scholarly journals From "knowing" to "not knowing": Critical global citizenship education for engineering partnerships

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
Nora Pillard Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Service Learning ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The University

This article was part of a larger study that explored community participants’ perspectives in [Municipality, Country] about the long-term global service learning (GSL) partnership with [Name of university] University’s College of Engineering (Author, year). This article explores the question: From the community participants’ perspectives, what are their educational goals for the university engineering students in this partnership? While I intentionally centered this article on the community participants’ perspectives, I also explored areas of alignment and areas of difference between the different stakeholder groups’ perspectives about learning and knowledge. Although global citizenship surfaced in interviews with both community and university participants, the community participant perspectives push farther than the university administrators/ faculty and call for critical global citizenship education (Andreotti, 2006).

scholarly journals Promoting Global Citizenship through an Information-Based Focus on United Nations International Events

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 01003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen V. Del Carmen ◽  
Joevel A. Bartolome
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
International Peace ◽  
Marshall Mcluhan ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
International Events

Rapid advances in technology, information, and transportation have made true what was once just an idea. This was popularized by communication scholar Marshall McLuhan into a reality. These advances have consequently helped develop global citizenship education. With this development comes the realization that young people need not go out of their country to embrace global citizenship. What Journalism and Print Media students at the University of St. La Salle did to heighten their global citizenship education was to use mass and social media to promote selected international events of the United Nations under the project, ―Connecting… Informing… We Are Citizens of the World‖. The feedback of the students show that such approach is an effective tool in making young people aware and be involved in the discussion and action for social justice and peace, which are requisites of global citizenship. This paper hopes to share with other S-L advocates, especially those in Communication programs that they can be vital channels in promoting global citizenship among their students as well as strategies they can use, and consequently, contribute to efforts toward the attainment of international peace, unity amid diversity and development.

Global Citizenship Education Through Collaborative Online International Learning in the Borderlands: A Case of the Arizona–Sonora Megaregion

2019 ◽  
pp. 102831531988888
Author(s):  
Carmen King de Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Diverse World ◽  
International Learning ◽  
Citizenship Skills ◽  
Positive Results

Scholars have argued that 21st century educators have the responsibility to incorporate global citizenship activities into academic curricula to meet the demands of an increasingly diverse world. Approaches to global citizenship education that have rendered positive results include service-learning, critical thinking activities, second language acquisition, and international exchanges. The current study explores a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project carried out between university students enrolled in universities located in the Arizona-Sonora Megaregión. The study found that before students participated in COIL they demonstrated a limited understanding of their neighboring country. At the conclusion of the COIL project students demonstrated global citizenship skills such as the ability to analyze international relationships, critically consume media, and make identify points of global interconnectedness.

scholarly journals Villanova Engineering Service Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 334-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Ermilio ◽  
Garrett Clayton ◽  
Mahmoud Kabalan
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Service Projects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Large Water ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The University ◽  
Villanova University

The College of Engineering at Villanova University has a long history of providing technical services to support humanitarian initiatives. For over twenty years, engineering faculty and students have been participating in engineering outreach activities, which are commonly referred to as Engineering Service Learning. In 1991, a small group of engineering students and faculty traveled to work with the Cheypo-Bayano Mission in Panama. Students who graduate were excited to return to Panama to see their projects through to completion, which included a large water supply distribution system and a bridge for a small remote community in the region. At that time, the concept of service-learning did not exist, but due to the Augustinian Heritage at Villanova University, these types of activities have been strongly encouraged. In fact, the idea of ministry has been a strategic part of the university’ mission since 1979, and at the present time, there are an estimated 800 students and advisors who travel annually to over 40 locations globally (including the US) to volunteer on service projects. These projects include engineering and non-engineering activities, but the success of the engineering service learning program has been significantly influenced by the culture of service that exists at Villanova University and the Augustinian values which are routed in service to society.

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