Global learning curriculum for academic departments
The curriculum
The following are the reports prepared and adopted by these
departments and programs:
Department involvement
A number of academic departments have been involved in the
Global Learning Initiative seeking ways to adopt the principles of this project
into their curricula.
Teams from each of these departments engaged in the initial
work of addressing three fundamental tasks:
- develop global learning
outcomes for majors in their own departments
- create curricular and
co-curricular strategies to help students achieve these global learning
outcomes
- build assessment
approaches to establish that students are achieving the global learning
outcomes
Reports developed by these teams were then presented to
faculty colleagues in their respective departments who had an opportunity to
review, discuss, make changes as deemed necessary and then vote to adopt these
commitments to global learning. These
reports were then developed into curriculum.
Three themes of global learning
The teams were supported through workshops and expert
faculty associated with the three themes of global learning:
- sustainability
- diversity
- global engagement
Resources
Read moreLiterature
Read moreAnderson, J. A. (2008). Driving change through diversity
and globalization: Transformative leadership in the academy. Sterling, VA:
Stylus Publishing.
Bhandari, R., & Laughlin, S. (Eds.). (2009). Higher
education on the move: New developments in global mobility. New York, NY:
Institute of International Education.
Green, M. F. (2009). Integrating study abroad into the
curriculum: Theory and practice across the disciplines. Sterling, VA:
Stylus Publishing.
Lewis, R. D. (2007). The cultural imperative: Global
trends in the 21st century. Boston, MA: Intercultural Press.
Stearns, P. N. (2009). Educating global citizens in
colleges and universities: Challenges and opportunities. New York, NY:
Routledge.