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International Mindedness. and Intercultural awareness. The IB Misson Statement. Mt Mourne Mission Statement Mount Mourne School exists to inspire its students to become compassionate, lifelong learners who are responsible, global citizens.
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International Mindedness and Intercultural awareness
The IB Misson Statement Mt Mourne Mission Statement Mount Mourne School exists to inspire its students to become compassionate, lifelong learners who are responsible, global citizens. Our students will use various modes of communication in order to promote peace by learning to accept cultural differences and to respect our world. “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect… …These programmes encourage students across the world to become active compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”
Rank these names from the most to the least Internationally Mindedmost internationally minded, number 1 to the least, number 10 • Mother Teresa • Barack Obama • Nelson Mandela • Madonna • Bono • Anna Kournikova • Osama bin Laden • Hugo Chavez • Hillary Clinton • Diane Sawyer
IB learners strive to be: • Inquirers • Knowledgeable • Thinkers • Communicators • Principled • Caring • Risk-takers • Balanced • Reflective • Open-minded
The IB Learner Profile Knowledgeable: they explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance Open-minded: they understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience. Caring: they show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
Intercultural Awareness is… More than the Five F’s • Flags • Food • Festivals • Fashion • Faces
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How will we define “Internationl Mindedness”? “Having an international perspective includes • Knowledge and understanding beyond one’s own nationality. • Awareness and understanding of the interdependence among peoples. • Awareness and understanding of the interdependence among countries. • Awareness and understanding of the independence of people and countries. • Awareness and understanding of the similarities and differences among peoples. …international is made up of both Inter and national. International understanding does not replace a sense of nationhood…but uses and builds on a sense of one’s own national identity to understand and work with the national identities experienced and felt by others.” Skelton, Martin, Andrew Wigford, Pam Harper, and Graham Reeves. "Beyond Food, Festivals, and Flags." Educational Leadership 60.2 (2002): 52-55.
International Mindedness… a goal of IB Developing this sense of international mindedness is more important now than ever before. It must come about from a thoughtful intentionally planned instruction aimed at raising the students’ as well as the teachers’ international awareness. It deserves to be developed with as much rigor as mathematics, science, language arts and other aspects of our curriculum.
