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Developing Students’ Global Perspectives in Secondary Chinese Classrooms

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GAO Jing

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2016.02.005

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Leestown Middle School, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

With the development of economy, technology, and international exchanges, the process of globalization has been accelerated. In order to meet the needs of our increasingly complex and changing world, our students need to be prepared for global competence. In language classrooms, we need to enhance students’ cultural awareness and develop their global perspectives so that they can be prepared for successfully participating in global affairs and becoming competitive, creative, and humanized citizens in their future. In this paper, the author explores and discusses the strategies that teachers can employ in Chinese classrooms at middle and high schools to develop students’ global perspectives.

KEYWORDS

global perspectives, global competence, cultural competence, Chinese education, global education

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