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GLOBAL COLLABORATION DAY 2015

WHAT IS A

GLOBAL

LEARNER?

BEING A GLOBAL LEARNER IS BEING SOMEONEWHO LOOKS AT SOLVING OR RESEARCHING A

PROBLEM FROM AN INTERNATIONALVIEWPOINT OR MULTIPLE INFLUENCES. IN

OTHER WORDS, NO 'MAN' IS HIS OWN ISLANDAND A PROBLEM DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE

ONE CAUSE OR ONLY ONE SOLUTION.

L A U R A H I G G S , U . S .

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A GLOBAL LEARNER IS SOMEONE WHORECOGNIZES THAT WHAT AFFECTS SOMEONE IN

ONE PART OF THE WORLD AFFECTS ANOTHERIN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD. A

GLOBAL LEARNER UNDERSTANDS THAT THEWORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE AND WE ALL

MATTER. A GLOBAL LEARNER USES RESOURCESFROM AROUND THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND

MORE ABOUT HIS/HER OWN WORLD. A GLOBALLEARNER IS A LEARNER OF THE FUTURE.

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I THINK THAT IT MEANS THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF

DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TOAPPRECIATE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN

THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

S T U D E N T , P A K I S T A N

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GLOBAL LEARNING MEANS TO BE A CURIOUSPERSON, A PASSION FOR DISCOVERING NEWTHINGS. TO USE DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR

ACCESSING INFORMATION IN DIFFERENTLANGUAGES, SHARE IDEAS AND CREATE NEW

ONES. GLOBAL LEARNING INVOLVESADAPTATION, FLEXIBILITY, MOTIVATION,

EMOTION AND ACTION!

D É B O R A H M A R T Í N , S P A I N

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TO BE A GLOBAL LEARNER IS TO LEARN WHATMAKES US DIFFERENT MAKES US SPECIAL. IT 'S

IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP AND FOSTER ANAPPRECIATION FOR OTHERS THROUGHLEARNING ABOUT OTHERS' CULTURES,

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS. THROUGH AGLOBAL LENS, STUDENTS LEARN THAT THEY

HAVE MORE SIMILARITIES THAN DIFFERENCES.

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A GLOBAL LEARNER IS A PERSON WHO, WHENINTRODUCED TO OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFS AND

VALUES, LEARNS TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPTTHEM. THIS PERSON BECOMES CURIOUS ABOUTDIVERSITY AND IS WILLING TO INCORPORATE

DIFFERENT VALUES AND BELIEFS TO HIS ORHER OWN LIFE, REDUCING CULTURAL

DISTANCES AND WORKING TOWARD CREATINGONE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

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I THINK IT MAKES PEOPLE KNOW EACHOTHER BETTER. IT PROVOKES OUR

CULTURE. THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONEXPLORES WITH CONNECTS US TO THE

REST OF THE WORLD.

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IT ENABLES LEARNERS TO ENGAGEWITH COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUES AND

EXPLORE LINKS BETWEEN THEIR OWNLIVES AND PEOPLE.

S T U D E N T , P A K I S T A N

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ONE WHO COLLABORATES WITH OTHERSFROM AROUND THE WORLD TO LEARN

ABOUT RESOURCES & STRATEGIES THEYCAN USE TO REACH ALL LEARNERS ASWELL AS KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENTTRENDS IS A CONNECTED EDUCATOR.

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GLOBAL MEANS A RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES. IT HELPS LEARNERS TOIMAGINE DIFFERENT FUTURES AND THE

ROLE THEY CAN PLAY IN CREATING AFAIR AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

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