Hanvey's attainable global perspective: four components of global awareness¶

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Description¶

The bibliography annotates Robert G. Hanvey's ATTAINABLE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (Center for Global Perspectives, 1979) as an effort to define global perspective through four components. The annotation reads: "An effort to define global perspective as having a 'state of the planet' awareness, cross cultural awareness, knowledge of global dynamics, and awareness of numan choice." This framework gives educators a vocabulary for the dimensions of global perspective that materials for K-8 programs can target.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Materials and programs aiming at global perspective can be evaluated against the four named awareness components

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Elementary and secondary educators selecting global education materials

Target Learning Objectives¶

• Global perspective
• Cross-cultural awareness

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Two foundational conceptualizations of global awareness: earth as one interdependent system and humankind as one family
• Hanvey's five-dimension framework for an attainable global perspective
• Perspective consciousness: recognizing that one's view of the world is shaped, partial, and not universally shared
• Four levels of cross-cultural awareness, with believability achieved only at the intellectual-analysis and immersion levels
• The world as an interconnected system: replacing simple cause and effect with complex interaction

Examples¶

• Schools should stake out a corrective niche that complements and balances event-centered media

Key Sources¶

• Berman, Sarah, Martha Campbell, and Kathy Lentz. (1980). Annotated Bibliography of Materials for Developing Cultural Understanding and Global Awareness in the Elementary School. Arizona State University. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED199130