Global and glocal

• Global education


  A goal to develop countries worldwide and is aimed at educating all people in accordance with world standards
• Global education


  A curriculum that is international in scope which prepares today's youth around the world to function in one world environment under teachers who are intellectually, professionally and humanistically prepared
• UNESCO's Education 2030 Incheon Declaration established a vision "Towards inclusive and equitable quality educational lifelong learning for all"
• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 for Education is one of the seventeen goals of the United Nation's SDGs
• SDG 4 outcome targets by 2030

  • Universal primary and secondary education
  • Early childhood development and universal pre-primary education
  • Equal access to technical, vocational and higher education
  • Relevant skills for decent work
  • Gender equality and inclusion
  • Universal youth literacy
  • Education for sustainable development and global citizenship
• One of the means to achieve the SDG 4 targets is to increase the supply of qualified teachers, through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries
• Global education


  An effort to help individual learners to see the world as a single and global system and to see themselves as a participant in that system
• Global education is a school curriculum that has a worldwide standard of teaching and learning
• Global education prepares learners in an international marketplace with a world view of international understanding
• 21st Century Learning Goals

  • 21st century content
  • Learning and thinking skills
  • ICT literacy
  • Life skills
  • 21st century assessments
• Glocal education


  About diversity, understanding the differences and teaching the different cultural groups in their own context to achieve the goals of global education
• Glocal education provides equal opportunity and access to knowledge and learning tools which are the basic rights of child in every community, locality within the global community
• Glocal teacher


  A global teacher who is competent and armed with enough skills, appropriate attitude and universal values to teach learners at home or abroad but is equipped with both time tested as well as modern technologies in education in any time and any place in the world
• Qualities and attributes of a glocal teacher

  • Understand how the world is interconnected
  • Recognize the rich variety of ways of life
  • Have a vision of the future
  • Are creative and innovative
  • Understand, respect and tolerate diversity of cultures
  • Believe and take action for sustainable education
  • Facilitate digitally-mediated learning
  • Possess good communication skills
  • Aware of international teacher standards
  • Master the competencies of the Beginning Teacher in the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers
• Distinct characteristics and core values of Filipino glocal teachers

  • Cultural and historical rootedness
  • Ability to contextualize teaching-learning
  • Excellence in personal and professional competence
  • Responsiveness through social involvement and service
  • Accountability and integrity
  • Ecological sensitivity
  • Nationalism/Filipinism
  • Faith in the Divine Providence
• The need for glocal teachers is on the rise in several countries worldwide, even developed countries
• Global education requires future teachers the skills for the 21st century so that all will be ready to play a significant role to provide educational access to all types of learners all over the world
• Globalization does not leave localization behind, the blending of both concepts underscores the rootedness and sustainability of education as part of the vision of Education 2030
• A teacher who is global is also a glocal teacher and a glocal teacher can also be global