Global Education: An Introduction to Global Competence

0-1 Units
Online Fixed-Date

Course Description

Begin Your Journey to Bring the World to Your Students

This course will introduce educators to global education with a focus on teaching for global competence.  Definitions, descriptions, and learning activities will help educators to better understand global competence domains, indicators, and benchmarks in teaching for global citizenship.

Course Details

Number of Units:  Select one of the following options:

  • Credit Option, 1.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
  • No Credit Option, no grade or transcript will be included with this option

Enrollment Requirements:  Carefully select the credit (Section 003) or no credit option (Section 004) when adding course to your cart.  Transfer requests will not be available after the third day of the course.  If you have been invited to use a valid discount code, it will be requested and is to be applied during the check-out process, and cannot be applied after the transaction has been completed.

Who Should Attend:  This course provides continuing education for PK-12 teachers of all disciplines, instructional coaches, curriculum developers, administrators, parents, and community organizers.

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What You Will Learn

  • Define and describe global education and global competence
  • Identify the qualities of a global citizen
  • Determine one's own skills and abilities as globally competent teachers and create a plan of action to improve or enhance those skills and abilities

Instructors

Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.

Why USD?

PCE nurtures key partnerships on the local, national and international level to better serve working professionals who seek to enhance or build their careers, as well as with their employers to help achieve their highest value and potential. Contact us today to learn more.

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Learning Method Information

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Online Fixed-Date

Online Fixed-Date: Online fixed-date courses offer a convenient, yet rigorous style of learning that enables you to collaborate with your instructor and other students in a shared, online learning environment. These courses have fixed start and finish dates, but as an online student you will have 24/7 online access to your classroom assignments, syllabus and course resources. Our online fixed-date courses allow you to work on your assignments anytime, although you are required to complete the assignments by specific dates.

How is the learning structured? In an online fixed-date course, you and your classmates will proceed through the curriculum together, collaborating in a shared learning experience. Each online fixed-date course is asynchronous, meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime, although required to complete the assignments by specific dates. The course is designed with learning modules where all of the content is grouped into weekly assignments. Each module covers one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:

  • Module introduction that outlines what you can expect to learn in the module.
  • Required readings (textbook, articles, journals, etc.) and presentations (audio and/or video).
  • Assignments with due dates (which may include: written assignments, journal entries, research, blogs, etc.) based on the readings and presentations.
  • Discussion forum where you answer prompts from the instructor and interact with your classmates.
  • Module conclusion to review the topics and what you should have learned.
  • Typically, there is a final project, paper, or exam due in the last module that culminates all of the topics covered in each of the learning modules. You’ll find that the design of the learning modules has a rhythm to help you manage your time in the course.

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