A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GLOBAL-MINDEDNESS OF FRESHMEN AND SENIOR STUDENTS AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

<p>Our global society has become increasingly interconnected. It is therefore necessary, no matter who you are or where you live, to be globally-minded and understand that now more than ever the consequences of our actions will have global implications. Although studies have been done to measure the global-mindedness of university students, and more specifically pre-service teachers, research was needed to compare the global-mindedness between freshmen and senior pre-service teachers.<em> </em>This quantitative study measured the global-mindedness of freshmen and senior university students at Northern Michigan University using the global-mindedness survey (GMS) designed by Hett (1993). The results showed no statistically significant difference in the mean scores on the global-mindedness survey between freshmen and senior students or freshmen and senior pre-service teachers. The results did show, however, a statistically significant difference in the mean score on one of the five latent variables of globalcentrism between freshmen and senior pre-service teachers. Globalcentrism is defined by Hett (1993) as a tradition of thinking and behaving globally rather than locally and a sense of full global consideration when making decisions. Globalcentrism is just one part of Hett’s (1993) definition of global-mindedness which includes the other four latent variables. The results from this research suggest that college may have an effect on the development of globalcentrism within an individual.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Education Specialist

Level thesis:degree_level

Education Specialist

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, Leadership and Public Service

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Barnes, Anthony

Contributors dc:contributor

• Derek Anderson

• Global-mindedness
• globalization
• university students
• pre-service teacher
• internationalization of education
• international education
• American education
• International and Comparative Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/562

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1586