Backward Design & Global + Curriculum

Global Education? WHY a global education?

Globalization and future employment for our students

Address global issues

WHO needs a global education? Answer: EVERY student

WHAT is the goal of global education? PDS Global Mission Statement:

“develop within our students an ability to appreciate and value the differences among people locally and globally and to develop the knowledge, skills and character dispositions to become active global citizens”

Providence Day School Located in Charlotte, NC

Independent school, started in 1973

Transitional kindergarten—12th grade

1556 students: upper school—561 students

Global Studies Diploma (GSD) Began in 2005

Open to any upper school student

Rigorous but “doable”

83 graduates so far; 72 currently in the program

Recognized by National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

Recognized by a number of major colleges and universities

From Backward Design to Cultural Competency Curriculum

Committee of LS, MS and US teachers and directors

Understanding by Design (UbD) Stages:

1. Identify desired results—what should students know, understand and be able to do

2. Formal/informal assessment: determine the acceptable evidence of student learning and proficiency

3. Plan learning experiences and instruction

4. Book/Website: “Understanding by Design,” Wiggins and McTighe

The Goal of Global Education

To develop within our students an ability to appreciate and value the differences among people locally and globally and to develop the knowledge, skills and character dispositions to become active global citizens”

Components

Five performance standards

Essential questions for each standard

Integrate 21st century skills with each standard

Integrate character dispositions with each standard

Integrate social responsibility activities for each type of performance standard

Global Knowledge Grounding in world history and historical change—the

development of major cultures and powers, and their impact on the world

Identify contemporary world views & their sources Identify major cultural expressions both past and present

through literature, art and media Identify key countries/cultures (10-12) and understand why

they are important to know Understand major systems, their connectivity, and their

impact on peoples: Economic system(s) & Globalization Political system(s) World cultures Ecological systems

21st Century Skills Creativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Communication and Collaboration

Leadership and Responsibility

ICT literacy

Global Issues Identify and understand the significance of major global

issues and their sources e.g.

Population growth/decline

Resource use/scarcity

Rise of China

Conflict in the Mideast

Religious conflict

Understand the connectedness of key global issues with the 10-12 major countries: US + China, Indonesia, India, Russia, Germany, Nigeria, Iran, South Africa, Brazil, Costa Rica???

Character Dispositions Empathy

Humility

Open-Mindedness

Confidence/Courage

Patience

Self-Motivation

Integrity

Altruism

Respect of self & others

Perseverance

Responsibility

Conscientiousness

Social Responsibility Students in each class level will engage in a global issue and/or diversity issue that directly relates to a curricular unit: Local activities e.g. poverty, social

justice, environment Travel abroad that includes

community service or service learning e.g. South Africa, Peru

Standard 1: Investigate and understand different worldviews, social needs, and the complexity of issues in our local, national, and global communities

Standard 2: Work and communicate

respectfully with different peoples, both in our school community and in the larger world around us

Standard 3: Develop innovative, creative, and

viable strategies to approach local, national, and global problems

Standard 4: Develop innovative, creative, and

viable strategies to approach local, national, and global problems

Standard 5:

Act purposefully, ethically, and with a commitment to lifelong stewardship in the pursuit of local, national, and global solutions

Kindergarten

Standard 1:

Investigate and understand different worldviews, social needs, and the complexity of issues in our local, national, and global communities

Standard 2…

Essential Questions:

What is the difference b/t a want and a need?

What are people’s needs?

Why do people have needs?

What needs to children have?