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complexities of globalization emphasize the need to balance
core academic competencies (associated with a General Education
curriculum) with innovative and participatory forms of co-curricular
activity. As faculty members of a community college in one
of the largest public university systems in the country, we
have the double mandate of preparing our students for meaningful
civic engagement as a global ethic while developing their
learning processes in a locally integrated, supportive fashion.
But we must first ask some key questions about what we mean
by terms such as civic responsibility, defined beyond the
individual or national borders that have so often restricted
it in the past. While current models of interdisciplinary
curricula and learning communities are vital ways for our
students to grasp their world and demonstrate material progress,
we must seek further ways in which faculty can play a truly
innovative role in developing curricular content and co-curricular
experiences, sharing the risks and benefits of both with our
students. For more information or to join this group, please
contact ewood@kingsborough.edu
and see our work at http://kctlcivicglobalengage.pbworks.com.
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