Keys to Success: Cultural Awareness and Global Citizenship

This module defines cultural awareness comprehensively, including information about the four levels of development and the advantages of being culturally aware. Then it takes cultural awareness into the realm of action with a discussion of cultural competence, which involves adjusting behavior in ways that enhance relationships and communication. It continues the focus on practical action with an overview of what it means to be a global citizen, helping readers understand their place in the global community and their potential to make a difference. The final section presents ways that readers can take action as global citizens, including environmental stewardship and communicating effectively across the globe.

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Learning Objectives for Keys to Success: Cultural Awareness and Global Citizenship:

What is cultural awareness?                             

How can I build cultural competence?              

What is global citizenship?                                            

How can I take action as a global citizen? 

Opening profile - Interests the reader in chapter material using a story. (Ex. - Beginning of module)

Know It, Speak It, Write It, Do It Exercises - Build skills in the context of chapter material. (Ex. - Know It, Speak It, and Write It are within text; Do It is at the end of the module)

• Know It builds analytical skills
• Speak It builds teamwork
• Write It builds writing and reflection skills
• Do It synthesizes critical thinking with practical action

Initial self-assessment (Status Check) - Gives students a chance to reflect on their knowledge and goals, and introduces students to topics they will read in the material.  (Ex. - Beginning of module)

Friendly, practical tone and concise writing - Encourages reading without overloading with text. (Ex. - Throughout module)

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·          The Overview provides learning objectives to build vocabulary and repetition.

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Carol Carter is a national and international student success author and speaker. She is a co-author of the Keys to Success series of student success and study skills textbooks, used by more than 200,000 freshmen each year throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China. Carol is also president of LifeBound, a student success and transition company which she founded ten years ago. Both with LifeBound and with the Keys to Success series, Carol’s goal is to prepare students for success in college and in the workplace.

Sarah Lyman Kravits has worked as a co-author on the Keys to Success series of textbooks for over fifteen years. A few years after graduating from the University of Virginia as a Jefferson Scholar, she worked as program director for LifeSkills, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to further the career and personal development of high school students. This work led her into co-authoring her first student success text and the realization that she was driven to empower students to reach their goals.  She continues to work on the Keys to Success series in pursuit of her goal to support college students in their quest for learning.