Lesson 5 Multicultural and Global Literacy

Multicultural literacy – consists of the skills and ability to identify the creators of knowledge and their interest

- To reveal the assumptions of the knowledge

- To view knowledge from diverse ethnic and cultural perspective
- To use knowledge to guide action that will create a humane and just world

Aims of education for multicultural literacy

- Develop the 21st century skills and attitudes that are needed to become active citizens
- Because of the growing racial language and ethnic diversity in the country, Multicultural Literacy needs to be
transformed in substantial ways to prepare students to function effectively
- Multiculturalism is also a matter of sending a message of empathy and tolerance in schools to develop a deeper
understanding of others and appreciation of different cultures.

Global literacy
- It aims to address issues of globalization, racism, diversity and social justice (Guo, 2014).
- It requires awareness and action, consistent with a broad understanding of humanity, the planet and the impact
of a human decision on both.
- It aims to empower students with knowledge and take action to make a positive impact in the world and their
local community.

Characteristics of a global citizen

1. Respect for humans regardless of race, gender, religion or political perspectives.

2. Respect for diversity and various perspectives
3. Promote sustainable patterns of living, consumption and production
4. Appreciate the natural world and demonstrate respect on the rights of all living things

Interconnecting Multicultural and Global Literacy - Integrating a variety of cultural context into lessons and activities
teaches students to view the world from many angles, creates respect for diversity and enables students to learn exciting
information.

Implication:
1. Teachers should teach their students that other cultures exist and that these deserve to be acknowledged and
respected.
2. Integrating a variety of cultural context into lessons and activities teaches students to view the world from many
angles, creates respect for diversity and enables students to learn exciting information.
3. It is important for educators to analyze and address diversity issues and integrate multiculturalism information into the
classroom curriculum.

OECD Global Competence Framework

Global Competence is a multi-dimensional construct that requires a combination of KSAV successfully applied to global
issues or intercultural situations.
Global issues refer to those that affect all people, and have deep implications for current and future generations.
Intercultural situations refer to face-to-face, virtual or mediated encounters with people who are perceived to be from a
different cultural background.
Global competence refers to the skills, values and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in a more diverse,
interconnected world, engaged citizens and develop collaborative problem solvers who are ready for the workforce.
Promoting Global Competence in School
 - Schools can provide opportunities to critically examine global developments that are significant to both the
world and their own lives.
- Schools can teach students how to critically, effectively and responsibly use digital information and social media
platforms
- Schools are also positioned to enhance students’ ability to understand their place in the community and the
world and improve such ability to make judgments and take action

The Need for Global Competence

1. To Live harmoniously in Multicultural Communities

2. To thrive in changing Labor Market
3. To use media platforms effectively and responsibly
4. To support the sustainable development goals.
The Assessment Strategy for Global Competence
- Cognitive test exclusively focused on the construct of Global Understanding.
- A set of questionnaire items collecting self-supported information on students’ awareness on global issues and
culture skills and attitudes.
Curriculum for Global Competence: Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Values
- Schools can provide opportunities for students to explore complex global issues that they encounter through
media and their own experiences. The curriculum should on four knowledge domains:
1. Culture and Intercultural relations 3. Socio-economic development and interdependence
2. Environmental sustainability 4. Global Institutions, conflicts and Human rights
Knowledge about the world and other Cultures
• Perspective-taking - is the cognitive and social skills or understanding how other people think and feel.
• Adaptability – to adapt systems thinking and behaviors to the prevailing cultural environment, or to situations and
contexts that can present new demands or challenges.
Openness, Respect for diversity and Global-mindedness
 Openness toward people from other cultural backgrounds involves sensitivity towards curiosity and willingness
to engage with other people and other perspectives
 Respect consists of a positive regard for someone based on judgment of intrinsic worth.
 Global-mindedness is defined as a world-view, in which one sees him/herself connected to the community and
feels a sense of responsibility for its members
Global understanding
- The capacity to evaluate information, formulate arguments, and explain complex situations and problems by
using and connecting evidence, identifying biases and gaps in information and managing conflicting arguments
- The capacity to analyze multiple perspectives, and worldviews, positioning and connecting their own and others’
perspectives on the world.
- The capacity to understand differences in communication, recognizing the importance of socially appropriate
communication and adapting it to the demands of diverse cultural contexts.
- The capacity to evaluate actions and consequences by identifying and comparing different courses of action and
weighing actions on the basis of consequences.

Pedagogies for Promoting Global Competence

Group-based Cooperative Project work
- The goals and content in this activity are negotiated and learners can create their own learning materials that
they present and evaluate together.
- Learners participating in cooperative tasks soon would realize that to be efficient, they need to be respectful,
attentive, honest and empathic
Service Learning
- This requires learners to participate in organized activities that are based on what has been learned in the
classroom and that benefit their communities.
- After the activities, learners reflect critically on their service experience to gain further understanding of course
content, and enhance their sense of role in society with regard to the civic, social, economic and political issues
Class discussion – This encourages proactive listening and responding to ideas expressed by peers. By exchanging views
in the classroom, students learn that there is no single right answer to a problem, understand the reasons why others
hold different views and reflect on the origins of their own beliefs.
Story circle – This approach intends the students to practice key cultural skills, including respect, cultural self-awareness
and empathy. Students are encouraged to share an experience about interacting with other people of other culture or
place or who have other beliefs.
Summary:
• Multicultural literacy depicts diversity, equity and social justice to foster cultural awareness on discrimination and
oppression toward other ethnicities.
• Global literacy aims to address issues of globalization, racism, diversity and social justice.
• Global competence refers to the skills, values and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in a more diverse,
interconnected world, engaged citizens and collaborative problem solvers who are ready for the workforce.
• Globally competent individuals can examine local, global and intercultural issues, understand and appreciate different
perspectives and worldviews, interact successfully and respectfully with others, and take responsible action toward
sustainability and collective well-being.
• The global competence framework is designed as a tool for policymakers, leaders and teachers in nurturing global
competence among young people worldwide with four salient dimension.
• In order to attain respect for diversity in the classroom, teachers should integrate global multiculturalism in the lesson
by citing relevant issues to be addressed.

Lesson 4 Social Literacy

Social literacy entails the development of social skills, knowledge, and positive human values toward the desire and
ability of human beings to act and react positively and responsibly in a wide range of complex social settings.

Social skills
- These are aspects of Social Literacy that are an integral part of functioning in society. It involves good manners,
communicating effectively with others, being considerate of their feelings, and expressing personal needs.
- These are important in schools because they help build, maintain, and grow relationships of students and
teachers with each other and other people inside the school, the parents, and the community as well.

Social Skills can be attained through:

➢ Gaining ideas, information, techniques, and perspectives from people with different areas of expertise.
➢ Providing own perspectives for the benefit of others.
➢ Accomplishing tasks and working together toward a shared goal.
➢ Proving mutual support for difficult situations.
➢ Expanding the network to learn about and pursue new opportunities.
➢ Gaining feedback and referrals from people who can personally attest to work, skills, and qualities.
➢ Making the school truly a healthy and conducive learning environment.

Types of social skills

1. effective communication 5. relationship management
2. conflict resolution 6. respect
3. active listening 7. problem-solving skills
4. empathy 8. interpersonal skills
Social Literacy vs Social Skills
❖ Social Literacy is a student’s successful performance and understanding of social skills, organizational skills, and
communication skills. The students can connect effectively with those around them.
❖ Social literacy spans across interacting with peers, family, coworkers, teachers, and even people we may not have met
face to face.
❖ Social literacy is so crucial to a person’s success. The ability to communicate and voice opinions and thoughts, as well
as listen to the opinions and thoughts of others, is essential in learning.
❖ Social skills are the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and nonverbally, through
gestures, body language, and our appearance.
❖ Human beings are sociable creatures and we have developed many ways to communicate our messages, thoughts and
feelings with others.

Some Social Skills Activities/Strategies in the Classroom

➢ Role-play Social Situations - Teachers can provide structured scenarios in which the students can act out and offer
immediate feedback.
➢ Class Stories - There are dozens of stories for students that teach social skills in direct or inadvertent ways. Find
strategies to incorporate these stories in your class programs. You can set aside some time each day to read aloud a story
to the entire class or use a story to teach a lesson.
➢ Model Manners - A teacher's welcoming and positive attitude sets the tone of behavior between the students. They
learn how to interact with one another and value individuals.
❖ For example, teachers who expect students to use "inside voices" shouldn't be yelling at the class to get their
attention. In other words, practice what you preach

Improving Social Skills

▪ Maintaining eye contact
▪ Using proper body language
▪ Knowing the difference between being assertive and being aggressive
▪ Selecting effective communications channel
▪ Being flexible
▪ Accepting criticism without being defensive
▪ Remaining positive at all times
▪ Being teachable and a good student in most instances.
▪ Behave as a social person
▪ Start small if necessary
▪ Ask open-ended questions
▪ Encourage others to talk about themselves
▪ Create goals for yourself
▪ Offer compliments generously
▪ Read books ▪ Practice good manners
▪ Pay attention to your body language
▪ Join a social skills support group
▪ Stay up to date on current events
▪ Identify and replace negative thoughts

Emotional Intelligence - This is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage own emotions and recognize,
understand, and influence the emotions of others. It is being aware that emotions can drive behavior and impact people
(positively and negatively) and learning how to manage those emotions, both one’s own and others when under
pressure especially in difficult times.
Strategies for Enhancing Emotional Intelligence
1. Think about feelings - Be sensitive to one’s and others’ feelings to come up with the right manner of approach or
appropriate response.
2. Pause - Take a moment to stop and think before doing anything to refrain from resorting to unsound decisions.
3. Strive to control one’s thoughts - Control the reaction to emotions by focusing on one’s thoughts in harmony with
goals and values.
4. Benefit from criticism - Criticism, even if not delivered favorably is an opportunity to learn and it gives an idea on how
others think about you
5. Show Authenticity - This is saying what we mean by what we say and we have to stick on to our values and principles.
6. Demonstrate Empathy - By understanding others’ feelings, thoughts, and situations we can easily establish a
connection with them.
7. Praise others - This is by way of acknowledging and appreciating others toward attaining self-fulfillment and building
trust.
8. Give helpful feedback - Although negative feedback may hurt one’s feelings, at some point, it can be turned
constructive for one’s improvement.
9. Apologize - Saying sorry demonstrates humility, a quality that will naturally win others as you value the relationship
more than the ego.
10. Forgive and forget - Forgiving and Forgetting prevent others from holding emotions and allowing one to move
forward.
11. Keep our commitments - The habit of keeping one’s word in things, either big or small develops a strong reputation
for reliability and trustworthiness
12. Help others - Listening to and helping others can build trust and inspire them to follow
13. Protect ourselves from emotional sabotage - Be wise to protect ourselves from attempts to manipulate our emotions
for their personal sake.

Characteristics of an Emotionally Intelligent Person

1. Empathy - We empathize based on our reaction to others. What I’d also say is that empathy can be cultivated and
learned through experiences. Store away in your memory those feelings that you feel both in reaction and as you put
things in perspective. Write these thoughts out, analyze them, and determine how you want to treat others in the same
way you’d want to be treated.
2. Self-Awareness - The art of understanding yourself, recognizing what stimuli you’re facing, and then preparing for how
to manage yourself both proactively and reactively. Self-awareness is how we see ourselves, and also how we perceive
others to see us. The second, external aspect, is always the most difficult to properly assess.
3. Curiosity - When you’re curious, you’re passionate, and when you’re passionate you are driven to want to be your
best. Your “antennae” are up to things you love, to wanting to grow and learn more. This learning mindset positively
affects other areas of your life like relationships.
4. Analytical Mind - The most emotionally intelligent and resolute people are deep-thinkers who analyze and process all
new information that comes their way. They continue to analyze old information, habits, and ways of doing things to see
if they can extract ways to improve.
5. Belief - A major component of maintaining emotional self-control is using the power of faith to believe in yourself both
in the present and in the future.
6. Needs and Wants - The emotionally intelligent mind can discern between things that they need versus things that
would be “nice to have” that classify more aptly as wants. Emotionally intelligent people know the difference between
these two things and always establish needs before fulfilling wants.
7. Passionate - Inspired leadership and love for what you do is born from having a passion for a subject or people. People
with a high EQ use their passion and purpose to ignite the engine that drives them to do what they do.
8. Optimistic - If you want to increase your opportunities, improve your relationships and think clearly and constructively,
you’re best positioned to maintain a positive attitude. Of all the things that we try to control and influence, our attitude
is the primary thing that is always within our control. We can choose to live each day by being positive. It’s that simple.
9. Adaptability - Emotionally intelligent people recognize when to continue their course, and when it’s time for a change.
This vitally important recognition and ability to make crisp, swift decisions in your best interest is called adaptability. You
must determine when to stay the course, or when to keep moving forward in another direction.
10. Desire to Help Others Succeed and Succeed for Yourself - An emotionally intelligent person is interested in overall
success and achievement — not just for themselves, but for their peers. Their inspired leadership and passion, combined
with their optimism, drive them to want to do their best for themselves AND others.

People skills are tools used to communicate and interact effectively with others. Individuals with strong people skills can
predict behavior, relate to others, and socialize easily.
People Skills are the ability to accept, appreciate, and admire others on a personal or professional level. These are sets of
skills that enable a person to get along with others, communicate ideas effectively, resolve conflicts, and achieve
personal or professional goals.

People Skills
• Personal effectiveness or about how one comes across with others.
• Interaction ability or how well one predicts and decodes behavior. (Interaction skills)
• Intercede easily or ability to lead, influence, and build bridges between people. (Intercession skills)
Examples:
• Communication Skills - vital people skills that allow one to accurately convey information, pick up the relevant facts
when listening to people, and give presentations to large groups
• Negotiation skills - an essential people skill — whether it’s asking for a raise, seeking a deadline on a difficult project, or
negotiating a contract with a new client

Strategies for Obtaining Good People Skills

 Good Communication Skills
 Conflict Resolution Skills
 The Value of Patience
 Tolerance and Understanding

Ten Essential People Skills to Succeed

• Being Socially Assertive
• Crafting a memorable presence
• Mastering Communication
• Sustaining lasting confidence
• Being an excellent Conversationalist
• Being highly likable
• Being exceptional at decoding emotions
• Pitching Ideas • Being Charismatic
• Being an influential Leader