Internationalizing Education: A Personal and Professional Journey

Abstract

We all have a personal history of social studies, history, and geography, learning it in schools, applying it in society; regardless, a rethinking of how we approach this is necessary for the 21^st century. What we do to ensure meaningful local to global civic education and engagement is vital today. Allowing for voice, critique, controversy, and debate are vital to enhancing sustained global civic engagement; thus a Global / International Education/ Internationalizing framing. This article discusses a personal journal and  analyzes the need to address local to global contexts in internationalizing, hopefully leading to critical consciousness and agency.