Global education, global citizenship, global competence, cross-cultural exchanges, authentic immersion and community service experiences, are major programmatic and curricular themes in schools today.
What if we linked global competence with education globally?
Global competence is clearly one of those skills, and part of global competence is an awareness of the issues facing individuals around the world in order to better interact with these individuals with understanding and empathy, creating a global culture of peace, economic prosperity and security.
Global competence skills: Online education opens doors to the world and provides access for students to engage and communicate with other students across the globe; enhancing their world view and global competence.
FINE-TUNING your global competence doesn't have to mean a lifestyle overhaul.
For several years, I talked up the idea of global competence to anyone who would listen, until one day I realized that I was being hypocritical.
I'm beginning to see that global competence is also about understanding the interplay among individuals, countries, industries and organizational cultures.
Although she told me that my global competence would be better honed in Bangalore, India, she echoed my feelings about its necessity in the future world of work.
Also called "global competence," it represents an understanding of other cultures and languages; but China isn't the only nation in Asia and people should also be looking more broadly, to Japan, India and Indonesia, to name just three other places, according to some experts.
