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Empowering Global Citizens Fernando M. Reimers Harvard University
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Empowering Global Citizens
Fernando M. Reimers
Harvard University
10 December 1948
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational
Institution Society
Agency to Change the World
•Soap Factories in Mexico
•Selling children’s books in Oman
Soap Factories in Mexico
Injaz Al-ArabSelling children’s books in Oman
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I trust that in the Future I will Achieve my Goals
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I see challenges as opportunities
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I believe that achieving my goals requires negotiating with others
I can see myself in a Leadership Position in the Future
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Why do we like these examples?
• Students are engaged
• Students demonstrate agency
•We know the alternative…
Why do students get bored?
Because they don’t see
the .(the point)
