Tuesday, September 8, 2009
It's More Than Maps & Globes
Based on the assessment of your glocal IQ, what do you think the implications are for your students? When considering your instructional design, how might you think more glocally in order to develop global citizenship in your students?
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The 6th graders have a hard time knowing the difference between continent, country, and state. We want to expose them to the world they live in and expand their world from the "box". We want them to be more accepting of others, who are different from them.
I noticed that alot of the questions that were answered wrong were very biased toward the United States. Most of the age group thought the U.S. was the dominant place in the world. Also, several questions were about current events. Teachers can use current events in the world to teach glocally.
We have a lot of military families and world travelers who have lived all over the world or seen different cultures. Our students know more of other cities, states and countries than those who have not had experiences in new places. While preparing lessons we do try to verify information and make them as interactive exercises as we can...We "walk" the coastal plains and climb mountains.
We (my students & I) are actually on track. In the past I had only my 12th graders doing comparative analysis with counties, this year my 9th graders have to do it as well.
Eiland said.... After taking this global IQ test, I found that I remembered more of the information than I thought. I think watching the news helped me a lot also. The questions that were asked required you to think about what you already know ( KWL) and then process the information that the question is asking for.
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