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EDUC 853 IB Discussion. International-Mindedness: National Misunderstanding. Personal Connections. Upbringing: Love Comes in All Colors Travel IB Pilot Team: Glasgow Middle School Living, Teaching and Learning abroad: Panama Teaching 621
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EDUC 853 IB Discussion International-Mindedness: National Misunderstanding
Personal Connections • Upbringing: Love Comes in All Colors • Travel • IB Pilot Team: Glasgow Middle School • Living, Teaching and Learning abroad: Panama • Teaching 621 • Designing the IB Certificate Sequence On-line: mentoring new teacher • Research to determine impact of MYP on DP outcomes in Virginia
Chapters • Quotes and Notes • Definitions • As of this writing: similar to Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, Brown’s Hierarchy of International Mindedness
Brown’s Hierarchy of IM:When you pray, move your feet (African proverb). An internationally minded person is one who… becomes a loving, respectful, dutiful member of the human family helps create a better and more peaceful world performs international community service provides community service (p. 29) desires to make wise choices for the good of mankind (p. 29) understands that others, with their differences, can also be right (p. 33) has intercultural understanding (p. 29) is aware of cultures other than her/his own (Hill, p. 29)
IB Criticism • http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5246880 • http://www.edwatch.org/updates06/040706-IBaq.htm • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102517_pf.html
Socratic Seminar: IB un-American? • How/why is the IB Curriculum/International Mindedness un-American? Or is it? • If it is un-American, what does that imply about America?