My journey continued as I explored this concept of motivating struggling readers while also ehancing their ability to think, "globally". While studying my coursework for ECI 524 I was able to establish my global teaching philosophy as well as empart this understanding among my students. My global teaching philosophy can be best explained as, I believe that global learning is an intricate educational practice that includes how we learn, ideals of pluralism, and specific ideals of cosmopolitanism all which helps to develop our global awareness as citizens of the world. Overall, I believe global learning is a way of thinking by which students learn to view themselves as a part of the world’s people. They no longer view themselves in isolation of world events, issues, and conflict; students will become willing participates of the world. I implemented the ideals of pluralism within my students' class readings. Pluralism by definition is the ability for citizens to share common ideas such as freedom however, are able to maintain strong ties to their cultural beliefs, religious practices and customs. No one group is forced to assimilate into the “mainstream” culture.
As a result of my strategies of teaching students to become global thinkers, I had my students participate in multiple activities in which they were able to present visually, orally, kinesthetically their understanding of different cultural beliefs. Students were able to sign up for a global networking site called, "Epals." Here students were able to discuss novels and educational topics with students from different ethnic and cultural background. It was interesting to observe and reflect on the students' reaction when conversing with students from other countries and my students gaining a better appreciation for the educational opportunities that they sometimes take for granted. In addition, I shared with my students educational disparities and statistics that compared our current educational system to that of Cetral Africa and South America. Here is a link to my full comparitive educational study:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F1-yUHpNc1vk535M1Jp0TKIjz_TYU3Vna6LpCI3lP6w/edit#
As a result of my strategies of teaching students to become global thinkers, I had my students participate in multiple activities in which they were able to present visually, orally, kinesthetically their understanding of different cultural beliefs. Students were able to sign up for a global networking site called, "Epals." Here students were able to discuss novels and educational topics with students from different ethnic and cultural background. It was interesting to observe and reflect on the students' reaction when conversing with students from other countries and my students gaining a better appreciation for the educational opportunities that they sometimes take for granted. In addition, I shared with my students educational disparities and statistics that compared our current educational system to that of Cetral Africa and South America. Here is a link to my full comparitive educational study:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F1-yUHpNc1vk535M1Jp0TKIjz_TYU3Vna6LpCI3lP6w/edit#