Connecting educationally: The global teacher digital narratives project

This short film outlines some of the educational themes and outcomes associated with The Global Teacher, an elective subject within the undergraduate degree program for pre-service teachers at Queensland University of Technology. The unit provides pre-service teachers with a global perspective on sociocultural issues that shape education. Learning outcomes in this unit are demonstrated through the production of 3 minute digital narratives, supported by an ongoing collaborative partnership between Queensland University of Technology and State Library Queensland. In preparing the digital narratives, pre-service teachers had the opportunity to study issues of diversity and sustainability at home and abroad, as well as the ability to interpret educational problems from a framework that is both local and global. The pre-service teachers expressed their understandings of these important contemporary issues in a creative way through their 3-minute digital narratives, which are designed to be used as resources within classrooms, ranging from Early Years through to secondary level. The culminating Global Teacher Digital Narrative Event allowed the pre-service teachers to share their understandings of global educational issues with friends, family, colleagues and community members in a public event at the QUT Library, Kelvin Grove on the 5th of May 2016. (The Global Teacher, Unit LCB327, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology)