January 16, 2013
What's wrong with this picture?
Of course the continents are mixed up, but the larger issue here is the lack of global citizenship. Memorial students can't grasp concepts outside of their own continent, maybe not even outside of their own province.
This topic sparked a lot of emotion during our discussion in class, and while I agree that maybe some of the "globally aware" students weren't being interviewed in the CBC video, our class was missing the larger point of the discussion.
It is our responsibility as preservice teachers (and soon to be interns) to own up to these issues and take it upon ourselves to fix them. We need to avoid getting defensive when offered some constructive criticism (yelling, getting red in the face, totally shutting down) and practice respectful listening. How are we supposed to get respect from our students if we can't give respect when learning about the areas where we have problems? Sometimes you just need to swallow your pride, accept the things you don't know as well as you thought, and make up for it!
This class was more than us bickering and whining, it was our opportunity to learn all about the "real world" issues that we should be thinking about as future educators, especially social studies teachers.
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