A Construction of Global Literacy Indicators for Undergraduates
In the era of glocalization and logloblization, only university graduates who are globally literate can effectively deal with international affairs or work overseas. Therefore, this study aimed to construct a set of global literacy indicators for undergraduates in Taiwan. The global literacy indicat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Taipei University of Education
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Educational Practice and Research |
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| Online Access: | http://jepr.ntue.edu.tw/contents/list/detial.asp?id=129 |
| Summary: | In the era of glocalization and logloblization, only university graduates who are globally literate can effectively deal with international affairs or work overseas. Therefore, this study aimed to construct a set of global literacy indicators for undergraduates in Taiwan. The global literacy indicators can be used as a guide to assess undergraduates’ global literacy level and serve as the foundation for developing global education curriculums. Employing a theoretical framework, this study drafted global literacy dimensions and indicators from reviewing related literature, and invited 18 practitioners with international experience to participate in this study. During the item development process, fuzzy Delphi method (FDM) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) were applied to select and weight global literacy indicators respectively. Consequently, a set of global literacy indicators for undergraduates were constructed, which include the following four dimensions: communication, context, career development, and culture. “Communication” is the most important dimension among them, while “communicate with foreign languages” and “use information and communication technology (ICT) to communicate with others” are the most important indicators and items at the second and third hierarchical levels, respectively. |
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| ISSN: | 1993-5633 1993-5633 |