MAKING AMERICA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE

Kristen Davis

Key to Being Globally Competitive

“In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.”

- T.I. Friedman (The World is Flat, p. 302)

According to Friedman

There are FOUR important skills to becoming a global learner

Enhancing Global Learners

Be an independent learner know HOW to learn

Have a passion and curiosity for all things

Interact positively with people

Nurture your Right brain as well as your Left

Learning HOW to Learn

Constantly absorb new information

Learning HOW to Learn

Learn a new way to do things

Learn HOW to Learn

Be motivated to teach yourself

Learn HOW to Learn

Learning

CP + PQ > IQ

Curiosity Quotient (CQ) + Passion Quotient (PQ) is greater thanIntelligence Quotient (IQ)

**Passionate teachers create kids with higher CQ’s and PQ’s**

Positive Interactions

People skills will be and are MORE valuable than computer skills

In the global world, you need to be able interact with people daily

Positive Classroom Environment

Classroom should be a safe, loving environment

Students need to be able to trust their teachers

Teacher-student connection is KEY: more information will be learned

Nurture your Right brain as well as your Left brain

LEFT BRAIN RIGHT BRAIN- analysis - synthesis

- sequence - context

- literalness - emotional expression

Globally Competitive Classrooms

Should integrate: Project- based learning Technology 21st Century Skill

Project Based Learning

Assessments through other means than tests: Presentations Labs/Investigations Research Projects Reports Create Products etc.

Technology

Integrate technology in lessons through: Podcasts Smartboards Classroom Response System (CRS)

21st Century Skills

Learn independently Analyze and synthesize data Communicate well in different forms Apply learning to new situations Work in teams Find and organize information to problem

solve Conduct investigations Self-monitor to improve one’s learning

“Right Stuff”

These skills and abilities combined make up the “Right Stuff” to make America’s

classrooms globally competitive.

Sources

Friedman, T.L. (2006). The World is Flat. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Gircox.

Darling-Hammond, L. and McCloskey, L. Assessment for Learning Around the World. Phi Delta Kappan 90.4 (2008): 263-72.