Edited by Yael Harlap Global Citizenship

To explore the assumptions that underlie the choices you have made, try completing the following
sentences for each learning goal that you created above. Once you have completed this exercise for
goals, consider using a new sheet of paper and completing the sentences for each learning
objective you created or adapted above.
1. I believe that it is important for students to meet this goal or objective because:
2. My department or faculty would argue that it is important (or not important) for students to
meet this goal or objective because:
3. My discipline or profession would argue that it is important (or not important) for students to
meet this goal or objective because:
4. Society would argue that it is important (or not important) for students to meet this goal or
objective because:
5. Having reflected on the assumptions—personal, institutional, disciplinary, societal—that
underlie why you have selected the particular goals and objectives that you have, note where the
assumptions are aligned and where they may be at cross-purposes. Which of the assumptions
support your interest in fostering global citizenship: developing global literacy, a community of
inquiry, and individual agency and collective action?
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6. Which of the assumptions work against your interest in fostering global citizenship?