The Making of Competent and Engaged Global Citizens

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The Making of Competent and Engaged Global
Citizens

• Through
• International Tourism Field Studies,
  and Embedded Education Abroad Faculty Toolkit

Duarte B. Morais
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Global Citizenship

• What kind of citizens are we creating?

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Global Citizenship

• GC is an ethical outlook and a behavioral
  predisposition that calls for action to alleviate
  local/global inequalities and sustainability
  (Bryant 2006)
• GC encompasses
• Responsibility. Awareness of interdependence
  between local and global.
• Competence. Knowledge and skills to interact,
  communicate and work effectively and responsibly
  globally.
• Engagement. Behavior or predisposition toward
  addressing local and global community issues.
• Involvement in civic organizations
• Political voice
• Civic Activism

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Global Citizenship

• Coffee Shop Intellectual
• Naïve
• Idealist
• The
• Imperialist

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International Tourism Field Studies

• Spring Preparation and priming
• Build functional capacity for
• Understand global citizenship
• Familiarity with socio-ecological issues in Aus
  and NZ
• Discuss forms of glocal civic engagement
• May/June Field visits to extraordinary natural
  settings to examine
• ecological degradation/preservation
• economic, social and political threats/facilitator
  s

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ITFS
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Embedded Education Abroad Faculty Toolkit
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Toolkit Structure
Global Civic Engagement. Responding to local,
state, national and global community issues
through actions such as volunteerism, political
activism and community participation.
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My Ethic for Global Learning
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My Ethic for Global Learning
Cannibal Tours
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Global Panoramio
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Questions? Comments?

• dmorais_at_psu.edu