Instruction
Next, zero in on a theme/topic/issue in education that is of interest to you and locate something—a report, a working paper, a study—that has been done on that topic. For instance, let’s say you are interested in learning about teacher performance as it relates to curriculum and instruction, and you find a report at the World Bank site that looks at data collected on teacher performance in Bihar, India. You may select this report for the assignment.
Read the document keeping in mind the theoretical framework we have been building related to cross-cultural competencies, how the global is enacted, who the actors/actants are, how power is embedded in these relationships, and how ways of thinking and being are both culturally specific and also globally-informed.
Next, write up a reaction paper that:
a. gives some background information on the institution you have chosen (UNESCO);
https://en.unesco.org/themes/education
b. explains why you have selected the artifact you have;
c. summarizes the main findings/argument of the piece you have selected;
d. compares/contrasts ( Saudi Ariba) the issues raised in the artifact with your own educational context; and finally
e. connects to the aforementioned theoretical framework (problematization of the global and the local). Sush as ( imagined community , or space)
This paper should be double-spaced, and anywhere from 4 pages long, not including cover and reference pages and APA Style.