Global educators are responsible for helping their students be successful in multicultural and global work environments.
In order to do this educators need to develop the necessary skills in intercultural competency so that they themselves can guide their students towards global competence.
The Cultural Correspondents program allows student-teachers overseas engage in a reflective and meta cognitive process during their teaching experience abroad. They are charged with the task of "translating" cultural experiences in which they are immersed into a specific conversation with students in North Carolina in such a way that is relevant to the actual class content the students in NC are covering in class. Globally competent educators, according to the Asia Society, are able to :
The Cultural Correspondents program provides student teachers the opportunity of thinking of topics that will help students engage in issues of global significance.
In order to do this educators need to develop the necessary skills in intercultural competency so that they themselves can guide their students towards global competence.
The Cultural Correspondents program allows student-teachers overseas engage in a reflective and meta cognitive process during their teaching experience abroad. They are charged with the task of "translating" cultural experiences in which they are immersed into a specific conversation with students in North Carolina in such a way that is relevant to the actual class content the students in NC are covering in class. Globally competent educators, according to the Asia Society, are able to :
- Identify engaging topics of local and global significance.
- Focus on global competence outcomes.
- Design performances of global competence.
- Employ ongoing global competence–centered assessments
The Cultural Correspondents program provides student teachers the opportunity of thinking of topics that will help students engage in issues of global significance.