John Tassoni, University Director of Liberal Education, Miami University

Jeanne Colleran, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, John Carroll University

Kevin Hovland, Director, Shared Futures: General Education for a Global Century, AAC&U

Rookie Season

Thinking Critically

Understanding Contexts

Engaging Other Learners

Acting and Reflecting

I. English Composition (6 hours)

II. Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science (9 hours) A. Fine Arts (3 hours) B. Humanities (3 hours) C. Social Science (3 hours)

III. Global Perspectives (6 to 9 hours) A. Study Abroad (6 hours fulfills requirement), or B. G-Courses (9 hours), or C. G-Cluster (9 hours)

IV. Natural Science (9 hours, include one laboratory course) A. Biological Science (3 hours minimum) B. Physical Science (3 hours minimum)

V. Mathematics, Formal Reasoning, Technology (3 hours)

Global Perspectives (6 to 9 hours)

A. Study Abroad (6 hours fulfills requirement), or

B. G-Courses (9 hours), or

C. G-Cluster (9 hours)

Lux

Lifelong Learning (Reflection)

Help Teachers Rethink Curriculum in G-Context

Pre- and Post-Departure Courses

Erosion of Curricular Training?

Erosion of U.S. Cultures?

FND III: Study Abroad (6

hours)

• Develop and exercise the ability to communicate and act respectfully across linguistic and cultural differences. 

• Explore and understand their place and influence in the changing world.  

• Determine and assess relationships among societies, institutions, and systems in terms of reciprocal – though not necessarily symmetrical – interactions, benefits, and costs.

• Describe the development and construction of differences and similarities among contemporary groups and regions.

• Identify and analyze the origins and influences of global forces.  

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• Develop and exercise the ability to communicate and act respectfully across linguistic and cultural differences. Suggestion: Your description here might include references to how students will have meaningful opportunities to engage transnationally with persons, practices, cultures, and/or experiences in such a way that informs their global perspectives. Learning opportunities might include an extended activity or multiple activities that allow for a sustained focus on this goal and could include: real or virtual engagements via skype video conferences; work on joint research/class projects with classes in other universities (e.g., in a political theory course, engaging in a joint project to write a hypothetical constitution); a joint review and critique of work; sustained, meaningful e-mail exchanges that focus on an outcome of the course; collaborative wikis or multimedia content; virtual interaction in a VR cave; or sustained interaction in Second Life; etc.

Global Forum &

Global FLING

English

Lack of Reciprocal Benefit

Reliance on Technology

Affirming Privilege

Self/Other Dichotomy & Prolegamenous

Preparation Issues (for Inevitable Screw Ups)

Presentist

Revisions to Existing Courses

ATH 175: Peoples of the World

GEO 101: Global Forces, Local Diversity

HST 198: World History since 1500

ITS 201: Introduction to International Studies

ENG 108: Composition and Culture for International Students

New Courses

AAA/SOC 207: China and Globalization AMS 207: America—A Global Context ARC 107: Global Design DST/SPA 212: Deaf Culture: Global, National, Local

Issues EAS 266: Metal on Metal: Engineering and

Globalization in Heavy Metal Music GTY 260: Global Aging MUS 186: Global Music for the I-POD

Resistance to the Preparatory

Course Deep Revision (Inside and Outside of FND III)

Exploring Genres

Vitalizing Co-Curriculum

Chance for Collaboration/Inquiry Across Sections

Move Toward University-Wide Dialogue on Entire Plan

Engaging the World:

Globalizing the Curriculum

In consonance with the Jesuit tradition of the examination of conscience, a John Carroll University education emphasizes personal responsibility and ethical conduct.

A John Carroll University education deepens the values that characterize lives of service, including the integrity to call attention to all forms of discrimination and oppression, the dedication to work persistently on behalf of social justice, and a respect for all human dignity.

As world citizens cognizant of global interdependence, John Carroll University students recognize the importance of historical and cultural context in order to promote equitable exchange, respect for difference and pluralism, and environmental responsibility.

John Carroll graduates have the skills for civic and professional leadership and productive collaboration.

We expect that graduates of John Carroll University will be able to:o 1. Demonstrate an integrative knowledge of human and

natural worlds;o 2. Develop habits of critical analysis and aesthetic

appreciation;o 3. Apply creative and innovative thinking; o 4. Communicate skillfully in multiple forms of

expression;o 5. Act competently in a global and diverse world

o 6. Understand and promote social justice;o 7. Apply a framework for examining ethical

dilemmas.o 8. Employ leadership and collaborative skills; o 9. Understand the religious dimensions of human

experience.

Jesuit education has long been committed to praxis or the idea of putting theory into practice. For those steeped in the Jesuit tradition, that sense of praxis has come to mean a deep and abiding commitment to social justice often framed in terms of “engaging the world.”

The Jesuit Core: Divisional requirements Superimposed Requirements: 2 international

courses and one diversity

Integrate its numerous –but disparate—articulations of global learning into a program that informs our core (general education) requirements and offers a curriculum that draws on the Jesuit tradition emphasizing global citizenship, humanitarian service, and volunteerism forming students with a “well-educated solidarity.”

A well-educated solidarity, then, forms students in the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence to apply their intellectual talents to address the great needs of the world and fashion a more just and humane existence.

International

Silo approach of culture or nationalityOne course or one sequence sufficientPolitics and culture emphasized; economics

GlobalIntegrative

InterdisciplinaryNot bound to nation stateEconomics and culture within the symbolic realmInformation accessRhizomicNon-state actorsSpatial thinkingMapping

An emphasis on new kinds of critical evaluation that includes spatial thinking and complex systems analysis, and that engages non-linear models of information assessment and decision making;

A focus on the critical understanding of the possibilities and limitations of technology and participatory culture, including ethical issues related to globalization and technology; and

The cultivation of moral values as well as the development of practical tools that empower students to address chronic problems and acute instances of social injustice and humanitarian crisis

Short Introduction to Globalization

Globalization by Arjun Appadurai

Selected articles

Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins

The Digital Divide

Globalization Participatory Culture

Integrate issues of global education and citizenship across disciplines in core courses

Through learning communities that develop conceptual frameworks around globalization and produce new courses or revise courses.

Goal: 45 courses over three years in which issues of globalization are raised.

Epidemiology, Health Global Fundamentalisms Globalization and Sustainability Environmental Degradation and Its Consequences Writing Across Conflict Film and Cultural Criticism Participatory Cultures, Geography, and New Media Repressive Regimes, Social Movements, & New Technology Visualizing Complex Data Toward an Ethics of the Future Global Markets Post-conflict Reconciliation

Through course development grants, we wish to develop foundational courses that will be required across more specific programs:

Globalization Theory Globalization and Technology Globalization and the Environment Globalization and Culture Globalization and Ethics

East Asian Studies Peace, Justice and Human Rights International Business, Language and Culture Africana Studies Latin American Studies Modern European Studies Environmental Studies Public Health

More sustainable through shared foundation courses

East Asian Studies

Africana Studies

Peace, Justice, Human Rights

Latin American Studies

Environmental Studies

Public Health

Determines how our experiential learning, service-learning opportunities, and immersion experiences can be more successfully integrated into core curriculum courses.

Humanitarian Response Model: Globalization connected to service projects

What do we mean by global learning? What are the student learning outcomes we want to see?

Where within the curriculum can students practice to achieve such outcomes?

How do we link these curricular experiences to wider learning experiences?

How will we recognize and measure global learning?