Leading Learning: Education for Global Citizenship Presentation to the EU Delegates Max Kade Center

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Leading Learning Education for Global
Citizenship Presentation to the EU
DelegatesMax Kade Center for European German
Studies

• Pearl Sims
• Department of Leadership, Policy, and
  Organization
• Peabody College

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Next Economy

• Five central forces of the next economy
• Science and Knowledge Economy- need scientific
  and technological literacy
• Resource-Challenged Economy- need critical
  thinking about sustainable economies
• Globally Interdependent Economy- global
  competence is a core competence
• Demographically Diverse Economy- requires
  cross-cultural leadership skills
• Innovation-Driven Economy- requires students who
  can learn how to learn and adapt to rapid change

Source Thomas Friedman, the world is flat
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World Population
Population in millions, 2007
1322
497
301
142
128
EU
China
Japan
Russia
U.S.
Source EUROPA - The European Union at a glance
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World Economy
37 300
Size of economy
Wealth per person
27 800
24 700
10 793
10 035
10 000
6 400
3676
1 326
468
EU
China
Japan
Russia
U.S.
EU
China
Japan
Russia
U.S.
Size of economy Gross Domestic Product
in billion of euros, 2006
Wealth per person Gross Domestic Product per
person in Purchasing Power Standard, 2007
Source EUROPA - The European Union at a glance
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World Trade
Share of world trade in goods (2006)
Share of world trade in services (2005)
Source EUROPA - The European Union at a glance
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Mid-South and EU
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Mid-South and EU

• 9 billion investment of EU Members States in
  Tennessee alone
• Another 1 billion investment in Chattanooga, TN,
  as the site of the new Volkwagen AG factory.
• The Nissan Corporation, a joint venture with
  Renault in TN
• Mercedes in Tuscaloosa, AL
• BMW in Greenville, SC
• Thyssen AG in Mobile, AL

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Demographic Change In U.S.

• The U.S. population hit 300 million.
• Over half the U.S. population lives in 10 states.
  (California, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, New York,
  Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia)
• The fastest growing states are in the west and
  south

Source the center for pubic education
Population projections, 2000 to 2030, U.S.
Census. 2005
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Demographic Change In U.S.

• Whats the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in
  the U.S.?

Source Population projections, 2000 to 2030,
U.S. Census. 2005
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Demographic Change In U.S.

• The U.S. is growing older and more diverse at the
  same time.
• Non-Hispanic Whites are the oldest.
• 45 of children under 5 years belong to a racial
  or ethnic minority group
• Hispanics 13 of U.S. population projected to
  be 25 by 2050
• Asians 8 (increase from 3.8)
• 17 of the school-aged population lives in
  poverty
• 19 are children of immigrants
• Economic Changes
• (2004) Foreign-born workers comprise 14.5 of US
  labor force
• US-based multinational corporations employ 21.8
  million workers (1/5 total)

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Foreign-born population in TN

• Tennessee and Nashvilles foreign-born population
  grew by 169 percent and 203 percent between 1990
  and 2000 respectively.
• The TN state ranks sixth in the nation in the
  rate of its foreign-born populations growth
• The TN state is the fourth fastest growing state
  in Hispanic population.
• Within TN, most of the newcomer population
  flocked to Nashville and seven other adjacent
  outlying counties of middle Tennessee.
• The U.S. Department of State worked closely with
  three religiously affiliated charities to
  relocate refugees to Nashville. As a result,
  Nashville also has significant concentration of
  Middle Easterners and Europeans.

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Implications for Education

• School children are increasingly children of
  color
• The voting population is increasingly older and
  non-Hispanic White
• A multi-hued workforce will support this older
  population
• Achievement gaps will have ever more serious
  economic implications
• Increasing diversity in our schools and
  workplaces
• Increased populations from different parts of the
  world require a citizenry with increased
  understanding of other cultures
• US Hispanic population has grown 34 since 1995
  projected to grow 73 in the next 20 years
• US Asian and Pacific Islander population has
  grown 41 projected to grow 86

Source Ron Crouch for Center for Public
Education, 2007
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Implications for Education

• U.S. students will be
• Selling to the world Buying from the world
• Working for international companies
• Managing employees from other countries and
  cultures
• Competing with people on the other side of the
  world for jobs and markets
• Working with people all over the world in joint
  ventures and global work teams

• Solving global problems such as AIDS, avian flu,
  environmental problems, and resolving conflicts
• Pursuing future careers in business, government,
  science, health care, law enforcementall require
  greater international knowledge and skills
• Necessary to be exposed to international content
  before college
• Accessible to good jobs now requires new skills

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21st Century School
This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having about
education whether an entire generation of kids
will fail to make the grade in the global economy
because they cant think their way through
abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish
good information from bad, or speak a language
other than English. TIME Magazine, December
18, 2006
Source www.21stcenturyskills.org
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A forgotten concept global citizenship

• Only fifteen states contain the term
  globalization, and only two states included the
  term global citizen(ship) in their social studies
  curriculum standards.
• This absence of the terms that define the rapidly
  developing phenomenon of global citizenship in
  state curricular documents can negatively impact
  an important area of civic education.
• Content in social education is rapidly changing
  and educators have to make sure that our students
  will be prepared to become responsible and
  informed global citizens in the world of the
  future.

Source Journal of Social Studies Research 33 no1
Spring 2009
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21st Century Skills In the New Context
Source www.21stcenturyskills.org
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What is global awareness?

• International Knowledge
• other world regions, cultures, and global/
  international issues
• International Skill Set
• communicating in languages other than English,
• working in global or cross-cultural environments
• using information from different sources around
  the world
• International Disposition
• respect and concern for other cultures and peoples

Source http//wvconnections.k12.wv.us
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Implications for education

• Innovations in schools
• Principles for Redesigning Schools
• Integrate international content across curriculum
• Offer world languages, including less-commonly
  taught languages, for younger students
• Use technology to open students horizons and
  connect schools to schools around the world
• Partner with international businesses, museums,
  communities
• Encourage Internationally oriented community
  service

Source http//wvconnections.k12.wv.us
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Multicultural education

• Culture
• the attitudes, beliefs, values, and practices
  shared by a community of people which they often
  do not state or question and which they may not
  be consciously aware of. Julian
  Weissglass-1994
• Multicultural education
• Multicultural education is an approach to
  teaching and learning that is based upon
  democratic values and beliefs, and seeks to
  foster cultural pluralism within culturally
  diverse societies and an interdependent world.
  Christine I. Bennett, 1995 (p.
  13)

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Multicultural education

• SKILLS
• Cultural Competency
• Critical Thinking
• ICT Literacy
• Foreign Language

• KNOWLEDGE
• Global perspectives
• Social Studies
• All content areas

ATTITUDES/BEHAVIOR Life Skills Character
Source http//wvconnections.k12.wv.us
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Global culture
Multicultural education
Tour and detour methods trivialize, patronize,
and stereotype cultures by emphasizing
traditional costumes, foods, and dances while
avoiding the true picture of the everyday life of
the people from that culture. (Derman-Sparks,
1993)

• US culture
• Local culture
• School
• Culture

Source http//wvconnections.k12.wv.us
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• Recommendations to HE for curriculum threads for
  global citizenship