The Importance Of Become A Global Citizen

Global Citizenship & Equity at Centennial College: Global citizenship refers to the social well- being of various communities and its main focus is to minimize inequity which means try to protect our surroundings and don’t harm others. Global citizens support equity at all levels local as well as globally. In equity we have to change different strategy not only changes the version of current strategy to ensure equity.

According to Keeping and Shapiro, “The term ‘global citizenship’ is increasingly heard, especially in Canada, but rarely defined.”(as citied in Block and Friesen, 2012, page 215) I believe if a person who would like to places their own identity with a global community through actions much more than their identity about values and practices, they will become a part of global citizenship. After learning in ELLA 0360 textbooks, there are three peoples that stand out. They are Dr. Christopher Opio, Lindsay Willms and David Suzuki.

Colleges all over the United States have a variety of foreign language programs, cultural events, and study abroad programs to help American students have a better understanding of other cultures, languages, and geographical landmarks. Each of these elements are very distinctive to one’s every day life. Languages, cultures, and geographical landmarks distinguish one’s characteristics. An individual’s characteristics define their human identity and their purpose in life. Apart from one’s daily life, others display their characteristics on social media whether it is their religion, beliefs, morals, or personality to visually express how one feels about their own human identity. Today’s modern society connects with other countries mainly by social media, but does not get a full understanding of how others around the world go about his or her daily agenda. College students throughout the United States have various different ways to apply the American culture to other countries by arranging the same types of programs in colleges around the world.

An active member’s duty in a community is to be respectful and tolerant towards other’s differences, yet still sharing a few similarities. Extreme globalization and nationalism both have a tendency to lead to racism, hypocrisy, and bigotry from both sides.

In article “Beyond Borders: What It Means to Be a Global Citizen”, Drew Noble Alexander states the meaning of being a global citizen. He says that we are all born as global citizens, and we can choose to contribute to the world or passively deny the trend. Alexander thinks becoming a contributing “global citizen” requires a wide view of world and experiences from different cultures. Also, he notes modern people face more severe challenges than others, so they need features like “critical thinking skills, a level of self-awareness and confidence” to work collaboratively and creatively. Furthermore, Alexander writes about his teaching experiences in different regions in the world, realizing that features needed to become a contributing

In efforts to respond to the changing dynamics, forces of globalization, and diverse populations within today’s changing classroom environments, citizenship education has been at the forefront of many educational studies. The effects of globalization has not only led to diverse and changing classroom dynamics, but also to an increase in a proliferation of studies and curriculum initiatives on the need for citizenship education. Many countries now include citizenship education as an important feature of their official curriculum. Educators throughout the world are attempting to understand and assess the process by which young students must learn about democratic citizenship, and where and how citizenship education should be located and represented

In an increasingly interconnected world, America remains alarmingly isolated due to cultural rigidity. Though often dubbed a “melting pot” of people and ideas (Wolff, 2), this is quite the misnomer. Most Americans have no experience with anything outside of the country. In fact, almost 64 percent have never travelled outside their own familiar borders (Fischl, 1) and less than 25 percent can speak a foreign language conversationally (Wolff, 2). This lack of global literacy comes at a high price. In order to thrive internationally in areas such as economics and politics, the United States needs people proficient in the global culture (Altshuler and Skorton, 1). Fortunately, through the cultivation of foreign language, integration of foreign

I have grown as a global citizen and as a student. I've grown as a student in knowledge and I've grown as a global citizen in communicating with others. There are many ways I've grown in those areas, but I will just be talking about some of them. In most of my classes there is a way I've grown as a student or as a global citizen. In my biology class I've grown as a student. In my English class I've grown as a global citizen.

According to Centennial College (n.d.-a), Global Citizenship and Equity is described as an ability to be responsible and ensured that every person has equal possibilities to be successful, which means not only to get basic needs but also to have an opportunity to flourish. The main objectives are to lessen inequity throughout the world, to protect people of being harmed, and to retain and maintain a healthy environment (para. 1-2).

The definition of the global citizenship as self-awareness and awareness of others connect with the most. Since I came here in NDSU, though the communication with people come from other culture, I recognized self-awareness and awareness of others. In addition, I could realize advantage and disadvantage of my culture and others.

With the boom of technological advancements seen in recent years, the world has become more interconnected than ever before. News travels instantly across the world creating what some call a ‘global village’. This global village has allowed active citizens to be involved in issues worldwide. In the following essay active citizenship, multidimensional citizenship, and the A21 movement will be discussed.

The ideal society for many of us is a place in which mutual respect exists for all. A place where despite our different perspective and beliefs we can come together and coexist in peace. This ideology is called cosmopolitanism. The idea of a cosmopolitan society has been around for thousands of years, it has created controversial arguments on whether its principles could benefit our community by helping us achieve a deeper level of understanding towards one another. Throughout the world, there are disputes because of our different perspectives and values. What if we could mitigate conflicts by integrating cosmopolitanism into our daily lives? In Appiah’s text, Making Conversation, he contributes fundamental ideas that could help society achieve and understand the notion of cosmopolitanism. Many cultures hold beliefs contrary to ours. In many cases, these practices can be taboo to us but acceptable to others. Cosmopolitanism is the solution to our conflicts that stem from a disparate set of views of how things should occur. Applying the notion of cosmopolitanism can aid us in our quest to understand and respect others, take into account our differences, and remain open-minded to the diverse ways of living life.

My personal aspect on being a global citizen is anyone who makes connections with the world and understands cultures and how they differ throughout the world. I would like to be a global citizen by empowering individuals to have a choice of participating in the capitalistic society because there is a choice to condone it or not. For example, in the film Searching for Sugar man (2012), Sixto Rodriguez would exclude himself from the capitalistic government. He was globally connected to South Africa by sharing his music, but not want to continue his fame and make money off of his productions in the United States. Furthermore, globalization is the expansion of business throughout the world. When slaves were brought to America, they contributed into agribusiness expanding the Europeans knowledge of farming, increasing production in the new world (Gewin). Capitalism runs through nations and is the fundamental component of an economic system. Although many people do not realize they take part into the capitalistic society that they live in, capitalism happens in the workforces that they work in, the schools that their children attend, and the businesses and companies that they invest in. The systematic approach of capitalism causes countries to depend on to keep the economy going. It has been the primary reason for immigration, ethnocide, anti-systemic organizations, and hunger and poverty throughout many nations. Capitalism is a controlling system that affects

The world is the melting pot of societies with different religions, cultures and traditions. These cultures consist of values, norms and traditions that

Due to the wave of the World Values Surveys which was conducted in 57 countries around the world, more than 30 percent of the 65,269 respondents, seriously, identified themselves as the citizens of the world. So the Cosmopolitanism is an important and remarkable phenomenon (Miller, 2010). The Cosmopolitan, is the attitude to yourself as a person, a citizen of the world and this attachment is voluntary and selective (Bayram, 2014: 2).