Edited by Yael Harlap Global Citizenship

Try completing these sentences to consider what global citizenship means to students.
1. If my students were to hear me say, “I would like to foster and model global citizenship in this
course,” they might expect… because….
2. If they were to hear me say, “I would like to foster and model global citizenship in this course,”
they might feel… because….
3. Some of the social, economic and environmental issues (locally, regionally, globally) that are
likely to frustrate, frighten, alienate, inspire or motivate my students are…
4. My students’ own definitions of global citizenship are…*
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You may need to consult with your students to complete this sentence.
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Goals and objectives help educators organize learning from the curriculum level down to a single lesson.
They relate directly to student assessment and all other aspects of teaching and learning. A key value of
goals and objectives is to clearly express to students what is expected of them and what they can do to
achieve success in a course or program. Hence, goals and objectives help educators to design effective
lessons that promote student learning and are efficient for teachers.
Even before considering global
citizenship, you may ask yourself
the following questions as you
think about learning goals and
learning objectives in your
teaching:
•
With what knowledge, skills and dispositions
do students enter my course? (Another way to
ask this is what do students already know,
what can they do, and what do they believe
before they come to my course or program?)
•
What knowledge, skills and dispositions do I
expect students to have when they leave the
course?
•
What will happen in the course to allow
students to have developed in these areas?
(What lessons, activities, assignments,
group processes and materials will help
them meet the learning goals and learning
objectives of the course?)
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Learning goals and
objectives