Using teachers’ prior knowledge as the foundation for collaborative policy development: an Australian case study

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Table 1. Themes evident in teachers’ definition of the term global competence.

Theme	Description of theme	Representative quote
Theme 1	Language drawn directly from the PISA framework	“The ability to understand and take action around global issues, the ability to understand, have empathy and work with people from other cultures”.
Theme 2	Language drawn directly from the Australian General Capabilities	“Global competence is to have intercultural understanding … it involves critical and creative thinking”.
Theme 3	Direct citation of the state-based 21^st Century Skills	“Global competence is learning and being able to use the 21st Century Skills which transcend individual cultures”.
Theme 4	Connection to local and global contexts, curriculum content areas, lists of skills, attitudes and values	“Within the school setting I have taught social justice issues with students. Encouraging students to have empathy for social, emotional and cultural differences”.
Theme 5	Melded concepts that sit outside of existing frameworks	“Sharing ideas and knowledge with colleagues”. “Being information literate”.

Figure 1. Wordcloud indicating global competence attributes listed.

Table 2. Most frequently listed attributes of global competence.

Frequency	Words	Contexts and phrases
18	Communicate	Communicate with a range of audiences, communicate clearly, effective communication, good communicators, communicate in different modes and methods
15	Empathy	Empathise, empathy and compassion, empathy and understanding
13	Understanding	Understand impact of actions, understanding and tolerance of others, intercultural understanding, international or global understanding, understand differing perspectives
	Critical thinking	No variations
12	Skills	Comparative thinking skills, communication skills, ICT skills, social skills, listening skills, cross-cultural skills, team skills, use higher order thinking skills
10	Collaborative	Collaborate, collaboration, working collaboratively, willing to engage with others to collaborate
	Openminded	No variations
9	Perspective	Multiple perspectives, value and respect other’s perspectives, open to other’s perspectives
8	Cultural	Culture, culturally aware, culturally appropriate
7	Adaptable	Adaptability, adaptation
	Respectful	Value and respect
	Character	No variations
	Action	Take action, action sustainable practices, meaningful action, active citizenship, responsive action, responsible action
6	Appreciate	Appreciate difference and diversity, appreciate culture, appreciate global perspectives
	Creative	Creative thinking, creative problem solving, being creative, creativity
	Resilient	Resilience
	Value	Valuing, values
5	Flexible	Flexibility
	Literate	Digital literacy, cultural literacy
	Problem solver	Problem solve, problem solving
4	Curious	Inquisitive and curious mind
	Inclusive	Respectful and inclusive, think inclusively, lead inclusively

Table 3. Observations of global competence attributes in context.

Attribute	Most common	Common	Least common
Critical thinking	Through pedagogy	In the curriculum	In assessment
Creative thinking	Through pedagogy	In students’ interaction with me and others	In assessment
Intercultural understanding	In students’ interaction with me and others	In the curriculum	In assessment
Ethical understanding	In students’ interaction with me and others	Through pedagogy	In assessment
Social awareness	In students’ interaction with me and others	Through pedagogy	In assessment
Social management	In students’ interaction with me and others	Through pedagogy	In assessment
Sustainable development	In the curriculum	Through pedagogy	In assessment
Effective communication and collaboration	In students’ interaction with me and others	Through the curriculum	In assessment