Connecting+Global+Themes

The five dimensions for global perspectives that Hanvey outlines throughout the chapter
 * 1) Perspective Consciousness
 * 2) "The goal of dimension one is to help make students aware that not everyone shares their points of view."
 * 3) Knowledge of Wold Conditions
 * 4) "The mobility that many people in advanced western societies have is a recent phenomenon."
 * 5) Cross-Cultural Awareness
 * 6) ex: compare typical American virtues of independence vs.other cultures value group harmony, reciprocal relationships, and extended family
 * 7) Knowledge of Global Dynamics
 * 8) This will show students that there are different values in different cultures.
 * 9) Knowledge of alternatives (also called "awareness of human choices")
 * 10) ex: how global warming effects the entire world -- the world is a system of interdependent parts

 "By providing students with a variety of lenses to view the world, we are at the same time providing them with the tools and choices for creative problem-solving that are needed in a culturally diverse world with challenges and opportunities." It is important that students realize that "the world is composed of people with many different viewpoints that do not necessarily threaten their own."

 This chapter gives a couple good concrete examples of how to integrate global education into the classroom with both smaller and larger projects. This chapter also gives some basic how-tos, brief assessment ideas and a quick sketch of what to include in each module that a teacher may use.