Awareness of Global Culture in the Classroom: Challenge for BU Teachers!
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Williams Emeka Obiozor
Dr. W. Emeka Obiozor is a former journalist, author of two romance books and teaches special education at Bloomsburg Universityof Pennsylvania, USA.
The romance books written by Emeka are refreshing romance stories featuring African culture, traditional lifestyles, romance thrills that relaxes the mind, as well as, educate us about love, romance, culture, relationships and life in other societies. They shall keep you in suspense; keep you guessing, romanticizing and spellbound!
By Williams Emeka Obiozor
Published on 03/3/2008
Why Teach Global Cultures?
To encourage cultural creativity in the classroom which could be as a result of interactions and mixing of ideas from different aspects of the lives and activities of individuals from other countries or societies.
Share information on societal behaviors, values, ethics, etc, and discuss with students on their impact on the lives of people around the world. Engages students in critical thinking about their lives in an international context at a very exciting time, with a vast amount of resources freely available to help them grow and learn as students and citizens (Rothenberg, 2003).
Mobilize, motivate, enrich and empower their participation in the global community, live interdependently with people of other societies. They do not have to visit or live in foreign lands to be able to interact with the global community. Fosters not only students readiness and interest to explore in foreign lands and languages, but also will enrich their study of it when the time comes.
Studying global cultures that have ties to the local community will help students develop a personal connection to the world around them (www.performance-education.com). Spread of peace, tourism, brands, products, trade and commerce.
To encourage cultural creativity in the classroom which could be as a result of interactions and mixing of ideas from different aspects of the lives and activities of individuals from other countries or societies.
Share information on societal behaviors, values, ethics, etc, and discuss with students on their impact on the lives of people around the world. Engages students in critical thinking about their lives in an international context at a very exciting time, with a vast amount of resources freely available to help them grow and learn as students and citizens (Rothenberg, 2003).
Mobilize, motivate, enrich and empower their participation in the global community, live interdependently with people of other societies. They do not have to visit or live in foreign lands to be able to interact with the global community. Fosters not only students readiness and interest to explore in foreign lands and languages, but also will enrich their study of it when the time comes.
Studying global cultures that have ties to the local community will help students develop a personal connection to the world around them (www.performance-education.com). Spread of peace, tourism, brands, products, trade and commerce.
T.A.L.E.S Seminar
Students today are under increasing pressure to specialize, and many are likely to enter a global culture and to interact with citizens of many nations. Accordingly, it is to their advantage to learn as much as possible about the traditions, values, and problems of other people and cultures, and to be sensitive to environmental issues that affect us all.
(http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/intlstudies/home.asp)
Source of Learning - The Classroom
Resource Persons - The Faculty/Instructors
What do you know about global cultures?
How often do you share information or apply them in your class discussions and examples/illustrations?
Do you assign students tasks on cultural diversity issues and challenge them to discuss their beliefs and aspirations in groups or individually? What do you know about other cultures?
Instructional Services - Experiential learning on global cultures
Vehicle of Transmission - Seminars, Lessons, Lectures, Individual & Group activities, etc.
(http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/intlstudies/home.asp)
Source of Learning - The Classroom
Resource Persons - The Faculty/Instructors
What do you know about global cultures?
How often do you share information or apply them in your class discussions and examples/illustrations?
Do you assign students tasks on cultural diversity issues and challenge them to discuss their beliefs and aspirations in groups or individually? What do you know about other cultures?
Instructional Services - Experiential learning on global cultures
Vehicle of Transmission - Seminars, Lessons, Lectures, Individual & Group activities, etc.