Diversity: Global Citizens

Diversity

Victoria Martinez

GEN 499: General Education Capstone

Instructor: Dr. Mark Ryan

02/15/2016

Diversity

The opportunities are changing fast ‘globalised’ humankind is turning towards a large amount of younger generations. Young people are entitled to an education that equips them with the knowledge, skills and note value that they need to take on the opportunities and challenges they will be faced with, and to create the sort of world that they want to live in. An education that reinforces their development as Global Citizens. The active participatory methods of teaching for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Evolution help young people to learn how decisiveness is made by people in other parts of the world that

From the article there are six different outcomes of global citizenship which are intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and responsibility to act. Each of these outcomes has something to do with caring, appreciating, equal treatment, helping others. With all of these outcomes I think they relate to the development of my own identity because as a young child I was taught to be loving and caring towards other no matter what. My parents taught me to be giving and not to be selfish. When I think of Intergoup empathy I think about a group of people and there is that one person who is left out and involving that person in the group can really make a difference. Valuing diversity to me is caring for those around the world who come from different backgrounds and cultures. Social justice means equal rights for all people and I think we should all be treated the same no matter or race, color, religion etc. Environmental sustainability is so important because it is caring for the environment that will keep our earth healthy. Intergroup helping is volunteering, helping, and giving to those in need globally. I feel that intergroup helping is in each and everyone of us and there has been plenty of time in my life when my family and I have donated to charities or volunteered to help out with food,

Analyze how your general education courses influenced you to become a global citizen. Just from the articles and videos I think general education courses influenced me to become a global citizen because apart of me was always involved in giving, helping, and supporting but this course helped me to have a better understanding of what it really means to be a global citizen and what the outcomes are if something is done for the better. Individuals who are highly identified global citizens are globally aware, express caring and empathy for others, embrace cultural diversity, promote social justice and environmentally sustainable living, and feel a responsibility to act to help others(Reysen & Katzarska-Miller, 2013). The present model shows global awareness as an antecedent to identification with global citizens. As noted by Dower (2002a), all humans are global citizens; however, some individuals lack the awareness to recognize their connection with humanity as a