Reflections on Global Education & Innovation

    Image: https://pushingtheedge.org/social-justice-in-education/   Social Justice Strategies   To achieve social justice leadership here are some strategies outlined in the Bettez & Hytten (2011) and Wang (2018) articles could be adapted for a business school: Democratizing participation in decision-making: Ensure there is fair representation in key decision-making processes. While many decision committees may include members from all levels (students, professors, staff), in my experience, these groups are often not diverse and thus not everybody can voice their opinion or have an influence. Recruit and supporting diverse students, professors and staff that fairly represent current Canadian population with the purpose of creating a rich, multi-cultural environment where everybody can flourish. As for students, this also includes providing scholarships to students from marginalized groups. In my experience, business students tend to be very homogeno...

  Image Source: https://learnwithsap.org/resources/planning-and-reflecting-with-culturally-relevant-pedagogy/   Practical steps to implement Culturally Responsible Pedagogy and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy   Place: Business School Purpose: develop a program that facilitates success for all students where each student language and culture shape the curriculum and values of the school. The following steps would allow students to experience culture as a daily experience (Fillerup, 2008) and help them build their own identity and global consciousness. Academic success Continually assess (through surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews) the perceptions of international and indigenous students related to how the curriculum and assessments adapt to their own learning needs and use those results to modify the curriculum and assessments. Cultural competence: Offer courses taught in non-English language Promote learning of language courses inside and outside ...

  Image: https://teach-now.co.uk/the-role-of-creativity-and-innovation-in-teaching   Final Glossary and Reflection   1.       Innovation: Innovation is an intentional process of improving or adding something new to an existing product, process (Badran 2007) model, knowledge or ways of working (Taylor, 2017) to create value in a practical and sustainable way. Innovation takes creative concepts to solutions.  Creativity is a central plan of innovation.   Reflection:   I arrived to my first definition after reflecting on Bradan’s reading, which highlights that an innovator is not a simply dreamer but a person who sees the potential of an idea, promotes it and has profit in mind. Throughout the modules I recognized that innovation is not merely adding something novel, but adding something valuable that makes best use of resources. Especially, after completing the modules, I understood how innovations in education have evol...