There is a close relationship between the content you are selecting and your goals and objectives for the program, course, lesson or activity (see Learning goals and objectives, pp. 35-43). Try the following exercise: 1. List learning goals and objectives you have established for your course, program, lesson or
activity. (You can refer back to those goals and objectives you may have developed on pp. 40-
43). Draw a star next to the goals/objectives that you believe will foster global citizenship.
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Jon Wagner distinguishes ‘blank spots’ and ‘blind spots.’ Blank spots are spaces where we “know enough to question but not answer,”
and blind spots—the places where we need to be particularly cautious—are spaces where we “don’t know well enough to even ask about
or care about”, where “existing theories, methods, and perceptions actually keep us from seeing phenomena as clearly as we might”.
(Wagner, 1993, p.16; cited in Gough, N. (2002). Thinking/acting locally/globally: Western science and environmental education in a
global knowledge economy. International Journal of Science Education, 24(11), p. 1228.)
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Road to Global Citizenship: An Educator’s Toolbook
54 2. For each goal/objective, complete the following sentences:
• The content I have selected will help meet this goal by…
• The content I have selected could prevent the meeting of this goal by…