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Is Knowledge of Cultural Diversity Enough? Global Education in the Elementary School Foreign Language Program
Author(s) -
Rosenbusch Marcia H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1992.tb00520.x
Subject(s) - global education , perspective (graphical) , unit (ring theory) , foreign language , diversity (politics) , cultural diversity , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , primary education , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , anthropology
Most elementary school foreign language programs expose students to selected aspects of the target culture, but the infusion of global education into such programs has not been common. In this article, a unit designed to encourage a global perspective among 5–7–year‐olds in beginning level Spanish classes is described. The focus of the unit is on the global issue of inadequate housing. The rationale for global education in the elementary school is discussed as are the implications of global education for teacher preparation.