Group reflections about the three biggest challenges that globalization face.
1. Global warming and climate change
Globalization it effected by climate change. Due to overpopulation more goods have to be available for people. We discussed the influence of the production of goods for import and export and the effect of increasing greenhouse effect in our group. Greenhouse effect can be hard to handle because of the technical and economical cross-linking, import and export as well as infrastructure is increasing steadily. On the other side land disappears as people need space for agriculture and industry. As a result, a lot of energy is needed and the pollution of the environment increase. Consequently, energy sources become fewer and global warming is just one of the symptoms which develop on our planet. Although we have a lot of policies for environmental protection some countries don’t do anything to reduce CO2 emission or make an effort to utilize less damaging energy sources.
Work as professional: GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
We needed time to choose that point as one of the most important challenge. But finally we decided to added because we considered that student have to know the importance of taking care of our world and try to avoid the pollution and the unnecessary waste of energy and some products.
Finally our ideas are that we need to show students that alternative energy sources are necessary to get a better world where we can live without the many diseases that develop from the pollution.
As teachers we must teach students how to take care of or nature, how to minimize pollution and the benefits of recycling. In conclusion we need to teach how to minimize pollution and at the same provide them with understanding and knowledge about what causes global warming.
2. OVERPOPULATION:
In our group we decided that one of the biggest challenges in world is overpopulation. Especially third world countries and many Asian countries have experienced a massive grown in birth rages as well as the average life expectancy has been raised due to access and improvement of medicine.
Consequently, it seems to be a reality that not everyone can be provided with enough food, water and education. They cannot even learn how to prevent pregnancy and sexual diseases without education in school. Many big cities face the challenges of the rapid urbanization such as increasing crimes and violence and spread of diseases.
Farmlands are being lost to rapid housing, industrialization and other infrastructure related to development. The losses of farmlands post a great threat to food security as cultivable lands are shrinking every day. If more people are to live on the world there will be produced more rubbish. Overpopulation doesn’t only seem to be a problem of humankind but also of flora and fauna.
2.1 Work as a professional
That’s why we think that is necessary to teach children the reality of our world and the reasons that causes that problem. We think it’s important to talk about the differences in the sexual education depending on the place we live and what resources we have to prevent that phenomenon.
Finally we talk about the tolerance between different sorts of families could be a good idea to open our mind and accept that our world is changing and we need to adapt or, at least, respect other ways of living.
3. GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES:
Another big challenge today is the large gap between first and third world countries. A lot of people in the first world countries can be compared to wealthy business men, where third world countries can be compared to beggars on the street.
Most business men would walk past the beggar, some occasionally handing him money, in order to make themselves feel better. The money will help the poor people for a short while, but will never be enough to help them in the long term. Most people are unaware of the problems in third world countries, and think it can all just be solved with money. Most people in third world countries have not got the time, and rarely know about, the opportunities education can give them.
It seems to be an impossible task to close the gap between the rich and poor countries, because the problem is deeper than just the lack of money.
3.1 Work as a professional: Gap between rich and poor
The last challenge we have described causes this one too. Overpopulation is one of the responsible about the huge difference between the first and the third world.
We think that if we were able to guarantee every child receives proper education maybe they would have an adequate behavior that allows them to be aware of that problem.
It’s important that they know that our society is changing but the serious problems, like poverty and richness still exist, so we need to help each other and, as a teachers, try to do it the same with the students.
They should know that they don’t need several material things to be happy, and they also have to be aware that in some parts of the world people die because they don’t have anything to eat. Maybe it would be a good idea that students were able to see that huge differences in some pictures and after that make their own reflections.
We aren’t able to change the world in one day but maybe we can educate children to get a better world where they live without the necessity of consumerism to be happy.
