My smart canvas by Arunava Das https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2018-05-19 04:31:04 UTC 2018-05-21 12:57:53 UTC hello@padlet.com What is international mindedness to you? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262298208 Answer - I believe in a general awareness of the human condition and I always try to put myself in others shoes and think and react to a particular situation, irrespective of their culture, colour, sex or creed. An understanding that their perspective can also be correct.]]> 2018-05-21 08:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262298208 What does it mean to be a global citizen? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262299855 Answer - A global citizen is a well travelled person who can accept other cultures, learn about them and knows to respect their values and tradition. ]]> 2018-05-21 09:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262299855 How do schools prepare students for global citizenship within Biology and other group 4 subjects? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262300541 Answer - As far as my school is concerned, we always provide a world within a school so that students from different cultural and religious background mingle with each other and can learn to respect each other's feelings. We celebrate our success together and our students have the capacity to take setbacks together as well. 

In group 4 subjects along with Biology and even with Cambridge programmes, we make it a point to discuss topics that are integrated with subjects like Geography, Systems and Societies, ESS etc. so that the students can relate their learning and they get an idea how the knowhow of today were influenced by the discoveries of scientists and researchers from across the planet. ]]> 2018-05-21 09:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262300541 What are the ways in which the texts, topics, or ideas in your classroom have benefitted from contributions from other communities, cultures, and nationalities? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262302377 Answer - Definitely Science as a whole is a combined effort of discoveries and theories from across the globe. 

Without Mendeleef, we would still have been struggling with elements. We can understand Biology better because of Watson and Crick's ground breaking discovery. We can also talk of morality in science by taking example of Watson and Crick's infamous theft of idea from the Dark Lady of DNA and this is a glaring example of academic honesty and integrity. We need to be equally thankful to Abraham Ortelius, the Belgian cartographer, who was responsible for publishing the first world atlas. He is also said to be the proponent of Continental Drift. 

So as students and teachers of Science, we need to respect the fact that advancements in the field of Science and improvements in the quality of human life is a result of global citizenship and international integrity.]]> 2018-05-21 09:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262302377 What does it mean to be a global citizen? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262333755 Answer - To be able to recognise and respect other cultures and be a well travelled person. ]]> 2018-05-21 12:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262333755 How do schools today prepare students for global citizenship within Biology and other group 4 subjects? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262334408 Answer - My school lays emphasis on recognising and respecting the contributions of scientists and researchers from across the planet for whom we can see and study sciences the way they are. It's an ongoing multicultural effort to make the human life better, respecting mother nature. 

I specially like to talk about the history of any concepts I teach in Science or Biology, making sure I respect the valueable contribution of the person in shaping the concept. ]]> 2018-05-21 12:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262334408 How can you help your students understand the importance of international understanding as it relates to your course? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262336473 Answer - As I discussed earlier, I start a topic in Sciences by highlighting the contributions of scientists from across the globe who were responsible in shaping the concept. I also sometimes give my students an inquisitive home task to find out important discoveries in topics like Genetics, DNA fingerprinting, Animal tissue culture, Blood groups, Antibiotics, etc. so that they learn the importance of international collaboration in development of subject matter.]]> 2018-05-21 12:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262336473 What activities have you carried out in class that knowingly or unknowingly highlighted or celebrated international mindedness? adas8 https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262338706 Answer - My ways of teaching and mentoring itself revolves around the idea of highlighting international mindedness. 

I give project works based on finding out important discoveries in the fields of Sciences and Biology, like DNA fingerprinting, Animal tissue culture, Genetics, Law of evolution, Embryogenesis etc. 

I show videos of different burning topics like Global warming and climate change and how the world is reacting to the change. 

I ask my students to participate in debates and MUN so they learn the art of inculcating international mindedness real time. 

I show them TedX videos to showcase how speakers from across the planet speak on issues plaguing mankind and how each community tackles them.]]> 2018-05-21 12:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/adas8/lokaoy7vrnrd/wish/262338706