https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk Rethinking Global Education in a Week Without Walls (WWW) program en-us 2021-09-25 19:15:53 UTC 2025-07-12 17:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30e.png jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767700100 Stage: World Without Walls
Show: Global Education]]> 2021-09-25 19:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767700100 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767701656 I am a Chinese language acquisition teacher who currently works at an international school in NYC and has worked at other international locations such as India, Myanmar, China. ]]> 2021-09-25 19:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767701656 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767710914 Good intentions: WWW is a programme through which students engage in either international or locally-based community service opportunities. WWW allows all students to engage in experiential learning outside the traditional classroom setting. ]]> 2021-09-25 19:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767710914 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767711077 As an international educator, I am witnessing a rising number of a unique student population. They are so-called Third Culture Kids (TCK). They are citizens of nowhere and everywhere. ]]> 2021-09-25 19:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767711077 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767711787

How can global education sustainably support our future generations? 

Is our global education truly global? 

What is the role of community service in global education?

]]> 2021-09-25 19:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767711787 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767723247 People often picture TCKs as children of international company employees and diplomats. But within the group, there are also children of refugees, religious missionaries, international teachers, and immigrants. 

Global education has been historically eurocentric and English-language-dominated. With our reality evolving to a highly diverse and interdependent world, global education needs to be reexamined and reimagined. 

]]> 2021-09-25 19:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767723247 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767738676 1. There is often a lack of opportunities for students to interact with people they meet and engage with their surroundings in an authentic way. 
2. schools often collaborate with business travel companies to design the trips: not personalized, and expensive.]]> 2021-09-25 20:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767738676 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767761559 While deeply valuing my own Chinese cultural rootedness, I find myself a partially Third-Culture-Adult after spending 7 years outside of China. I am experiencing reverse culture shock when I am back in my homeland and at the same time experiencing racial and xenophobia tensions in the US. ]]> 2021-09-25 20:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767761559 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767776510

WWW cases study (structure, academic connection, program improvement and management for recurring visits, etc). 

Global education literature review.

Supporting conceptual framework. 

]]> 2021-09-25 20:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767776510 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767787408

How to take WWW beyond sightseeing and make WWW a valuable learning experience for ALL students?

How to maximize the value of WWW programs as a way to supplement our traditional classroom education?

]]> 2021-09-25 20:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767787408 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767796167 I participated in WWW programs in several schools and want to propose WWW at my current school. 
As a world language teacher, I have organized or chaperoned both local and international cultural trips for students. Therefore, I am also interested in how to support chaperonses in WWW. ]]> 2021-09-25 21:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767796167 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767808732 2021-09-25 21:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767808732 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767813505 2021-09-25 21:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767813505 jd3672 https://padlet.com/jd3672/lcg7ie8zmwv2suxk/wish/1767825076

Projected Graduation Date: Feb 2023

1st Full Draft Due: Oct 10, 2022

FINAL Due to First Reader: Nov 7, 2022

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