Midwest Conference of the
Comparative and
International Education Society (CIES)
October 10-11, 2014
Indiana University, Bloomington
An Attainable Global Perspective by; Robert G. Hanvey
A global perspective is not a quantum, something you either
have or don’t have. It is blend of many things and any given individual may be
rich in certain elements and relatively lacking in others. The educational goal
broadly seen may be to socialize significant collectivities of people so that
the important elements of a global perspective are represented in the group.
Viewed in this way, a global perspective may be a variable trait possessed in
some form and degree by a population, with the precise character of that
perspective determined by the specialized capacities, predispositions and
attitudes of the group’s members. The implications of this notion, of course,
is that diversified talents and inclinations can be encouraged and that standardized
educational effects are not required. Every individual does not have to be
brought to the same level of intellectual and moral development in order for a
population to be moving in the direction of amore global perspective.
He identify five dimensions of a global perspective .These
are:
1. Perspective Consciousness
2. “State of the Planet” Awareness
3. Cross-Cultural Awareness
4. Knowledge of Global Dynamics
5. Awareness of Human Choices
Another topic of my interest is:
The Middle East
The Middle East (Near East) is a term used since the 1900s to
mark the area at the juncture of Eurasia, Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and
Indian Ocean. The defines a geographical area but does not have precise borders.
The modern Middle East began after World War 1, when the Ottoman Empire, which
was allied with the defeated Central Powers, was partitioned into a number of
separate nations. Other defining events in this transformation included the
establishment of Israel 1948 and the department of European powers, notably
Britain and France from the area.
10 THINGS STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT: THE MIDDLE EAST
1.
There
are many groups in the Middle East. Arabs, Turks, Persians, Jews, Armenians,
Georgians, Egyptians, Kurds, Greeks, Assyrians, Azeris, Circassians, Berbers,
Nubians, Samaritans, and Turkmens all live in the Middle East.
2.
The
Middle East is very diverse in religions, most of which originated there. Islam
in its many forms is the largest religion in the Middle East, but Judaism and
Christianity are also important. There also minority religions like Bahai,
Yazdanism, and Zoroastrianism.
3.
Most
Muslims in the Middle East belong to the Sunni sect of Islam. Another sect,
Shiite or Shia Islam, is the majority religion in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain.
4.
Majority
of the Muslims do not live in the Middle East. Over the centuries Islam spread
for and wide, through Asia and Africa, and even to parts of Europe.
5.
Languages
of the Middle East include languages from Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic, and
Altaic language families. Arabic, in its numerous varieties, and Persian are
most widely spoken in the region.
6.
The
3 largest Middle Eastern economics, according to CIA World Factbook 2013 in terms
of PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) are Turkey, followed by Iran and Saudi Arabia.
7.
Mass
Production of oil began around 1945, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, and
the United Arab Emirates having large quantities of oil.
8.
Arab
Spring is the wave of demonstrations and protests (non-violent and violent),
and civil wars in the Middle East’s mostly Arabic speaking nations that began
on December 18, 2010.
9.
History…
The world’s earliest civilizations originated in the Middle East: Mesapotamia
(Summer, Akkad Assyria and Babylonia) and Egypt.
10. Current Events… During the Cold War,
the United States and the Soviet Union, competed to influence regional allies.
The United States sought to divert the Arab world from Soviet influence.
