Becoming Globally Literate: Teaching Cross-Cultural Awareness through the Use of Social Networking Sites

Autor/in	Carano, Kenneth T.
Titel	Becoming Globally Literate: Teaching Cross-Cultural Awareness through the Use of Social Networking Sites
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2 (2009) 2, S.59-66 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-5847
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Social Networks; Online Courses; Teacher Education; Course Descriptions; Cultural Literacy; Stereotypes; Social Bias; Graduate Students; Educational Innovation; Electronic Publishing; Class Activities; Teaching Methods; Web Sites; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Online course; Online-Kurs; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Kursstrukturplan; Klischee; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Elektronisches Publizieren; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Web-Design
Abstract	The digital era has enabled educators the opportunity of breaking the confinement of the four walls of the traditional classroom and accessing information across cultures and nations. This session discusses the implementation of an innovative online graduate teacher education course focusing on global perspectives. Over the course of the semester, teachers learn how to use social networking sites as a means of gaining tools to cultivate a greater understanding of their own stereotypes and prejudices while learning how to enhance the global literacy of themselves and others. In addition, through the creative nature of blogging, this course provides strategies for teachers to draw on personal experiences as they develop their own network of classroom consultants, across the globe, to foster a greater level of cultural literacy in their students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01