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afternoon meetings with outside organizations. The curriculum, the meetings, the entire organization of the school is not left to chance but rather to fit into the bigger goal of Global Academy. Even small problems like technical issues that required creative thinking showed evidence of strong leadership. When the school technical director was overwhelmed with tech issues the leaders at the school created the mouse squad; a group of students who would go around to various teachers and classrooms solving technical issues when needed. Here was an example of a problem that was solved and, subsequently, taught some student’s valuable technical skills needed in for the 21st century.
The school is aware of the need to continually grow and so the leadership team also includes a director of marketing. It is apparent through documents such as brochures, custom pens, quarterly magazine and other artifacts that the school was very good at promoting itself. The athletic department and the cultural exchange program have a color, glossy 8.5 by 11 inch paper promoting their vision and agendas. The student course catalogue is well organized and details the goals and aspirations of every class offered at Global Academy. The school’s magazine clearly promoted the achievements of the school as well as the global accolades that the school had. From school plays, music concerts, depictions of inspirational trips and much more, the magazine was clearly intended to show that the school was living up to the international element of its’ name.
The website of Global Academy and the web portal to greater school system in general, is effective and efficient. The website clearly states the school’s mission and how the school is working to achieve this goal and offers links for counseling and student
Object Description
| Title | Globalization, curricular elements, organizational structures and perceived student outcomes in California schools |
| Author | Vigil, Ricardo |
| Author email | tracer1150@aol.com; ricardjv@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-02-11 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hocevar, Dennis J. Love, Laurie |
| Abstract | The world is becoming increasingly connected and this has begun to affect the political, economic, cultural and societal aspects of our lives. Globalization will push individuals to have sensitivity to foreign cultures, fluency in foreign languages and an understanding of international trade and technology while also having the ability to reshape what people think about nations, boundaries and identities. How people react to globalization will depend heavily on who is viewing it and this complexity brings with it values and tensions from various parts of the world. Consequently, globalization carries tremendous ramifications for education and whether or not globalization is accepted, the forces and trends it is presenting are too strong to ignore. So the questions at hand are now: what are schools doing to address this idea, what are schools doing to educate students about globalization and has the idea of global citizenship been addressed? This study addresses what education in the United States is currently focused on and what education is doing in consideration of globalization; specifically what role students will play in a globalized world. The intent of this study was to identify global curricular and organizational elements that are present in California schools and what associated student outcomes are produced. Furthermore, the idea of global citizenship is now a distinct possibility; an idea that begins to blur current ideas of citizenship in an era of nation-states. The idea of relating to others now goes beyond national borders in ways that make it necessary to be aware of political, economic and social issues in other nations. This study also examines what it means to be a global citizen and what are schools doing to make this happen. As part of a thematic dissertation group of eight at the University of Southern California, this study focused on one school in California and found many elements that support globalization.; These included a well developed curriculum, organized leadership, international faculty, exchange trips abroad, a focus on 21st century skills and more. The results of these organizational and curricular ingredients include altruistic projects, community service, and academic excellence and can be useful to policymakers and school-builders who are trying to integrate globalization into schools. Ultimately, this study, in combination with the others in the thematic dissertation team, have the potential to make the curricular elements, organizational structures and student outcomes found in this study significant in attempting to address questions of globalization in schools. |
| Keyword | California; curricular elements; global education; globalization; international baccalaureate; student outcomes; global curriculum |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2040 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3777 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Vigil, Ricardo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Vigil-4389 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Vigil-4389.pdf |
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| Title | Page 106 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 98 afternoon meetings with outside organizations. The curriculum, the meetings, the entire organization of the school is not left to chance but rather to fit into the bigger goal of Global Academy. Even small problems like technical issues that required creative thinking showed evidence of strong leadership. When the school technical director was overwhelmed with tech issues the leaders at the school created the mouse squad; a group of students who would go around to various teachers and classrooms solving technical issues when needed. Here was an example of a problem that was solved and, subsequently, taught some student’s valuable technical skills needed in for the 21st century. The school is aware of the need to continually grow and so the leadership team also includes a director of marketing. It is apparent through documents such as brochures, custom pens, quarterly magazine and other artifacts that the school was very good at promoting itself. The athletic department and the cultural exchange program have a color, glossy 8.5 by 11 inch paper promoting their vision and agendas. The student course catalogue is well organized and details the goals and aspirations of every class offered at Global Academy. The school’s magazine clearly promoted the achievements of the school as well as the global accolades that the school had. From school plays, music concerts, depictions of inspirational trips and much more, the magazine was clearly intended to show that the school was living up to the international element of its’ name. The website of Global Academy and the web portal to greater school system in general, is effective and efficient. The website clearly states the school’s mission and how the school is working to achieve this goal and offers links for counseling and student |
