Discussion
Purpose of General Education
Prepare: As you prepare to write your answer to the discussion question, think about the general education courses that you have taken as a university student. To help you address the prompts, carefully read the articles and websites that address the philosophy behind general education courses.
Reflect: After reading websites and reading the journal articles, and in light of what you discovered in preparing to write your answer to the discussion question, consider, analyze, and explain why general education courses should be a significant part of every student's education.
Illustrate the following prompts:
• Provide at least three reasons why every student should be required to take general education courses. Explain your rationale.
• Describe what you have learned from at least two specific courses (e.g., philosophy, history, or psychology) that illustrated usefulness in your daily life. For instance, what did you learn in history classes beyond just names, dates, and places? In literature courses, what did you learn about life, the university, and everything beyond the literary work itself?
• Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references. Be sure to include information from the websites and articles.
Reflecting on Personal Identity and Global Citizenship
Review the Global Education and Global Citizenship video and read the article "A Model of Global Citizenship: Antecedents and Outcomes" by Stephen Reysen and Iva Katzarska-Miller. Please take some time to reflect on how the concept of global citizenship has shaped your identity and respond to the following prompts:
• Based on the video, explain the importance of educating others on global citizenship.
• Address each of the following outcomes of global citizenship as they pertain to the development of your own identity: intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world (found in the article). Explain how your environment influences these outcomes.
• Provide at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the outcomes.
• Analyze how your general education courses influenced you to become a global citizen.
• Demonstrate critical thinking by accurately interpreting the evidence (scholarly sources) provided.
Your paper
• Should be 750 - 1,000 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Should include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student's name
o Course name and number
o Instructor's name
o Date submitted
• Should cite at least the two sources used for this assignment.
• Should document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Should include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.