The Global Competencies
The Global Competencies lay the framework of what global education is, how it functions, and outlines the skills needed to be globally competent. Globally competent students are adaptable, life-long learners who have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Investigate the World: Investigating the world is a multi-faceted process in which students identify an issue or generate a question. They then use a combination of languages, along with domestic and international sources, in order to integrate and synthesize their evidence to develop a compelling, authentic argument to their initial question. It is important to understand that your students do not search for one right answer, but instead engage themselves in their research to the extent that they are intrinsically motivated to learn and explore more.
2. Recognize Perspectives: Recognizing perspectives is essential in working toward the goal of global competence for students. Students must first be able to recognize and express their own perspectives before examining those of other cultures. Students must also understand that cultural interactions influence situations and that many times these perspectives of others have come about from the differences in technologies, knowledge attainment, issues at hand, and other phenomena, all leading to their shaped perspectives.
3. Communicate Ideas: Globally competent students can effectively communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with diverse audiences. Students also understand the impact of various languages for global business and seek to learn a second language for greater understanding.
4. Take Action: Globally competent students see themselves as being capable of making an ethical, impactful, and meaningful difference in the world, no matter how big or small.
- Educating for Global Competence: Preparing our Youth to Engage the World, Mansilla & Jackson
The Global Competence MatrixThe global competence matrices help explain what global competence is and how to apply it. The competency matrices can also serve as an effective tool for assessing global competence in the classroom. Below you will learn about the Skills, Behaviors, and Attitudes & Values that bring global competence to fruition . You will also find general global competence matrices applicable to general education and across curricula and academic disciplines.
Further below you will find subject-specific global education matrices for: English, Math, the Arts, World Language, Social Studies, and Science. World Savvy Global Competence Matrix
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I would highly suggest reading Vernonica Mansilla and Anthony Jackson's Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. It is full of information, resources and guides to bring global competence to the classroom. Also included in the book are the discipline-specific matrices found below.
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Subject-Specific Global Competence Matrices |
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The general Global Competence Matrices can be used to both apply and assess global competence across curricula and disciplines. The matrices provide the basic tenets that form global competence. These subject-specific matrices were created as part of the Council of Chief State School Officers’ EdSteps Project in partnership with the Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning. Choose a subject below to view discipline-specific global competence matrices for that subject.
Competency Gallery:
Global Competence Matrices by Academic Subject Area
Click on your teaching subject to find out what global competence looks like in your subject!
NOTE: This TGC Capstone Project is not an official U.S. Department of State website. The views and information presented are the grantee's own and do not represent the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, IREX, or the U.S. Department of State.
