Teaching the European Union

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Teaching the European Union

• One Teachers Perspective

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Why I teach the eu
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Integrating the EU into your curriculum
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How I integrate the EU into my curriculum

• The EU can be used to teach
• Content
• Concepts
• Issues
• Skills

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Teaching content

• History
• Government politics
• Geography
• Statistics
• Economics
• Environmental science
• Foreign language
• Literature

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Teaching concepts

• Sovereignty and supranationalism
• Political and economic integration
• Currency and exchange rates
• Sustainability and conservation
• Renewable/non-renewable energy sources
• Culture and customs
• Literary themes

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Teaching issues

• Refugees and asylum
• Immigration and xenophobia
• Globalization
• Climate change
• Environment water use, pollution, soil
  conservation
• Population growth energy consumption

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Teaching skills

• Cooperation
• Debate and discussion
• Role playing
• Critical thinking
• Map graph reading

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The EU and Global Education
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The EU and Global Education

• Cases Cognitive Affective Goals for Global Ed
• Openmindedness
• Anticipation of complexity
• Inclination to empathize
• Hanveys Core Content for Global Ed
• State of the planet awareness
• Cross-cultural awareness
• Awareness of human choices

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My Lesson Plan
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Student engagement
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Incorporating technology

• YouTube
• Wikis
• Blogs
• E-pals
• Social media

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The End

• Thanks for your attention!