International-Mindedness by https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob en-us 2019-05-14 06:33:59 UTC 2025-11-17 20:22:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f47e.png 1. What does international-mindedness mean to you? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359767857 It means connecting everything we see and experience at a local level to the wider world around us. It means reading and learning about global issues and connecting them down to local contexts. It is imagining the broader implications of local problems, and empathizing with the people facing global problems.]]> 2019-05-14 06:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359767857 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359768692 2019-05-14 06:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359768692 2. What does it means to be a "global citizen"? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359768765 A good citizen is someone who is responsible to their community and to society at large. A global citizen is someone who acknowledges the role they play in both local and global problems, and seeks to cooperate and find solutions.]]> 2019-05-14 06:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359768765 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359769541 2019-05-14 06:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359769541 3. How do schools today prepare students for global citizenship within biology and other group 4 subjects? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359769626 Science is a key discipline for identifying problems and formulating solutions. Science aspires to universality, and so it can pose and answer questions around our world, and even beyond it. So many of the most pressing concerns facing our planet - climate change, population, poverty and hunger, energy, medicine and genetic engineering - all have a basis in biology, and biology will be essential to solving these problems. The earlier that students are aware of these problems, the sooner they can make contributions to solving them.]]> 2019-05-14 06:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359769626 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770284 2019-05-14 06:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770284 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770467 2019-05-14 06:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770467 4. What are the ways in which the texts, topics, or ideas in your classroom have benefited from contributions from other communities, cultures, and nationalities? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770520 I have been lucky to develop my teaching in many diverse educational communities, and my teaching draws so heavily from so many cultures and nationalities that I have trouble answering this question. We always acknowledge the nationalities of scientists we discuss, so that students understand that research is an international endeavour. We also invite students to share their cultural background in class, for example, by asking Japanese students to share their experiences in a unit about earthquakes. We integrate language learning into the subject, so that students can identify plants and animals in English, by their scientific name, and in their native language.]]> 2019-05-14 06:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359770520 5. How can you help your students understand the importance of international understanding as it relates to your course? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359772016 The international community has played a significant role in shaping my life and experiences, and I can demonstrate that to my students. I have the chance to meet and work with colleagues around the world, and I share that with my students. I challenge them to find novel solutions to problems by exploring culturally specific resources.]]> 2019-05-14 06:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359772016 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359783532 2019-05-14 07:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359783532 6. What activities have you carried out in your class that have knowingly or unknowingly highlighted or celebrated international-mindedness? alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359783588 Nearly all our classroom activities celebrate international-mindedness in some way. In a class today about earthquakes, for example, students looked at places in the world where major earthquakes have occured, and the social and economic reasons why some areas are more badly impacted (intensity) even when the strength (magnitude) of the earthquake is lower. They shared their own experiences with earthquakes, and coming from countries as diverse as Italy, Japan, and the United States, they all had something unique to contribute. We looked at the ways we try to build earthquake-resistant buildings, and saw examples from many different countries. We also looked at some mythology behind earthquakes and how they were described before the theory of plate tectonics.]]> 2019-05-14 07:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359783588 alexander_ness https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359786470 2019-05-14 07:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alexander_ness/1eysr7zeyuob/wish/359786470