IB Workshop by Jon Hum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h International Mindedness en-us 2017-08-21 05:55:43 UTC 2017-08-21 08:08:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.What does international-mindedness mean to you? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181820613 Growing up, international mindedness meant being aware of different cultures and personal histories. How people will share similar experiences growing up despite living in different cultures. Now however, with the rise of inter-connectivity, linked economies, and just an expansion of communication between groups of people in general, international mindedness is now about how a countries actions can directly affect and influence others. Countries are still very focused on their own prosperity (which isn't a bad thing necessarily), to the point that they may be willing to take advantage of another country to gain a short sighted advantage. International mindedness represents how connected everyone is, how different perspectives can help bring about creative solutions and highlights a very real need of cultural understanding, cooperation, and perhaps even progression towards eliminating in group/out group mindset.     ]]> 2017-08-21 06:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181820613 3. How do schools today prepare students for global citizenship within biology and other group 4 subjects? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823473 I think more and more schools are starting to show connectivity within the sciences. For example, in teaching biological systems, specific aspects of chemistry are highlighted because you can't tease them apart separately and still get a full understanding of the system. 

This perspective is not mutually exclusive to the sciences but also can and should be applied to people. You can only get the whole picture of people when you look at everyone as a part of a single entity and not an isolated subset. 

Of course not every student will draw a connection with that perspective, but they can at least be primed for that type of thinking, and that this is a way to do it.

Furthermore science in general is globally connected. Schools which stress research and finding good sources inevitably show students that people all over the world are asking questions that are collectively contributing to a common goal of understanding. ]]> 2017-08-21 06:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823473 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? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823480 Science has not been compiled by a single culture, nation, or community. it has been contributed to by people around the world who have shared inquisitive minds. Our understanding of the topics are all shaped by a collective international effort to know. 

In addition, being an international school there's also an environment where the local Taiwanese kids can understand different perspectives born from cultural differences on a more personal level. ]]> 2017-08-21 06:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823480 5. How can you help your students understand the importance of international understanding as it relates to your course? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823593 No one can solve all problems on their own. The big questions science tries to answer can only be achieved through collaboration and creativity. 

In terms of biology, I can only guide students to look for truth and sound testable knowledge. And these things don't care about where someone comes from or how they were raised. 

In addition I also want to raise implications on how breakthroughs in science can help lead to changes in industry, and how that in turn affects the world.  ]]> 2017-08-21 06:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823593 6. What activities have you carried out in your class that have knowingly or unknowingly highlighted or celebrated international-mindedness? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823655 Teaching in Taiwan has helped me highlight international-mindedness because of how integrated remedial belief is to the population. In some of my classes we've had to cover some auto immune diseases. While not historically recognized by western, modern medicine, a lot of homeopathic remedies have shown to be effective in alleviating the effects of the disease, and further students had given anecdotes about these remedies working with minor illnesses. Recently, more and more studies are coming out about the link between  gut bacteria and how they might play a crucial role in auto immune diseases. It was important to point out that at one time this notion would have been laughed at, but isn't now because of multiple studies that have been undertaken. Just because an idea is foreign or different from the status quo doesn't mean it should be ignored.   ]]> 2017-08-21 06:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823655 2. What does it mean to be a global citizen? jdlhum https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823709 For me, to be a global citizen you need to be willing to see the world and people as a single entity. One that is focusing on solving common problems to improve quality of life. A global citizen is someone who tries to, in short, make the world a better place because he/she views other people as deserving of the same qualities of life. ]]> 2017-08-21 06:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jdlhum/p83kcpzi5q4h/wish/181823709