Water Connects Us All: Learning to Teach Global Science Through the Global Water Crisis

This chapter explores rural, southeastern US secondary science teachers’ perceptions of global science learning and their preparation to teach an internationalized science curriculum. Our action research project was implemented in a required online science methods course as part of an initial certification Master of Arts in Teaching program. We designed a 6-week, asynchronous learning module undergirded by the four domains of global competence to address the United Nations Sustainability Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Through a series of learning activities, students examined how the world’s water supply is similar to a community well by developing an ArcGIS StoryMap comparing local water resources to another country. Our findings indicated that participants’ self-reflection and learning products captured positive movement along the Globally Competent Teaching Continuum. We conclude the chapter with several ways our innovation could be enhanced for future iterations.