Getting into Global Education can be confusing. Global Education is more than just teaching the continents and learning Spanish. Global Education is a purposeful pedagogy that creates global citizens. However, teachers that are just starting their Global Education journeys may find it difficult to know the components of a Global Education, as well as how to assess students' mastery of the topics. Below are some resources to help teachers-- seasoned and not-- to figure out parts of Global Education and some guides for assessment.
This is a diagram (found on a Google search) about the components of Global Education. They are: Investigate the World, Recognize Perspectives, Communicate Ideas, and Take Action. Although other tools on this page are helpful for assessing student learning, I find this tool helpful to assess my own teaching practices. When writing lessons or plans, I use this is as a guide to make sure what I am teaching is heading in a Global Education direction.
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching is a program through the University of Michigan. They have a center for intercultural competence, and their website has lots of fantastic resources, both for student assessment and for interesting personal reading. One rubric in particular, the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Value rubric is especially well organized to assess student mastery (link found below).
Although many organizations helped to create this wonderful Global Education matrix, the main link that I have found is through the NEA Foundation website. The NEA, Asia Society, Edsteps.org, and the Council of Chief State School Officers worked in a partnership to create this matrix which allows teachers to see examples of each part of the Global Competency digram (from above). I think this rubric is the most user-friendly example and gives the most information without being overwhelming. Click on the logo to see this awesomely helpful matrix.
World Savvy is a fabulous organization, whose mission is to create a world of globally competent and proactive citizens-- thus, an organization devoted to doing what we want to be doing too. Any seasoned or potential global educator can learn a lot from this website and the organization's mission. There is tons of informative reading on the website, and many good ideas as well. One thing I want to highlight is the World Savvy toolkit. Clicking on the World Savvy logo to the left will take you directly to the Toolkit section of their site. Here you can find ideas, resources, rubrics, and explanations of many Global Education topics.
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