Globale Themen benötigen adäquate Methoden des Unterrichts, um die tiefgreifende Vernetzung unserer Gesellschaft und ihr Wirken auf unseren sensiblen Naturhaushalt in Räumen moderner und flexibler Bildung greifbar werden zu lassen. Die vorliegende Staatsexamensarbeit untersucht dazu die Potentiale des Mysterys, dass an Vorwissen anknüpft, Strukturen herausarbeitet und der Lehrkraft ausreichend Freiräume lässt, Schülern auf dem Weg zum selbst erarbeitetem Wissen zu begleiten. Die Unterrichtsmethode ist in der 10. Klassenstufe eines Gymnasiums zu Dresden zu dem Thema globaler Klimawandel in die Praxis umgesetzt worden. Diese Erfahrungen sollten in die Bewertung der Methode im Hinblick auf ihren Nutzen und ihre Anwendbarkeit im Unterricht einfließen.

This study expanded on current research on study abroad and global learning, using the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI), and conducted at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, FL. The GPI assesses the holistic development of a global perspective in higher education within three domains and their respective FIU-determined equivalents: cognitive (global awareness), intrapersonal (global perspective), and interpersonal (global engagement). The main purpose of this study was to assess FIU’s undergraduate students’ perceptions of study abroad on their level of achievement of global awareness, global perspective, and global engagement. The secondary purpose was to determine how the students described their study abroad experience and achievement of global learning. The research design for this study consisted of parallel mixed methods. The quantitative component was an ex post facto with hypothesis design, using a pretest/posttest nonequivalent group methodology. FIU undergraduates (N=147) who studied abroad for one semester or more completed the GPI pre- and post-tests. Descriptive statistics and paired t-tests were conducted to compare the means. The interviews included 10 students, and were analyzed through Structural coding, Saldaña’s In Vivo coding, and Value coding. Quantitative analyses indicated positive changes in the students’ global awareness and global perspective. These analyses also showed that the FIU students achieved higher post-test means on all the domains of the GPI compared to other studies. Qualitative analyses showed that the students’ experiences incorporated all three global learning outcomes, most notably global awareness and perspective.

Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis includes a unique program where private citizens can raise funds to sponsor a refugee family. This private refugee sponsorship program tasks citizens with both the financial and social aspects of a refugee’s integration for their first year in Canada. The success of the program has led many other countries, particularly in Europe, to consider adopting a similar approach. Although there has been an increased interest in the program, there is a lack of research into the sponsorship experience. This study aims to provide further insight into the sponsorship experience by studying whether it includes an element of learning for the sponsors. This was done by conducting in-depth interviews and analyzing them based on situated learning theory and placing the results in the context of previous research done on sponsors in Canada during the Kosovo crisis. The principle findings of this study show that private refugee sponsorship groups are indeed sites of adult learning for the sponsors. However, the degree to which this is the case differs depending on how sponsorship groups are positioned vis-à-vis the refugee family and the professional settlement community.

Globale Themen benötigen adäquate Methoden des Unterrichts, um die tiefgreifende Vernetzung unserer Gesellschaft und ihr Wirken auf unseren sensiblen Naturhaushalt in Räumen moderner und flexibler Bildung greifbar werden zu lassen. Die vorliegende Staatsexamensarbeit untersucht dazu die Potentiale des Mysterys, dass an Vorwissen anknüpft, Strukturen herausarbeitet und der Lehrkraft ausreichend Freiräume lässt, Schülern auf dem Weg zum selbst erarbeitetem Wissen zu begleiten. Die Unterrichtsmethode ist in der 10. Klassenstufe eines Gymnasiums zu Dresden zu dem Thema globaler Klimawandel in die Praxis umgesetzt worden. Diese Erfahrungen sollten in die Bewertung der Methode im Hinblick auf ihren Nutzen und ihre Anwendbarkeit im Unterricht einfließen.