Bringing Global

Education to
Your Zip Code
What?
Why?
How?

Presented by:
Homa Sabet Tavangar
Twitter: @growingupglobal
www.growingupglobal.net
homatav@growingupglobal.net
The first day or
two we all pointed
to our countries.
The third or fourth
day we were
pointing to our
continents. By the
fifth day we were
aware only of the
Earth.
- Saudi astronaut on
international space mission

There are as many atoms in

each molecule of your DNA as
there are stars in the typical
galaxy. Carl Sagan, COSMOS
We are preparing students for jobs
that do not yet exist, using
technologies that havent been
invented, to solve problems we
have never heard of.

Its less about the stuff you know, and more

about agile thinking, curiosity, creativity, and
developing a global mindset.
 HOW
1. Take a stand: What do you stand for, and
how do you demonstrate that?
2. Pay attention: Hyper-local experiences,
global resources, friendships, assumptions
3. Do something: Curate media, take
adventures, serve others, allow for JOY
Take a Stand - What do you stand for?

I stand for global citizenship

 Be a friend
to the whole human race

www.growingupglobal.net
#diversebooks are
a way to show
what you take a
stand for.
 Global Citizenship can lead to happiness;
social/global impact; skills 21st Century needs
A Virtuous Circle
Be a friend to the
whole human race =
GLOBAL CITIZEN

EMPATHY,
Effective 21st Century Inclusive Social
Learning & Environment, builds
Transformative Global connection
Education

Meaningful
Greater collaboration, relationships with
more effective the wider world
communication HAPPINESS,
COMPASSION

Desire to be of
service
 Pay Attention: Global adventure begins right
where we live Mine your community
Hyper-local experiences, global resources, friendships, assumptions
 How might you use Made In
labels to launch global learning
Start with what you love
find your bliss.
Global becomes personal.

Feed Your Own

World Peace Can Soul First
Start with a Meal
 World map as a tool for building empathy & compassion

MERCATOR PROJECTION, 1569

Peters Projection, 1967-1974
Compare
What do maps have to do with social equality?
 10,000 hours
start now

Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management, Harvard Business Review

Two-thirds of teachers (63 percent), parents (63 percent),

and Fortune 1000 executives (65 percent) think that
knowledge of other cultures and international issues is
absolutely essential or very important to be ready for college
and a career. MetLife Survey of the American Teacher:
Preparing Students for College and Careers, Mar 2011
Global Competence Matrix
Developed by Asia Society and CCSSO.
Try plugging this in to ANY lesson.
Are you comfortable using this tool and sharing with colleagues?

Theme/Topic

Investigate the Recognize Communicate Take

World Perspectives Ideas Action/Reflect

? ? ? ?
DO SOMETHING: Media you
consume & produce, service,
moral courage, choices, lesson
planning...
Applying Global Mindset
to common lessons
In a unit on nutrition:
Students explore foods from around the world, graphing diets
against life spans. We compared diets high in starchy
vegetables with places where they eat dark green or sea
vegetables, she said. The connections the students drew were
powerful: They learned that people in China live longer than
black people in America. They discovered that wherever the
American diet was introduced, life spans declined.
In a unit on water conservation efforts:
What lessons can we learn from areas with long-standing
drought; from distinct enviro policies; innovation in water
resources? Look at Flint, MI example and look at water use
based on wealth. Add service-learning to the lesson: Build
empathy with Walk for Water & limited access.
Applying Global Mindset
to common lessons
Every class that Ive revised to include
international representation, I found that the
students made more connections because they
had a cultural anchor. And when I assessed what
they retained I got content-specific vocabulary
because it stuck, especially where they could
see aspects of themselves and of people they
knew. And the questions I got were better. I
stopped getting what questions and started
getting why questions, and what if
questions.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion
/preparing-young-americans-for-a-complex-
world.html?_r=1)
How can MATH enhance our Cognitive Complexity, Quest for
Adventure, Intercultural Empathy?

Dallas
A villager has earned $5.00 working in the cornfield
this week. She must buy supplies to ensure her
family is safe from hunger. Does she have enough
money?
Bus to market $0.12
Bag of rice $0.23 Tools $1.16
Seeds $0.98 Medicine $1.48
Milk $0.34 Bus fare home $0.12

Alternate Example: Compare cost of living

across US cities. See blog by @gogogoggin
Financial literacy, entrepreneurship,
and making a difference in a math
class
Technology resources for building empathy, global perspectives,
student engagement lessons come alive:
Consider: How can apps & tools help
us to recognize perspectives?
 Pick a perspective, any
perspective what are they talking
about today?
 Do you know how to do a Google
Search??
Maybe not
Pick a topic: American Revolution? Iranian hostage
crisis? Climate change? Fashion??
What are they saying about it in ________??
site:ir Iranian hostage crisis
site:uk American Revolution
site: za Fashion week
 Embrace technology as a tool for meaningful
connection, not an end in itself
#kinderchat

#kinderchat
#1stchat #schoollunchpic
#2ndchat

#5thchat #dtk12chat
#globaledchat #sschat
#elemchat #educolor
#edtech #pbl
 Do
Something:
Connect
with Global
Goals
 Whats a passion of yours?
How can you bring this into your
global classroom?
Reflection: How Might We
1. Take a stand
2. Pay attention
3. Do something
How will you bring global education to your zip code?
What will your first efforts look like? What do you hope to see/achieve
in one year? Beyond?

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