scholarly journals The rhetorical constructions of global citizenship and the location of youth: A critical analysis

Author(s):  
Ali A Abdi

The recent growth of global citizenship scholarship, especially in so-called Western universities, could entice us into making constructive assumptions about the viability of this area of study and teaching. Especially with respect to the lives of young people, the promise of global citizenship and its growing disciplinary popularity can be read as contributing to more connected and selectively realizable world communities, which share more of their lives' possibilities for the wellbeing of all. With this in mind, and with a continuing focus on the rhetorical claims of global citizenship – as opposed to the practical or even quasi-practical actualizations of such citizenship – and as a select thematic response to The National Youth White Paper on Global Citizenship (2015) produced by high school students in Canada, this paper attempts to expose the weaknesses that are ingrained in the scholarly constructions of the case. It also analyses the precarious global citizenship location of youth in both developed and developing world contexts. At the end, the paper suggests possible ways of educating for a more inclusive global citizenship, which values all knowledge systems and advances the wellbeing of diverse communities across the world.

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (11) ◽  
pp. 2589-2625 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Myers ◽  
Husam A. Zaman

Background/Context The current national debate over the purposes of civic education is largely tied to outdated notions of citizenship that overlook its changing nature under globalization. Civic education is based on a legalistic understanding of citizenship that emphasizes patriotism and the structures and functions of government. This study examined adolescents’ civic beliefs and affiliations, drawing on theories of transnational and global citizenship. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study The purpose was to examine diverse adolescents’ vocabularies of citizenship, a concept that captures the tensions in their civic beliefs and affiliations. Their vocabularies were explored in terms of two topics at the intersection of national and global affiliations: universal human rights and global citizenship. The central question asked was: How do adolescents from immigrant backgrounds understand the tensions between national and global civic affiliations, and do they differ from dominant-culture adolescents’ understandings? Setting The research setting was the Pennsylvania Governor's School for International Studies, a 5-week summer program for high school students that emphasizes current scholarship and skills in international affairs, cultural studies, and foreign language. Research Design A mixed-method case study design was employed to collect detailed and rich data on the students’ beliefs about citizenship. Findings/Results The findings showed that the students from immigrant backgrounds favored universal positions and were the only students to call attention to national economic inequalities. In contrast, a majority of the dominant-culture students gave a more central role to national affiliations. However, over half of the students switched between universal and nationally oriented positions for the issues of global citizenship and human rights. It is argued that these switches represent a strong indication of the tensions in civic affiliations in light of globalization. Conclusions/Recommendations The findings presented here suggest that the question of either national- or global-oriented civic education makes little sense. This research suggests that differentiated forms of civic education are needed if all youth will have access to full citizenship and the range of civic affiliations needed in the world. Two approaches for reconceptualizing civic education are proposed: Civic education curricula should focus on the intersection of national with global issues and affiliations, and civic education should address, in addition to civic attitudes, skills, and knowledge, a conscious effort to help adolescents build flexible and multiple civic identities.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Sergey Victorovich Pupkov

The necessity of the moral education of students of high school students as an initiation to the values of which are in the teacher-written cultural and educational space. Amended scientific understanding of the concept of educational space and proved that the substantive content of the notion of cultural and educational space gets through the involvement of the term culture. The essence of cultural and educational space of the university lies in its multi-dimensionality, which is expressed in infinity broadcast through the channels of education and training culture as the experience of, the experience of spiritual and practical development of the world in the moral experience moral, value relationships according to the criterion limit it (experience) of the base (value of a person), by which the subject-object, object-subject and subject-subject relations are optional. The content of the cultural and educational space, formed the subject-object and subject-subject relationship, the relationship between them becomes dialectical by the object-subject relationship in which there are values that are axiological nucleus of activity, axiological form of culture. Determine the purpose of the subject-object and subject-subject relations as the content of the image of cultural and educational space, and on the basis of this mission revealed features of pedagogical activity of the teacher conducting the moral education of students: to provide storage, reproduction, broadcast culture as the experience of concluded (experience) in ostensive, imperative, axiological forms of culture, its forms-principles; organization of the work of students with cultural forms; student organization ascent from axiological forms of culture its forms-principles; transfer of experience of spiritual and practical development of morality in the world, the experience of behavior and activity, experience, moral, value relations.


EFL Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicham Laabidi ◽  
Abdelhamid Nfissi

Since textbook evaluation is an interesting area in the field of applied linguistics, the present study intends to investigate Moroccan teachers’ perspectives concerning the EFL textbook “Visa to the World” designed for common core high school students in Morocco. It also aims to assess the effectiveness of this textbook which was suggested by the Moroccan Ministry of National Education as an instructional material for middle school students. This means that the researchers intend to highlight teachers’ attitudes towards the textbook through which students obtain the linguistic knowledge needed so as to communicate in English with native and non-native speakers. It is highly significant to mention that the study assesses the effectiveness of the textbook, “Visa to the World”, on the basis of seven main criteria: the physical appearance and format of the textbook, the accompanying materials, the content and the topics, the exercises and the activities, cultural presentation, the four skills and the language methods that the textbook adopts.


SenSaSi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Rizdina Azmiyanti

Compulsory education for 12 years ending in high school. After high school, students are entitled to continue their education on campus to obtain a bachelor's degree. This activity aims to provide an overview of the world of lectures today. The method used is using an online platform due to the pandemic situation. The participants of this activity are 12th graders and 30 followers of LBB Neutron Malang Instagram. LBB Neutron Malang is one of the largest tutoring institutions in Malang which includes students from elementary to high school. In this activity there were 2 resource persons from the accounting department and the medical department and 1 moderator from the LBB Neutron Malang. This activity gave students a new perspective on the world of lectures. The materials discussed included why to choose the major, how to get tips and tricks to pass the exam, what kind of profession in the future, what kind of soft skills are needed in the world of work. This activity is expected to be positive for students to choose the right major, not just a trend. Keywords: Major, Accounting, Campus


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-126
Author(s):  
Elfa Setiawan ◽  
Dinda A Rahman ◽  
Rudi Kristanto

The development of the world of education in the 21st century is now entering an era marked by the onslaught of the information technology revolution and the formation of the economic order and global relations, thus demanding an output of educational outcomes and outcomes that are in line with the demands of the world of work. The ability to communicate both in Speaking and writing is one of the abilities that must be mastered by everyone.The purpose of this Community Service Activities is to provide understanding and skills to vocational students in improving English language skills, particularly written communication skills in the business world as well as practical skills in translating documents documents or articles in English. The achievements of this service are increasing knowledge, insight, and English correspondence skills among vocational high school students, optimizing the use of online-based English Learning Tools such as Google Translate, Grammarly and Google Drive. The training activity was held for 4 hours on October 30, 2019, in the form of lectures, question-answers, and hands-on practice using Translation Tools. There were 22 trainees, class XII students of SMK Ksatrya, Cempaka Putih Barat, Central Jakarta. Based on the feedback from the participants, the training activities are very good and beneficial for them.This activity is not only limited to the training but is expected to be the beginning of the collaboration between the STIAMI Institute and the Ksatrya Vocational School in the future, to conduct other English language training with different topics or themes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 08017
Author(s):  
Elena Harlanova ◽  
Nadezhda Sivrikova ◽  
Inna S. Popova ◽  
Ekaterina A. Lapaeva

Bullying is a dangerous phenomenon that affects many modern students around the world. Bullying destructively affects a person regardless of the role (aggressor, observer, victim) and, despite measures to overcome, is present at school. Bullying (from the point of view of the contextual approach) is a social-group phenomenon that accompanies the development of a group with an unconstructive deformation of relationships in it. We conducted a research that reveals how Russian students are prone to bullying, how (taking into account gender and experience of it) are aware of its causes, who can stop bullying and whom they are ready to turn for help to if they become observers or victims of bullying. The results of the study showed that 46.8% of students felt oppressed during the school year (2018-2019). Students realize that the school class can stop bullying, but in a bullying situation they turn to parents, teachers, less to friends, do not mention the school class.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Ten Huang ◽  
Eric Zhi-Feng Liu ◽  
Chun Hung Lin ◽  
Pey-Yan Liou

Robotics has become a crucial domain in technology education, helping students to improve their abilities in assembly and programming. Despite the considerable research that has gone into the learning performance associated with robotics, little work has been done on the cognitive processes involved in learning this subject. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument (based on the theoretical framework of MSLQ), with which to evaluate the motivation of high school students to learn robotics and the strategies they employ. Fifty participants in the open category competition of the World Robot Olympiad 2010 completed the self-reported questionnaire (RMSLQ-HS). Thirteen factors and fifty one items were extracted using exploratory factor analysis. Implications for the educational application of robotics and research suggestions related to RMSLQ are also discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathyrn Jones

 This paper reflects upon taking up stories with high school students that are full of graphic images of war, genocide and ethnic cleansing. Young people today are bombarded with images of human suffering via the media; when teachers take up traumatic stories, they add to an already overwhelming tide. Narrative and critical analysis are woven together to explore students’ responses to such stories in Canadian schools in which productivity and performance are often used as indicators of student success. Instead, opportunities and possibilities to teach pedagogies of peace and possibility are imagined.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. 3679-3681
Author(s):  
Lely Setyawati Kurniawan ◽  
Luh Nyoman Alit Aryani ◽  
Grace Noviana Chandra ◽  
Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa ◽  
Christopher Ryalino

BACKGROUND: Violence experienced by a person can trigger mental disorders. It was reported that 1 in 4 children in the world had experienced severe and sustained physical violence. The form of violence varies from various bullying actions that seem mild, to deadly physical violence. AIM: This study aimed to see the association between the victim and perpetrator of violence in high school students. METHODS: A Hundred and Forty-Four high school students were chosen by stratified random sampling. They were assessed using Hurt, Insulted, threatened with harm, and Screamed (HITS) assessment tool. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis were used in this analysis, along with a cross-tabulation table. RESULTS: Out of the 144 subjects, 66 (45.8%) admitted that they experienced violence in different gradations. A total of 34 (47.2%) respondents revealed that the perpetrators of the most frequent acts of violence were either one or both of their parents. The odds ratio (OR) of the subjects who experienced violence to commit violence is 3.571 (Confidence Interval (CI) 95% = 1.792-7.120). CONCLUSION: More than 60% of high school students who experienced acts of violence turned out to experience more than one type of violence. The most frequent perpetrators of violence are the parents (47.2%), followed by friends and siblings. Those who experienced violent acts are 3.5 times more likely to become a perpetrator of violence.


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