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Global Understanding 

Core Value

What Does Global Understanding Mean?

A global citizen actively seeks a personal understanding of how life in different countries varies relative to the interaction between power/privilege and economics, ethics, politics, religion, and/or the environment.

What You Need To Do:

Explore multiple contexts through study and/or experience, and reflect on the growth of your global understanding as a result.

Will My Reflection Be Approved?

You demonstrate a personal understanding of, and perspective on, the relationship between Power/Privilege and any of the following lenses:

  • Economics

  • Environment

  • Ethics

  • Politics

  • Religion

with reference to more than one context.

Exemplars

Annotated Exemplar

Guiding Questions

METACOGNITION

GUIDING QUESTIONS 

Developing new Understanding - Overall, how did this experience develop new understandings/change you as a global citizen?

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  • E.g. What personal biases or preconceptions have I confronted through this post?

  • E.g. What steps can I take to continue growing my understanding of global citizenship in the future?

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  • Remember: You need to show a comparison between more than two or more contexts.

  • Tell me about multiple perspectives on the same issue in different contexts*. Show your understanding of this by providing evidence (statistics, research) and detail.

  • What lenses (Economics, Environment, Ethics, Politics, Religion) can you approach this issue through? 

  • How does this experience look in another context*?

  • Who holds POWER and/or PRIVILEGE in these situations, and who lacks it? What impact does that have?

  • How did studying multiple contexts help me see the complexities of global issues?

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