The Seven Pillars Model of Global Competency: Creating Greater Global Perspectives
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Diane Fulton
Thomas Garsombke
Richard A Fulton
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The Seven Pillars Model of Global Competency provides a conceptualized framework where students: 1) gain hands on learning experiences in cross-cultural situations; 2) interact with diverse groups which are outside their own perspectives (such as Native American Pow Wow); 3) have extended overseas work and learning experiences in their discipline and/or global issues; 4) have experiences with global leaders/experts in their discipline and leaders- who provide a global viewpoint on international issues (i.e. global human trafficking); 5) gain in-depth knowledge with an international view of their academic discipline and global issues; 6) communicate and work with global virtual or face-to-face teams in their disciplines on global issues; and 7) implement a global field action project that integrates and demonstrates their learning in all of the other six areas, ideally with international issues and their impact to the student's discipline (professional life) and their personal life.