HAVING WHAT IT TAKESWhat Students Need to be Globally Competitive
THE FLAT WORLDMore and more we are living in what has been called a “Flat World”A flat world means that more people around the globe can participate in world affairs.This includes the need for more global education.
What is global education?Global education is an effort to cultivate in young people a perspective of the world which emphasizes the interconnection among cultures, species, and the planet.
What is the purpose of global education? Its purpose is to develop in youth the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to live effectively in a world possessing limited natural resources and characterized by ethnic diversity, cultural pluralism, and increasing interdependence.What it takes to be globally competitiveFriedman said, “In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.”
Skills Students Need to Achieve Learn how to learn
 Have Passion and Curiosity
 A Need to Like People
 Nurture Your Right Brain LEARN HOW TO LEARNConstantly absorb new infoBe excited about learningLove to learnLearn new ways of doing old thingsBe motivated to teach yourself         -Teachers should create a sense of excitement in learning to use these skills for learning.
HAVE PASSION & CURIOSITY
CQ + PQ > IQ
Passion to learn (passion quota)
Curiosity to discover (curiousity quota)

Cregg Laws having+what+it+takes

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    HAVING WHAT ITTAKESWhat Students Need to be Globally Competitive
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    THE FLAT WORLDMoreand more we are living in what has been called a “Flat World”A flat world means that more people around the globe can participate in world affairs.This includes the need for more global education.
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    What is globaleducation?Global education is an effort to cultivate in young people a perspective of the world which emphasizes the interconnection among cultures, species, and the planet.
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    What is thepurpose of global education? Its purpose is to develop in youth the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to live effectively in a world possessing limited natural resources and characterized by ethnic diversity, cultural pluralism, and increasing interdependence.What it takes to be globally competitiveFriedman said, “In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.”
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    Skills Students Needto Achieve Learn how to learn
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    Have Passionand Curiosity
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    A Needto Like People
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    Nurture YourRight Brain LEARN HOW TO LEARNConstantly absorb new infoBe excited about learningLove to learnLearn new ways of doing old thingsBe motivated to teach yourself -Teachers should create a sense of excitement in learning to use these skills for learning.
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    Passion to learn(passion quota)
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    Curiosity to discover(curiousity quota)
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    Freidman said, “Nobodyworks harder at learning than a curious kid.”A NEED TO LIKE PEOPLE
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    This starts withteachers. You can’t light a fire of passion in someone else if it doesn’t burn in you to begin with.
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    Students needto see a teacher who really cares.
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    They in turnwill develop that fire.
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    People skillswill become more valuable than computer skills.NURTURE YOUR RIGHT BRAINLeft Side - ConstructiveRight Side - CreativeArtistic executionEmotional expressionPursuing the transcendentTackling challengesForging relationships Seeing the big pictureWe need to work these components into learning by having the ability to create and capacity to empathizeSequences of transactionSolving routine problemsAnalysis of componentsExecution of transactionLiteralness of thoughtThese are components we must have to learn, but there is more to learning than transaction.
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    Being a moreright-brained person:You can “do what you love” You can learn to make a connection with music and improving social skillsYou can enhance your over-all quality of lifeYou can become a better student and enhance your intellectual abilitiesYou can become more creative and appreciativeYou can become more adaptive to a global world.
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    Conclusion:All the GlobalSkills Needed:Learn to be a self-motivatorApply your learning skills to new situationsBe able to find & organize informationBe able to analyze informationConduct investigation and researchBe able to communicate well in various formsAlways be willing to improveBe a cooperative learner with others