GEN499 Ashford Week 1 Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen Paper

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Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the A Model of Global Citizenship: Antecedents and Outcomes article and watch the Globalization at a Crossroads (Links to an external site.) video. Go to the Ashford University Library and locate one additional source on global citizenship that will help support your viewpoint, or you may choose one of the following articles found in the Week 1 Required Resources:

Reflect: Please take some time to reflect on how the concept of global citizenship has shaped your identity, and think about how being a global citizen has made you a better person in your community.

Write: Use the Week 1 Example Assignment Guide when addressing the following prompts:

  • Describe and explain a clear distinction between “globalism” and “globalization” after viewing the video and reading the article.
  • Describe how being a global citizen in the world of advanced technology can be beneficial to your success in meeting your personal, academic, and professional goals.
  • Explain why there has been disagreement between theorists about the definition of global citizenship and develop your own definition of global citizenship after reading the article by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller.
  • Choose two of the six outcomes of global citizenship from the article (i.e., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world).
    • Explain why those two outcomes are the most important in becoming a global citizen compared to the others.
  • Describe at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the two outcomes you chose.
  • Identify two specific general education courses.
    • Explain how each course influenced you to become a global citizen.

The Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen

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Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen

Introduction
Global citizenship implores that an individual is aware, cares and embraces cultural
diversity as well as promotes the preservation and promotion of social justice and sustainability
as well as having a sense of responsibility in society. Global citizenship encourages and develops
more tolerance and acceptance of diversity. A global citizen respects the cultural diversity that
exists among different groups, ethnic communities, and cultures. Once an individual attains
global citizenship, the model it throughout their different daily activities (Stucke, 2009). Further,
technological advancements and development enable people to learn about different currents
events and issues and their influence on other events not just in the local region but the whole
world. The essence of driving the concept of global citizenship is the strive to be a better
individual and treat all with care and compassion.
Difference between globalism and globalization
The narrator in the video describes globalism as a world that is characterized by
interconnectivity based on different networks that run across multiple and long distances.
Therefore, globalism offers a moral compass of globalization and develops an obligation for an
individual to promote globalization. Globalism describes how the world should attain its
connectivity (Stucke, 2009). On its part, globalization is the process that allows the world to
attain its connectedness. Globalization denotes to the decline or increase in the level of globalism
by an individual. Imperatively, globalism is well-rooted in networks while globalization is the
dynamic shrinking od global distance...


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