have to endure. Technology...media..etc...has placed our worlds problems into the laps of our children. How will we (schools) help them understand these issues and how they translate in their world?
3. Professional Development can either advocate for global education or be a barrier to global education. Are we teaching facts about various places across the globe?- this is not global education...or are we learning from various places and connecting the similarities and differences to our lives?
2. Global education is not going away. We must look at all of our curriculum/instructional practices through the lens of global citizens. Whether it is math, science, engineering technology, etc...how are we making these classes relevant to the ever changing world and creating globally connected opportunities for everyone.
1. The people I talked with, agreed with, argued with, and created ideas with are from many different states, countries and continents - this is what made the last 2 days worth the trip-Our students need to have these opportunities at the very place they spend the majority of their time...school!!
Gary Marx is participating in the Think tank-
here is his 16 trends
http://staffdev.henrico.k12.va.us/la/files/16%20trends.pdf
16 trends wiki space
http://16trends.greenwich.wikispaces.net/Home
Natasha Warikoo
Action Research/Ethnic studies- Harvard University
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty_research/profiles/cv/natasha_warikoo.pdf
Immigration and race in the US
power point coming soon
Questions:
1. How should American and global inequality inform students' understandings of the world?
2. What does it mean to have a multicultural classroom and curriculum, beyond international food and dance festivals?
3. What kind of school practices and cultures promote intercultural competency?
4. How can educators supporter ethnic and racial integration in schools?
