scholarly journals Global citizenship education in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabi Shah ◽  
Peter Brett
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Policy Objectives

The article explores how educational policy, curricula, textbooks and teaching have translated thinking about Nepal’s relationship with the rest of the world into global education practice in Nepalese schools in contemporary classrooms. Drawing upon the framework of a policy cycle approach, the article addresses the following research questions: What are the key contemporary messages about global education in Nepal within the ‘macro’ context of policy influence? How is the theme of global education communicated through the content of Nepalese textbooks at the ‘meso’ context of policy text production? What are the perceptions of Nepalese social studies teachers with respect to teaching and learning about global education themes at the ‘micro’ context of practice? Qualitative content analysis of textbooks and documents was conducted, while thematic analysis of interview data was undertaken to understand policy objectives and recommendations related to global citizenship education in Nepal. The findings indicate that educational policies primarily aim to socialise and nurture responsible citizens, while textbooks and teaching processes mostly emphasise the acquisition of knowledge. Some recommendations are made as to how the curriculum, textbooks and pedagogical approaches might be adapted to better support Nepalese young people seeing themselves as global citizens.

The legitimacy of development nongovernmental organizations as global citizenship education providers in Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Eun Noh
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Assimilation Model

In an era of globalization, social demands for fostering global citizenship are increasing. Global citizens are those who have a critical understanding of interconnectedness, share values of responsibility, have respect for differences, and commit themselves to action. Global citizenship education has recently emerged as a prominent issue in Korea, a nation faced with the inflow of immigrants and international pushing for global citizenship education such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Development nongovernmental organizations have taken up the role of delivering global citizenship education. It is necessary to examine how development nongovernmental organizations’ pedagogic legitimacy has been constructed and exercised in the context of Korea. This article critically discusses development nongovernmental organizations’ roles in global citizenship education and suggests some improvements in the areas of ‘effectiveness and expertise, contextualization, and greater attention to human rights and action for social justice’ to be an alternative to the state-led global citizenship education, which is characterized as assimilation model and ‘us and them’ rhetoric.

scholarly journals Charting a democratic course for global citizenship education: Research directions and current challenges

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Civic Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Starting Point

This article outlines research directions for global citizenship education, by emphasizing the centrality of democratic goals for schools in the 21st century. Despite a significant shift in educational policies and practices towards addressing education that respond to the conditions of globalization, there is not a clear vision regarding its role in schools. Furthermore, curriculum reforms such as global citizenship education inevitably face the issue of whether to adapt to neoliberal tenets of privatization, high stakes testing and standards-based accountability, or to resist and challenge these policies with alternative, democratic visions of schooling. This article argues that for global citizenship education to reach maturity, there is a need for a programmatic research agenda that addresses the complex dynamics that globalization has introduced to schooling, particularly the challenges to teaching and learning for helping youth to make sense of the world and their role in it. An analysis of recent advances in research and practice in civic education is used as a starting point to advance directions for global citizenship education. Two key directions are suggested: to gain a more secure foothold in schools and the need to focus on a shared conceptual focus that helps researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders to access the same body of practices and knowledge.

scholarly journals Modeling a General English Course Integrating Global Citizenship and Global Competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-186
Author(s):  
EunJou Oh
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Global Competence ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Backward Design

This study aims to develop a general English course model that cultivates global citizenship and global competence, employing the backward design by Wiggins and McTighe. In order to situate the model in a historical context and thereby help us see its continuity to and distinctiveness from the existing methodologies, this study first explained how various historical teaching methodologies in the field of ESL/EFL were developed and adopted in a way that integrated the needs of the changing world of the past. Then various global citizenship education(GCED) models as an educational response to the multiple crises of the 21st century were reviewed along with the significance of respective GCED models for the proposed general English course model. Considering that lifelong learning is crucial in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this model identifies the critical reading of media articles as a habit that prospective global citizens need to develop over the course of their lives. Thus the model includes core learning experiences for learners to engage in critical reading of media articles and figure out what it is like, so that they can keep practicing it over their lifetime. The kinds of global citizenship education featured in the proposed model are also explained. Following the backward design, the desired results are identified as (1) understanding globalization and global citizens, (2) understanding global competence, (3) understanding technology, and (4) understanding English communication. The assessment evidence is also identified and presented along with learning experiences and instructions developed in accordance with the desired results and assessment evidence.

Promoting Global Citizenship Education in Language Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Hind Aljuaid
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Mind Set

This paper will discuss tools and methods of how to integrate global citizenship education in language programs to facilitate students’ knowledge and development as responsible global citizens. Developing global citizens requires a theoretical foundation, applied learning, and identification of transferrable skills. The paper will provide students and educators with the necessary tools for fostering cross-cultural knowledge, global issues and mind-set to become culturally conscious participants in a global community. The paper will discuss how these teaching practices can be developed alongside disciplinary learning goals in language courses and course content within the curriculum. Finally, the paper will discuss the implications of implementing these practices for language programs and how they will help in understanding how students enact the idea of fostering global competency and deciphering pedagogical tools that lead students to meaningful learning and engagement.

Emergent constellations: Global citizenship education and outrospective fluency

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
The Individual

Global citizenship education (GCE) is an essential element of twenty-first-century teaching and learning. For some, GCE signifies an attitude of cosmopolitan purpose, placing humanity ahead of self. For others, GCE embodies a fractured sense of both learner and educator identity. For a third group, GCE is a critical interrogation of pervasive norms. How schools practise GCE, despite globalised rhetoric, poses challenges for educators and students alike. In this article, research is presented from an ongoing study into the activation of GCE in a single international school. The conceptualisation developed as part of the research is aimed at reconciling the individual learner and the learning community, without losing the strengths of either. Underpinned by Habermas’ (1984) Theory of Communicative Action and Krznaric’s (2014) outrospective empathy, outrospective GCE features pathways towards mindful-yet-active global learning. The conceptualisation presented in this article, although reflective of universal ideas, does not account for all cases and contexts. Instead, outrospective GCE applies to educators seeking a means of engaging with and enlivening situated GCE innovation.

scholarly journals Comparative Global Citizenship Education: A Critical Literature Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-552
Author(s):  
Yuqing Hou
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Comparative And International Education ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Developed Countries

Abstract Over the past two decades, a wide range of research literature emerged in the field of Comparative and International Education (cie) engaging in comparing Global Citizenship Education between nations. However, there is scant analysis that explores the research trends and findings in those comparative inquiries focusing on the theorizing and implementation of gce in different national contexts. Through a systematic review of 12 research papers drawing from major cie journals and relevant databases, the current inquiry will assist the international community of cie in understanding the contribution and limitation of this important body of research, and its implications for future comparative studies on gce. The analysis shows that the comparison reference in the existing literature on comparative gce tends to be curriculum documents and frameworks while underrating the experiences and perceptions of individuals involved in the teaching and learning process. Moreover, the national settings where the comparative inquiries of gce were conducted are highly limited in scope, mostly the developed countries in West Europe, East Asia, or North America. This trend limits the possibility to decolonize and transform cie scholarship, which could be reversed with inclusion of new and diverse perspectives and knowledge in future gce research.

Organizational and pedagogical conditions for global citizenship education in the process of foreign language teaching of bachelors in humanities

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Olga M. Sherekhova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Challenges

Since the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) in 2012 global citizenship education including the formation of the younger generation’s readiness to live in a “universal world” has been one of the modern education priorities. Having analyzed scientific research in the field of global citizenship, the international experience of global citizenship education, as well as the current situation in the world, we substantiate the need for the global citizenship formation among university students. We define the organizational and peda-gogical conditions for the global citizenship education of bachelors of humanities in the foreign language education process. We believe that for the successful implementation of this goal, the teacher must be aware of the need for global citizenship education, possess knowledge related to the phenomenon of global citizenship, which will allow him/her to effectively manage the learning process and interact with students. It is also very important to create the environment that provides an atmosphere of cooperation, active behavior, and broad scope for initiative, where intersubjective relationships based on mutual respect, mutual trust, and acceptance of each other as values are of primary importance. We describe the experience of integrating the course “Facing Global Challenges” into the process of foreign language education. It provides an understanding of global governance structures, the Sustainable Development Goals, the importance of the connection between global, national and local systems and processes. It has been proved that systematic use of innovative teaching methods will contribute to the development of students’ global thinking, the development of skills, values and attitudes necessary for active interaction in solving global challenges to humanity.

Reconceptualizing Geography as Democratic Global Citizenship Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (11) ◽  
pp. 2647-2677
Author(s):  
William Gaudelli ◽  
Elizabeth Heilman
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Geography Education ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Geographic Knowledge

Background Geography education typically appears in school curricula in a didactic or disciplinary manner. Yet, both the didactic and the disciplinary approach to geography education lack a serious engagement with society, politics, and power, or democratic theory. We suggest, from Dewey, that most students, the social studies, and indeed society are not well served by these approaches, particularly as we confront global challenges that demand geographic knowledge and insight. Purpose We propose that geography can and should reflect the interests of students and society and thus be what Dewey calls psychologized through a democratic vision of global citizenship education (GCE). Toward that end, we develop a typology of global education to identify those types most congruent with democratic citizenship (cosmopolitan, environmental, and critical justice) and those less congruent (disciplinary, neoliberal, and human relations). Drawing on our typology, we show how GCE can be a point of synthesis in practice, bringing together global education and reconstituted geographic knowledge. Research Design The method of this article is a secondary analysis of literature in democratic theory, global citizenship education, and geography education that synthesizes points of overlap. Conclusions Based on this analysis, we recommend that geography curriculum should be remade within a vision similar to GCE so that space and place can be socially understood.

Global Citizenship Education in the Era of Globalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 274-291
Author(s):  
Titus Ogalo Pacho
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
The World ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Development Discourses

Global citizenship education (GCE) has become an important topic in education and development discourses in an increasingly globalised world. Globalisation has affected the world socially, culturally, economically, politically, environmentally, and technologically. This calls for education that can empower learners to become engaged global citizens: learners who can understand that factors like globalisation, the global economic crisis, the refugee crisis, and climate change challenge traditional boundaries because of their ripple effects. Global citizenship education becomes an important tool to aid learners' appreciation the interconnectedness of the world and its diverse cultures, and their role in responding to global challenges. The aim of global citizenship education is to create active and responsible global citizens. Based on a qualitative research approach, this chapter discusses the concepts of global citizenship, global citizenship education, and the role of global citizenship education in sustainable development.

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