"Globalization can ... be define as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa."(Anthony Giddens, former director of London School of Economics).
So the quote defines one of the aspects we have spoken about in our groupwork on the last tuesday. It is the aspect that the world get closer together and get a closer contact to each other. But it is one of the basic aspects to get closer to each other, the people have to know each other better. That mean that they are more open minded, that they should accept different behavior and thoughts and to become more tolerant. So that is one of the main aims the teacher has to reach.
The pupils especially the pupils at pre-primary and primary school should get closer contact to the different cultures and the different religions, so that they are more open minded and it does not work to form prejudices so fast.
My first experience at school about the topic globalization is connected to the topic tolerance and acceptance which leads to the knowledge about the differences between countries, languages, religions and cultures.It is important that children get to know each other better and that they can understand each other behavior instead laughing about it and develop prejudice against each other.
I did my first practice in Berlin-Schöneberg it is an area where a lot of different nationalities, religions and cultures live with each other. I observe and try my first teaching practise in class which consists of 25 different pupil. Different means in that way not only the different origin, it is also mean the different ages, because it was a class with first and second year pupils. That is a concept which should stimulate the social skills.
One example that I experience was the end of the "Ramadan". The "Ramadan" is the ninth month of the Turkish calender and it is the time when the people from that religion are not allowed to eat when the sun will rise untill the sun will goes down. This time most of this pupils will not eat at school and so the other pupils asks why they do not. So the teacher make it possible, that they get a knowledge about this behavior and at least they all celebrate the ending of the time. It is festival called "Ramazan Bayram" and it is very important for them. So everybody celebrate this time together, so they get a closer contact to each other.
It is necessary to prevent for prejudice.
That leads me to question two, I chose the topic about communication, because it is important to prevent of prejudice and a way of thinking in a non-tolerant way.
The communication
At first it is important to define communication, it is not just the talk between two persons. It can also be a non-verbal way of talk. For me communication is a way to share information with other persons in different ways.
A official definition could be:
"Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places. .."
Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/communication.html#ixzz2KWTt1m6a
The way to get information or news has changed, that means we can look something up in the internet for classes,for sparetime activities or just for the interests. It is faster to get a knowledge about the happening in the us or australia. And it is easier to stay in contact with friends or family who stayed abroad or when yourself stay abroad. That is possible because of the new media. The task communication should be taken very serious because, the knowledge we got, is the one we need to understand different behavior in a better way. It is an opportunity to prevent prejudices caused of a lack of knowledge. Communication is important to support open minds, tolerance and acceptance.
For our generation it is not so new, because we grows up with it but for the generation of my parents and grandparents it is new and they do not know how they can handle with it. But it is necessary to proof the information we got, to prevent false oner.
It is the task of the internet to give information more quick than a letter or a newspaper has done it before. So world is getting not just quicker it gets closer. To knew what happend in a state in africa or australia is easy, because of the internet.
But it is not only the private way which is influenced by the speed of the time it is also other topics which are influence by that.
The following links, should support the knowledge about communication in the topic of globalization.
links:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/08/z-business-quotations
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/mods/theme_c/mod18.html
I like how you were able to use real life experiences to explain your thoughts on globalisation. I think the classroom is one of the most prominent ways we can recognize and see how diversity affects our world.
ReplyDeleteI think your definition of communication was spot on. Both Nicholai and Lilian said the same thing in one way or another. I also think technology can be an expression of communication because it can be utilized in various ways such as Facebook, IM, Email, and Skype.
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Here is feedback to you on the theme “Globalization”
Concerning task 1 which is ..:”Reflect on this quote: Globalization can ... be define as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa.' (Anthony Giddens, former director of London School of Economics).
You have described and reflected on some of the important aspects of globalization and professional change. That´s a good start!
Concerning task 2 which is ..:”Write core concepts from this challenge with definitions” “ In this section you collect 3-7 core concepts from each challenge to form your personal glossary on globalization.
FURTHERMORE, the section called ”Glossary” is designed for other words than the core concepts, that are new to you, and you yourself consider important to learn.
I see that you have chosen one core concept for this session, and that is OK.
As far as I can see you have not jet written many of the other possibilities of core concepts and neither started your “Glossary”. Therefore I have a proposal to you: See Aimee Mcafee´s blog under "Globalization" and under "Glossary" for inspiration.
Yours
Egon Hedegaard, eghedegaard@gmail.dk
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