Worldwise Learning

Foreword Preface The Purpose of This Book The Worldview and Beliefs That Frame This Book An Invitation to the Reader Acknowledgments About the Authors About the Illustrator INTRODUCTION: THE IMPERATIVE Global Competence: Transforming Learning to Action Pedagogy for People, Planet, and Prosperity Book Features and Structure PART I: CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION CHAPTER 1: THE WORLDWISE LEARNING FRAMEWORK Learning in a Globalized World Curriculum Design for Understanding and Action The Learning Process: Inquiring Into People, the Planet, and Prosperity CHAPTER 2: CREATING INCLUSIVE, DEMOCRATIC CLASSROOMS The Democratic Classroom Student-Centered Planning in the Democratic Classroom The Worldwise Learning Planning Process Strategies for Democratic Classrooms CHAPTER 3: COMPLEX ISSUES KNOW NO DISCIPLINES Understanding Issues Using Interdisciplinary Learning The Role of Disciplinary Knowledge A Fruitful Exploration of Interdisciplinary Learning "Up and Out" Transfer The Interdisciplinary Learning Continuum Strategies for Interdisciplinary Learning PART II: CONNECT: ENGAGING THE HEART, HEAD, AND HAND CHAPTER 4: PERSPECTIVE-TAKING AND PERSPECTIVE-GETTING Perspectives as Lenses for Understanding Complex Issues When Perspective-Taking Is Not Appropriate Looking Inward: Understanding the Self Looking Outward: Understanding Others Perspective-Getting: Seeking Out Diverse Perspectives Strategies for Perspective-Taking and Perspective-Getting CHAPTER 5: THE POWER OF STORY TO BUILD CONNECTION Stories Are All Around Us The Storytelling Brain Storytelling as a Pedagogical Tool for Worldwise Learning Stories as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors Beyond Words: Art, Map-Making, and Data Visualization Strategies for Storytelling PART III: UNDERSTAND: DEVELOPING "BIG PICTURE" THINKING CHAPTER 6: SYSTEMS, SYSTEMS EVERYWHERE Understanding Issues Using a Systems Approach What Is a System, Really? Developing Systems Thinkers Strategies for Systems Thinking CHAPTER 7: UP TO THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL Conceptual Thinking to Understand Complexity Levels of Conceptual Thinking Level 1: Concept Formation Level 2: Generalizing Level 3: Transferring Understanding Clearing Roadblocks to Conceptual Thinking Developing Conceptual Understanding Through Case Studies Strategies for Conceptual Thinking PART IV: ACT: PARTICIPATING AS GLOBAL CITIZENS CHAPTER 8: CITIZENSHIP WITHIN AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Big Ideas of Global Citizenship What Global Citizenship Is Not Big Idea #1: Global citizens develop global citizen identities. Big Idea #2: Global citizens interrogate and draw connections between the structures, systems, and perspectives that underpin issues, including at different scales. Big Idea #3: Global citizens engage in purposeful, informed action with others. Strategies for Global Citizenship CHAPTER 9: BEING A WORLDWISE EDUCATOR Global Competence as an Ongoing Journey Connect Phase for Worldwise Educators Understand Phase for Worldwise Educators Act Phase for Worldwise Educators Strategies for Worldwise Educators Appendix A: Sample Unit Planner: Pollinator Power! Glossary References Index