Abstract: The world has become increasingly interconnected and interdependent. Globalization has affected our economic, social, and cultural life significantly. Due to globalization people are migrating for their jobs to different parts of world and even in India we have migrants. Due to this migration the dynamics of classrooms are changing. The classrooms are becoming multicultural and diverse. These students are to be prepared for fulfilling the productive lives in the 21st century. The schools are integrating global learning across the curriculum, enabling students to gain global knowledge while learning essential 21st century skills and developing as engaged citizens. These schools are working towards preparing global citizens who are having the global skills to compete and sustain in the international world. The teacher education on the other hand is still moving with its traditional mode. We need to change with the changing times. We find a gap between the skills needed in the teachers for facing the diverse class and the skills the teacher education is providing. There is a need to bridge this gap. The teacher education programme should now move from fulfilling local needs to global needs. Teachers who have learned how to embed global perspectives and issues into their curriculum can facilitate a learning environment that encourages students to be engaged in their own education while preparing for their global future. The teachers should be ready and prepared to embrace the challenge of educating for global competence. Nowadays the teachers have lots of job opportunities available in the international market too. Teacher education institutions should equip the future teachers to be equipped with all the global skills to make them competent in the international market. This paper focuses on the role of teacher education institutions to prepare teachers of tomorrow to integrate global competence into their thinking and teaching. We need to shift our focus from local to global as today’s teachers are expected to live and work in a multicultural society. The skills, knowledge, and dispositions to help students acquire the perspectives necessary for their roles in a globally interdependent world are requisite for successful teaching today. The author attempts to discuss how the Teacher Preparation for the Global Age should Look Like?
Keywords: Globalization, Integrating Global Learning across the Curriculum, Enabling Students.
Title: Globally Competent Teacher Education
Author: Dr. Rina Godara
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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