Friday, 30 January 2015

Into the world, As a Global Citizen

Although this will be my last post for this blog, it will not be the end of me as a Global Citizen. In fact, it is just the beginning. Prior to completing this course my expectations of my learning were quite low as I honestly rated myself as a competent global citizen. Instead I have been overwhelmed by the value of this course in reshaping and defining my beliefs on global citizenship and issues of global importance. Instead I have learnt that global citizenship is an ongoing and iterative process that I can continue to benefit from for the rest of my life.

In particularly, the biggest thing I take from this course is the way in which it has changed the way I think about global issues and myself as a global citizen. I have learnt the highly valuable ability to cautiously reassess my actions and expectations as a global citizen to continually develop myself as a better person to contribute to a better society.

My course work focused on the following topics:
-          Defining Global Citizenship
-          Globalisation and History
-          Ethics, Leadership and Global Citizenship
-          Challenges to Global Citizenship
-          World issues of concern to Global Citizens, and
-          Participation and Action as a Global Citizen in the workplace

But what I learnt is much more than this. I learnt of the interrelationship and synthesis between thse ideas, and how one topic impacts the other. For instance, how events that occurred as a result of globalisation have affected our collective thoughts on human rights and how we respond to these issues globally as global citizens.


Overall, this has left me much more confidentially and reassured of how I can conduct myself as a global citizen and contribute to the global as a better member of society. I have really been challenged by this course on many different levels and found it both refreshing and insightful to learn a dramatic amount about our world, our people and our collective values.

La revedere. au revoir and adios.

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