Essential 21st Century Skills:
Global Awareness for Educators
Workshop presented by …
Dr. Denise R. Ames
Center for Global Awareness
14 Garden Park Circle NW
Albuquerque, NM USA
505 344-1892 cell 505 480-0271
email drames@global-awareness.net website
www.global-awareness.net
It is necessary to
provide a context for the overwhelming global changes sweeping the world today.
But how can these rapid and complex changes be clearly and intelligently
communicated to our students? This workshop, especially designed for educators,
helps sort out the broad sweep of life-altering global changes transforming our
world today that are influencing every aspect of our daily lives. Using a
systems approach, we carefully examine critical issues such as the economic
crisis, environmental devastation, and interaction with the world community in a
balanced, understandable manner. We spend considerable time developing
imaginative and practical methods for implementing these new concepts into the
classroom.
Workshop Objectives:
Participants are challenged
to …
·
evaluate and
connect one’s own worldview with four worldviews or perspectives held by
billions of people
·
examine the
forces of globalization sweeping the world, with an emphasis on economic
globalization
·
analyze factors
necessary for economic globalization and connect these factors to the changing
role of education
·
integrate critical thinking and problem solving skills; communication,
creativity and innovation skills; collaborative abilities; contextual learning;
and information and media literacy skills -- with global awareness materials.
·
dialogue about
the impact of these changes and alternatives for our shared future
Participants come away with …
·
a more in-depth
global understanding of the forces of change altering our lives today
·
practical ways to
apply global awareness into the classroom setting
·
specific
materials and methods for use in the classroom
·
alternative models
for assessing global awareness