1. International Mindedness
and Intercultural awareness
(One Tribe video)
3 Fundamental Concepts
How would you define International Mindedness

2. The IB Misson Statement
“The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect…
…These programmes encourage students across the world to become active compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”
Mt Mourne Mission Statement
Mount Mourne School exists to inspire its students to become compassionate, lifelong learners who are responsible, global citizens.
Our students will use various modes of communication in order to promote peace by learning to accept cultural differences and to respect our world.
Students are encouraged to consider issues from multiple perspectives. Given opportunities to develop attitudes knowledge, concepts and skills as they learn about their own and others’ social, national and ethnic cultures. Helps build understanding and respect
Draw from a wide variety of perspectives and celebrating a range of cultural identities
Allowed to consider different perspectives so that they develop an understanding of what is common as well as what is different
Helped to develop their own cultural identity and an understanding of their present evvironment through the study of subjects and the AOI’s

3. Rank these names from the most to the least Internationally Minded most internationally minded, number 1 to the least, number 10
Mother Teresa
Barack Obama
Nelson Mandela
Madonna
Bono
Anna Kournikova
Osama bin Laden
Hugo Chavez
Hillary Clinton
Diane Sawyer
How is IM-ness defined (discuss in groups)

4. IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
Open-minded

5. The IB Learner Profile
Knowledgeable: they explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance
Open-minded: they understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.
Caring: they show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
Cindy’s thoughts on IM ness from the LP

6. Intercultural Awareness is…
More than the Five F’s
Flags
Food
Festivals
Fashion
Faces
Deep culture includes many elements: child-raising beliefs, gender attitudes, concepts of self, beauty and personal space; religious rituals and perspectives; eating habits, facial expressions, eye contact, work ethic, approaches to problem solving ahd interpersonal relationships, moral values, cosmology, world views and personal discipline towards
Simply asking students to dress in their national costumes and join the parade around the school does not provide the learning experiences that develop rigorous thinking about international concerns

7. World Culture Model Geographical Context Historical Context HiAesthetc
Social
Aesthetic
Economic
Political
Values/Beliefs
Historical Context
Geographical Context
5 basic sets of functions of any culture all framed by underlying systems of values and beliefs that shape behavioral norms and provide meaning to human activity.
To adequately understand why a culture takes the form it does, historical study is imperative
The geographic context that involves cultures in a constant state of interaction and adaptation
We should not abandon the 5 Fs, but use them as starting rather than culminating points in our cultural studies
Look at a particular food through all the different contexts.
World Culture Model

8. How will we define “Internationl Mindedness”?
“Having an international perspective includes
Knowledge and understanding beyond one’s own nationality.
Awareness and understanding of the interdependence among peoples.
Awareness and understanding of the interdependence among countries.
Awareness and understanding of the independence of people and countries.
Awareness and understanding of the similarities and differences among peoples.
…international is made up of both Inter and national. International understanding does not replace a sense of nationhood…but uses and builds on a sense of one’s own national identity to understand and work with the national identities experienced and felt by others.”
Skelton, Martin, Andrew Wigford, Pam Harper, and Graham Reeves. "Beyond Food, Festivals, and Flags." Educational Leadership 60.2 (2002):

9. International Mindedness… a goal of IB
Developing this sense of international mindedness is more important now than ever before. It must come about from a thoughtful intentionally planned instruction aimed at raising the students’ as well as the teachers’ international awareness. It deserves to be developed with as much rigor as mathematics, science, language arts and other aspects of our curriculum.

10. Where are you with regards to International Mindedness?