EDUC 275: Class 1

CLASS 1: Defining global Education (Week of Feb 1-7)

Key Notions

  • What is global education?
  • What are global perspectives and what can we learn from these perspectives?
  • Why is it important for teachers to be aware of and understand global issues?
  • Why should teachers adopt a global perspective in their teaching and learning processes?

Required Readings

Learning Activities

      1. Positioning ourselves in global education 
        As we begin this course,  take a moment and think about yourself as a human being and as a future teacher.Ask yourself, “Whom am I”?;  “What continues to inspire me to pursue teaching as a profession?”; “How do I see the world that I live in? – what interests/intrigues me most?”; “How am I connected to the other world near and far away from me?” (it is not necessary to write down your responses, but if you wish to do so, well and good).Talk to two other peers and explain to them, in a few words,  how you might inspire your students to be interested in the world they live in and take a keen and critical interest on what is happening locally, nationally and internationally.
      2. Interdependence activity
        Draw a list of people whom you regularly depend on in your everyday life. Examples could be friends, guardians, parents, relatives, the shopkeeper nearby, the barber etc.Think of other people you may depend on but who are not necessarily within your vicinity such as mobile phone service providers, health care providers etc.Share your dependence list with three other colleagues. In groups of three answer the following questions:

        • Are the people you listed in your vicinity?
        • Do these people also depend on you in any other way? If so, is the degree of dependency  equal, lesser or more?
        • Who else do you think the people you listed depend on?
        • Are there different types of interdependence?
        • What might happen to our lives if the people we depend on suddenly withdrew their support?
        • How does interdependence happen in our education system?
        • Note: The goal of this activity is to show how we are very much interconnected in our everyday living, we depend on each other. It also shows that things happen in our societies as a result of people being interconnected. The activity is a modified version adapted fromPike, G. & Selby, D. (2001). In the global classroom. North York: Don Mills, Pippin Publishing Corporation.

Important: Keep your discussion notes as we will use them in our reviews during the face to face meetings

    1. Assigned Reading Reflection
      Write a two paragraph summary on what you learned about the importance of global education after reading the CLASS 1 handout. What questions do you still have?  Submit this reflection through the blog. Indicate the names of your group members.

10 Responses to EDUC 275: Class 1

  1. Bathseba says:

    Welcome to the course EDUC 275 – Global Education. Please take a moment and the course outline. Pay attention to the instructions therein.

    We encourage you to do your readings which have also been put together as a handout that is posted on this blog.

    Try your best and participate by providing responses to the assigned activities.

    Post your answers to the assigned activity through the blog or you can email them to us through the following email: educdadaab@gmail.com

    We look forward to working with you all and meeting in April.

    Thank you

    Bathseba and Anjum

  2. GLOBALIZATION FEBUARY CLASS 1 TASK
    NAME: ABDIMAHAT AHMED YUSUF
    UBC NUMBER: 92937144
    MOHAMED OMAR ABDI
    UBC NUMBER: 92970145
    FEISAL A. IMAN
    UBC NUMBER:92949149
    MOHAMED ABDI SHEIK
    93008143
    AHMED YARE MOHAMED
    66587156

    1. Interdependence activity
    Draw a list of people whom you regularly depend on in your everyday life. Examples could be friends, guardians, parents, relatives, the shopkeeper nearby, the barber etc.Think of other people you may depend on but who are not necessarily within your vicinity such as mobile phone service providers, health care providers etc.Share your dependence list with three other colleagues. In groups of three answer the following questions:
     Are the people you listed in your vicinity?
     Do these people also depend on you in any other way? If so, is the degree of dependency equal, lesser or more?
     Who else do you think the people you listed depend on?
     Are there different types of interdependence?
     What might happen to our lives if the people we depend on suddenly withdrew their support?
     How does interdependence happen in our education system?
    QUESTION 2 RESPONSES
    1. Parent (mother)
    2. Friends
    3. Relatives
    4. Business men and women (shopkeepers,)
    5. Berber
    6. Leaders (camp chairpersons, youth chairpersons and administration personnel)
    7. Doctors (medical institutions: hospitals, health posts and M.C.H-maternal and child health centers)
    8. Teachers
    9. Security providers (policemen/ladies, Administration police/AP, military armies)
    10. Safaricom service providers for accessibility of network
    11. Sponsors (education sponsors in this case the government of Canada for sponsoring me for this program)
    12. Education institutions (UBC and MOI as well as the consortium for allowing me persuade diploma in secondary education in their institutions)
    13. Duty bearers (Windle trust Kenya and UNHCR)
    14. International community

    • Some are found in my vicinity
    • They also depend on me however the dependency grade is less compare to my dependency
    • Other colleagues and the rest of human being depend each other for international cooperation cohesiveness unity and for the purpose of excelling live.
    • Yes, there are different types of interdependence.
    • Withdrawal of support to the people we depend leads to frustration, suffering and life failure if the support is withdrawn before the dependent people attain maximum of their potential.
    • Independence happen in my education system through acquiring skills, knowledge, attitude, values and gradual development to fully develop to my potential as well as after completion of my career is dreaming to be independent from refugee status and go back home to build my nation.

    3.Assigned Reading Reflection
    Write a two paragraph summary on what you learned about the importance of global education after reading the CLASS 1 handout. What questions do you still have?

    Importance of global education
    Global education is essential for human survival because it is what links our lives to the rest of the world; this enhances economic development, cultural, political and environmental aspect that determines our lives. Global education fosters knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary for peaceful coexistence, cooperation as well as self-regulation.
    Furthermore global education enhances important themes for instance: interdependence, avoiding violation of human rights, poverty eradication, community sustainability as well as global justice hence through global education we think critically and communicate positively, this is couple with sharing of duties or even delegation of duties, so as to enhance efficient and effective performance hence active participation of all members.

  3. Name: GELLE MOULID IBRAHIM
    UBC STUDENT NO: 93005149
    Feb- ASSIGNMENT ONE.
    GLOBAL EDUCATION.
    C. Assigned Reading Reflection
    Importance of global education.
    Global education is a form of education that enables an individual to be a useful member of the societies in the world and it is very helpful for one to study global education because it help us to understand the relationship between us as human being or links between communities or countries; this understanding is very important since we learn the economic development, cultural, political and environmental aspect that determines human lives of one community hence then borrow the good thing and practice it where we live, in so doing it, we develop the right knowledge, skills, positive attitudes and values necessary for harmonious coexistence, individual fulfillment.
    Global education is also very important because it enables one to understand emerging trends in the society such as conflict, peace, social injustice, bad cultural practice, poverty and economic bias and how to mitigate them so as to have responsible members who contributes only towards society?s development.

  4. AMINA HASSAN ABDI says:

    NAME: AMINA HASSAN ABDI
    STUDENT#: 92951145

    i) Positioning ourselves in global education
    As we begin this course, take a moment and think about yourself as a human being and as a future teacher.Ask yourself, “Whom am I”?; “What continues to inspire me to pursue teaching as a profession?”; “How do I see the world that I live in? – what interests/intrigues me most?”; “How am I connected to the other world near and far away from me?” (it is not necessary to write down your responses, but if you wish to do so, well and good).Talk to two other peers and explain to them, in a few words, how you might inspire your students to be interested in the world they live in and take a keen and critical interest on what is happening locally, nationally and internationally.
    What interested me mostly to be a teacher is the love and passion I have in teaching young and upcoming generation that are going to make this world a better one and to move on. I see this world as a place where everyone’s has a part to play be it a teacher, a doctor, an engineer,a driver etc. I will inspire my students to work hard in this world because he/she has a responsibility and a task to accomplish in this world, everyone has a reason to be in this world. They should take the positive things that are happening in this world and leave the bad things that happens around. Also inspire them to accept whom they are and what they have and live according to their standard.

    ii)Interdependence activity
    Draw a list of people whom you regularly depend on in your everyday life. Examples could be friends, guardians, parents, relatives, the shopkeeper nearby, the barber etc.Think of other people you may depend on but who are not necessarily within your vicinity such as mobile phone service providers, health care providers etc.Share your dependence list with three other colleagues. In groups of three answer the following questions:

    parents
    relatives
    friends
    children
    teachers
    doctors
    community
    well wishers
    organisations around our area
    students
    network providers
    business people

    Are the people you listed in your vicinity?
    These are the people whom we interact with in our daily activities.

    Do these people also depend on you in any other way? If so, is the degree of dependency equal, lesser or more?
    Some are equal like business people, others are less like relatives and some are more like parents, well wisher etc

    Who else do you think the people you listed depend on?
    Their families, workmates and their communities.

    Are there different types of interdependence?
    What might happen to our lives if the people we depend on suddenly withdrew their support?
    You may not run your daily activities smoothly because one or more pillars are missing. For example if a well wisher withdraw his/her support for the refugees their lives will be difficult in this set up.

    How does interdependence happen in our education system?
    In our school system there are stakeholders like teachers, parents, students, school donors and the school community. All these work together for the betterment of the school.Teachers are the key point in every learning institution. parents are the ones to produce children who are supposed to be taught and also model the behavior of the child at home level.Donors also play a key role in the education system whereby they purchase teaching and learning resources, construct school facilities and pay teachers.
    The school community are also needed in the education system whereby they solve problems that arises in school and also they are the link to the parents.

  5. AMINA HASSAN ABDI says:

    NAME: AMINA HASSAN ABDI
    STUDENT #: 92951145
    Importance of Global Education
    Assigned Reading Reflection
    Write a two paragraph summary on what you learned about the importance of global education after reading the CLASS 1 handout.

    Global Education is a vital aspect that should be inculcated in our education system right from the primary section to the tertiary education level. its an approach which takes in to account the whole of human society and the environment in which they live. It emphasizes on the future, the dynamic nature of human society and each persons capacity to choose and shape preferred future. Global education teaches the better future that everyone would like to live in and how human society keeps on changes. It also point out your capacity to choose and prepare your future.

    Its an opportunity to explore important themes such as change, interdependence, identity and diversity, right and responsibilities, peace building, poverty and wealth, sustainability and global justice. Its a platform where you can learn more on such themes that exists in this world. It focuses cooperation learning and actions share responsibility. Through global education we learn skills such as cooperation and sharing responsibilities. Through global education one develops critical thinking and communication skills. Global Education instills positive and responsible values and attitudes, important skills and orientation to active participation.

  6. Mohamed Abdi Ahmed Student # 66589152 Abdikadir Khalif Salat # 66605156 Yussuf Abdullahi Mohamed # 66611154 says:

    Global education is a term used internationally to describe a form of education which:
    enables people to understand the links between their own lives and those of people
    throughout the world.it also increases understanding of the economic, cultural, political and environmental influences which shape our live
    Global Education offers an approach which takes into account the whole of human society and the environments in which people live.moreover it emphasis on the future, the dynamic nature of human society, and each person’s capacity to choose and shape preferred futures. it provides an opportunity to explore important themes such as change, interdependence, identity and diversity, rights and responsibilities, peace building, poverty and wealth, sustainability and global justice. finally it provides an opportunity to develop positive and responsible values and attitudes, important skills and an orientation to active participation.

  7. GODANA JALDESA JIRMO #66590150,AHMED HASSAN IBRAHIM#66606154,ABDI OMAR ADEN#66591158. says:

    Global education is a way of approaching everything we teach and how we teach it and increasing understanding of economic,cultural,political and environmental influences which shapes our lives. Global education places particular emphasis on curriculum process as well as content and is accordingly characterized by approaches to teaching and learning which are both experiential and participatory. Global education develops skills and attitudes which enable people a responsibility for their own lives and the world we live in and become active global citizens. it also stimulates curiosity, motivate learning thus contribute to the raising of living standards.
    global education gives the people to comprehend the relationship between their own lives and those of others through the universe. it also brings sustainable development to maintain and improve the quality of life without damaging the global for future generation. Global education gives awareness towards human rights, including UN convention on the rights of the child in addition to that it enhances critical evaluation of representations of global issues and an appreciation and effects on people’s attitude and values.
    QUESTION:WHAT ARE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL EDUCATION?

  8. JAMA AHMED MOHAMED says:

    ROUP NAMES: G
    1. JAMA AHMED MOHAMED STUDENT ID NO: 93043140
    2. HUSSEIN MOHAMED GUHAD STUDENT NO 92938142
    3. MUKTAR SIRAT MAHDI STUDENT NO 92952143

    Class-1 Handout 1

    Answer the following questions:

    1. Write a two paragraph summary on what you learned about the importance of global education after reading? What questions do you still have?
    2. What is global education?
    3. What are global perspectives and what can we learn from these perspectives?
    4. Why is it important for the teachers to be aware and understand global issues?
    5. Why should teachers adopt global perspective in their teaching and learning?

    Answers

    1. Global is education is a term used internationally to describe a form of education which works achieving a more just and sustainable world in which power and resources are more equitably shared.
    2. the following shows a detailed summary of the importance of global education in paragraph form
    Global education is universal and adopted internationally.
    This portrays / enhanevs unity and coherence at international level. It enables people to understand the links between their own lives and those of people throughout the world global. Global education enhances / promotes economic, cultural and environmental promotion and sustenance of ecosystem, by preserving the ozone layer from depletion .
    Develops the skills, attitudes and values which enable people to work together to bring about change and take control of their own lives. It also works towards achieving a more just and sustainable world in which power and resources are shared equitably.

    3. the following are the global perspectives and lessons we learn from it
    I. Interdependence – this involves by understanding how people, place, economics and environments are all interrelated and that choices and events have repercussions on global issues.
    II. Diversity—understanding and respecting differences and relating these to our common humanity.
    III. Sustainable – development – understanding the need to maintain and improve quality of life without damaging the planet for future generations.
    IV. Social justice – understanding the importance of social justice as an element of both sustainable development and improved welfare of people.
    V. Human rights – knowing about human rights, including the UN conventions on the rights of child.
    VI. Conflict resolutions—Understanding nature of conflict their impact on development and why there is a need for their resolutions and promotions of harmony.
    VII. Values and perceptions – developing a critical evaluation of representations of global issues and appreciations of the effect these have on people’s attitudes and values.
    VIII. Global citizenship – gaining the knowledge , skills and understanding of concepts and institutions necessary to become informed, active, responsible citizens.

    Answers

    A global perspective offers students and teachers:-
    I. An approach which takes into account the whole of human society and the environment in which people live.
    II. An emphasis of the future, the dynamic nature of human society and each person’s capacity to choose and shape preferred futures.
    III. An opportunity to explore important issues / important themes such as change, interdependence , identity and diversity, rights and responsibilities , peace building , poverty and wealth, sustainability and global justice.
    IV. A focus on cooperative learning and action and shared responsibilities.
    V. An emphasis on critical thinking and communication.
    VI. An opportunity to develop positive and responsible values and attitudes, important skills and an orientation to achieve to active participations.

    6. Why is it important for teachers to be aware and understand global perspectives / global issues?
    Schools use a range of terms to describe activities intended to support global learning such as developing education, global citizenship, global education , and intercultural education global dimensions and education for sustainable development .
    Our role as teachers is to inspire and mentor or students to become global learners.
    A global learner is critical, creative, self aware, globally aware, open-minded, inquisitive, reflective, and connective; willing to engage with global challenges, keen to take action for a better world.

  9. IBRAHIM MOHAMED WARSAME says:

    NAME: IBRAHIM MOHAMED WARSAME
    STUDENT NO: 92964148
    CLASS 1 ASSIGNMENT.

    Global education is defined as an international term meaning a form of knowledge which enhances folks to know links/connections between themselves and others around the world.

    Global education increases our understanding of social,political,economic and environmental influences which shapes our lives.

    Global education helps in enlightening human rights like the u.n convention on the rights of children

    Global education develops opportunity to form positive attitudes, values and skills for better living standard.

    Global education finally emphasizes on curriculum and its content which is characterised by teaching and learning which are both participitory and experiental.

  10. My name is Gelgelo Huka Belambel
    Students no: 92955146

    CLASS ONE ASSIGNMENT

    A global perspective offers students and teachers;
    ~An approach which takes into account the whole of human society and the environments in which people live.
    ~An emphasis on the future, the dynamic nature of human society and each person’s capacity to shape preffered futures
    ~A focus on cooperative learning and action and shared responsibility
    ~An apportunities to explore important themes such change, interdependence, identity and diversity,rights and wealth, sustainability and global justice.
    ~ An emphasis on critical thinking and communication
    ~An opportunity to develop positive and responsible values and attitudes, important skills and an orientation to active participation
    ~The global education imparts knowledge about the world, informs about world wide interrelation and encourages to act responsible in terms of a global sustainable developments
    ~ It brings forward personal developments and social learning in a global frame work
    ~It is pedagogical concept which includes issues of development policy, sustainable development human rights and peace education as well as intercultural and interreligious learning

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