In order to accomplish the intentions of this chapter you should able to: 1. Compare the educational systems of selected countries of the world. 2. Describe multi-cultural education and the role of the teacher in addressing diversity among learners. 3. Identify opportunities provided by exchange programs in the development of world-class teacher. 4. Describe various educational technologies utilized in innovative teaching strategies for global teaching. 5. Reflect on the qualities and responsibilities of a global teacher. “Being world-class does not mean going internationally and showing our best out there. Being worldclass is passion and commitment to our profession; being world-class is giving our best to teaching. Being world-class starts right inside the classroom.” -Conrado de Quiroz We live in a “global village, hence need for a global teachers.” Increased knowledge about the peoples of the world. Resolutions of global problems. Increased fluency in foreign languages. Development of more tolerant attitudes towards cultures and people. To compete globally would mean to prepare teachers who are capable of changing lifelong educational needs. How do you prepare for these needs? What are the emerging technologies that will shape the future? How can we use our technologies for the best learning advantage? What will be the jobs of the future and how should curricula be shaped to prepare students for their future? Global Education has been described by two definitions: 1. UNESCO defines global education as a goal to become aware of educational conditions or lack of it, in developing countries worldwide and aim to educate all people to a certain world standards. 2. Is a curriculum that is international in scope which prepares today’s youth around the world to function in one world environment under teachers who are intellectually, professionally and humanistically prepared. Global education is all about diversity and the goal of global education is for us to understand the differences and teach the different cultural groups. It is for the development of not just the educational system here in the Philippines but also in other countries worldwide to produce educated people with the certain WORLD STANDARDS. Global education is always attached with global teachers. They are the people involved in making the global education possible. But who are global teachers? A Global Teacher is a competent who is armed with enough skills, appropriate attitude and universal values to teach students with both time tested as well as modern technologies in education in any place in the world. He or she is someone who thinks and acts both locally and globally with worldwide perspectives, right in the communities where he or she is situated. Classroom Teacher is someone that focuses on their classroom and students only. Although there can be a huge benefit to their own students, this often leads to weaker relationships with other students. They often see other kids as someone else’s issue and will avoid dealing with them. They also keep their practices to themselves and have their classroom door closed, sometimes literally, but most often figuratively. School Teacher This to me was the ideal as this teacher connected with every student in their classroom, as well as students and educators around the school. They see supervision as an opportunity to connect with others and build relationships with kids. They share their practices openly with others because their focus is always on “what is best for kids“. If they can share something, and you can take it, remix it, and use it for your students, they make everyone better. They think of the school as a village and their expertise and experience is shared exponentially not to only help their kids, but all kids in their school. Global Teacher has the best elements of the classroom and school tea cher, but their focus is on “what is best for kids”, no matter if is their own kids, kids in the school across the street, or across the ocean. They got into teaching because they love students and want to help every single one of them, no matter their situation or location. Name of the countries USA Australia Level of Education Description Special feature Free education in basic education Spiral education Government assistance enrolling in senior high school in private school Pre-school Junior high school 1-4 years old 5-6 years old Senior high school 12-13 years old Graduate school 16-17 years old Primary school Junior high school 6 years old 12-15 years old Senior high school 16-17 years old College Free education in basic education Secondary certificate of education China Japan Primary education 6 years Junior middle school 3 years Senior middle school 3 years University 6 years Elementary school 6 years Students perform far better on interactional examination than American do. Lower secondary school 3 years Lack of crime Upper secondary school 3 years Respectful University school 4 years Foundation stage 3-5 years Key stage one 5-7 years Key stage two 7-11 years Key stage three 11-14 years Key stage four Year group 7-9 Aged 14-16 and year group 10-11 U.N Open door policy Strong mandate It mandates core subject, English, Math and Science Mandates core subject, foreign language and information/communication tech. emphasis on none difficult topics and the addition of sex-education core curriculum courses that lead to qualification in each of the five subject areas which are Math, Science, information and communication Technology(ICT) it is not mandatory in England. New Zealand Philippines Pre-school Years 1-8 Years 7-8 Years 7-13 University or similar Kindergarten Elementary Birth-5 years old 5-13 years old 11-17 years old 11-17 years 17 onward 6 years 4 years Junior high school 2 years Senior high school 4 years College Early childhood Primary school Intermediate school Secondary school Tertiary Free education Spiral curriculum