Local Citizenship in the Global Arena

Local Citizenship in the Global Arena

Author: Sally Findlow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-03

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1317508599

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Local Citizenship in the Global Arena proposes a reconsideration of both citizenship and citizenship education, moving away equally from prevailing ‘global citizenship’ and ‘fundamental British values’ approaches towards a curriculum for education that is essentially about creating cosmopolitan, included and inclusive, politically-engaged citizens of communities local, national and global. Viewing education as both problem and solution, Findlow argues that today’s climate of rapid and unpredictable geopolitical and cultural re-scoping requires an approach to citizenship education that both reflects and shapes society, paying attention to relationships between the local and global aspects of political voice, equality and community. Drawing on a range of international examples, she explores the importance and possibilities of a form of education that instead of promoting divisive competition, educates about citizenship in its various forms, and encourages the sorts of open and radical thinking that can help young people cross ideological and physical borders and use their voice in line with their own, and others’, real, long-term interests. Successive chapters develop this argument by critically examining the key elements of citizenship discourses through the interrelated lenses of geopolitical change, nationalism, the competition fetish, critical pedagogy, multiculturalism, protest politics, feminism and ecology, and highlighting ways in which the situationally diverse lived realities of ‘citizenship’ have been mediated by different forms of education. The book draws attention to how we think of education’s place in a world of combined globalisation, localism, anti-state revolt and xenophobia. It will be of key interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education, political science, philosophy, sociology, social policy, cultural studies and anthropology.


Global Citizenship Education

Global Citizenship Education

Author: Eva Aboagye

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1487506376

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Drawing on contemporary global events, this book highlights how global citizenship education can be used to critically educate about the complexity and repressive nature of global events and our collective role in creating a just world.


Local Citizenship in a Global Age

Local Citizenship in a Global Age

Author: Kenneth A. Stahl

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1107156467

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Presents a distinctly local idea of citizenship that, with the advance of globalization, often conflicts with national citizenship.


Global Citizenship Education

Global Citizenship Education

Author: Abdeljalil Akkari

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 3030446174

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This open access book takes a critical and international perspective to the mainstreaming of the Global Citizenship Concept and analyses the key issues regarding global citizenship education across the world. In that respect, it addresses a pressing need to provide further conceptual input and to open global citizenship agendas to diversity and indigeneity. Social and political changes brought by globalisation, migration and technological advances of the 21st century have generated a rise in the popularity of the utopian and philosophical idea of global citizenship. In response to the challenges of today’s globalised and interconnected world, such as inequality, human rights violations and poverty, global citizenship education has been invoked as a means of preparing youth for an inclusive and sustainable world. In recent years, the development of global citizenship education and the building of students’ global citizenship competencies have become a focal point in global agendas for education, international educational assessments and international organisations. However, the concept of global citizenship education still remains highly contested and subject to multiple interpretations, and its operationalisation in national educational policies proves to be challenging. This volume aims to contribute to the debate, question the relevancy of global citizenship education’s policy objectives and to enhance understanding of local perspectives, ideologies, conceptions and issues related to citizenship education on a local, national and global level. To this end, the book provides a comprehensive and geographically based overview of the challenges citizenship education faces in a rapidly changing global world through the lens of diversity and inclusiveness.


Teaching Global Citizenship

Teaching Global Citizenship

Author: Lloyd Kornelsen

Publisher: Canadian Scholars' Press

Published: 2020-12-18

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1773381989

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Teaching Global Citizenship brings together perspectives from former and current teachers from across Canada to tackle the unique challenges surrounding educating for global awareness. The contributors discuss strategies for encouraging young people to cultivate a sense of agency and global responsibility. Reflecting on the educator’s experience, each chapter engages with critical questions surrounding teaching global citizenship, such as how to help students understand and navigate the tension at the heart of global citizenship between universalism and pluralism, and how to do so without frightening, regressing, mythicizing, imposing, or colonizing. Based on narrative inquiry, the contributors convey their insights through stories from their classroom experiences, which take place in diverse educational settings: from New Brunswick to British Columbia to Nunavut, in rural and urban areas, and in public and private schools. Covering a broad range of topics surrounding the complexity of educating for global citizenship, this timely text will benefit those in education, global citizenship, curriculum development, and social studies courses across Canada. FEATURES: - Grounded in narrative inquiry, experiential learning, and teacher-based research - Includes study questions at the end of each chapter - Written by teachers for teachers with the accessibility of the material, diverse voices, and a broad spectrum of classroom settings in mind


Global Citizenship

Global Citizenship

Author: Mary Young

Publisher: Oxfam

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1899857478

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Global Citizenship is not an additional subject, but a way of teaching the existing curriculum, which promotes social justice and equity. This handbook explains Global Citizenship and develops its principles into clear, practical pointers for use in school. By discussing the issues, ideas and approaches in this handbook, users will be able to explore and develop their own understanding of Global Citizenship. Teachers will be able to bring its concepts into their educational practice, through every subject area, into assemblies, and across the whole school. The handbook will be a valuable tool for classroom teachers, head teachers, teacher educators, student teachers and home school educators. It will also be of interest to non-teaching staff, governors/school-board members, and parents.Global Citizenship: The Handbook for Primary Teaching contains: an exploration of issues for In-Service Training, and strategies for implementing whole-school change; ideas and activities for assemblies and classroom work; specific sections mapping Global Citizenship to subject areas for England, Scotland and Wales; a wide range of activities to deliver subject areas including Citizenship/PSHE, PSD and PSE through Global Citizenship; lesson plan and photocopiable resource material to support Literacy/English in the classroom; material relevant to Environmental Studies 5-14; ideas and guidance on incorporating Global Citizenship into the QCA Geography Schemes of Work; a comprehensive list of useful books for children and teachers, resources, weblinks and contact addresses


The Struggle for Citizenship Education in Egypt

The Struggle for Citizenship Education in Egypt

Author: Jason Nunzio Dorio

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-21

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0429639465

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This book offers nuanced analyses of the narratives, spaces, and forms of citizenship education prior to and during the aftermath of the January 2011 Egyptian Revolution. To explore the dynamics shaping citizenship education during this significant socio-political transition, this edited volume brings together established and emerging researchers from multiple disciplines, perspectives, and geographic locations. By highlighting the impacts of recent transitions on perceptions of citizenship and citizenship education in Egypt, this volume demonstrates that the critical developments in Egypt’s schools, universities, and other non-formal and informal spaces of education, have not been isolated from local, national, and global debates around meanings of citizenship.


Citizenship Education around the World

Citizenship Education around the World

Author: John Petrovic

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1317952227

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Though certainly not a new idea, citizenship education manifests in unique and often unpredictable ways in our contemporary neoliberal era. The question of what it means to be a productive and recognized citizen must now be understood simultaneously along both global and local lines. This edited volume offers an international perspective on citizenship education enacted in specific socio-political contexts. Each chapter includes a pointed conceptualization of citizenship education—a philosophical framework—that is then applied to specific national cases across Europe, Asia, Canada and more. Chapters emphasize how such frameworks are implemented within local contexts, encouraging particular pedagogical/curricular practices even as they constrain others. Chapters conclude with suggestions for productive change and how educators might usefully engage contemporary contexts through citizenship education.


How to be a Global Citizen

How to be a Global Citizen

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 0744050847

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Be the change in your community! This illustrated guide takes you through challenges the world is facing and how you and your kids can help overcome them. Aspiring activists and young community leaders need information and tools to be responsible citizens and changemakers in their communities. This activism book is packed with content that will both educate and challenge young children aged 11+ years to make a difference. How to be a Global Citizen covers topics such as politics and voting, how to be responsible with online communication, preventing unfair discrimination, and protecting our environment. You’ll find: • Creative illustrations and clear text simplify challenging topics • Advice for parents and teachers on explaining tricky social and environmental issues to children • Steps to contribute to society at an individual level • Features on inspirational young role models leading the charge on different causes around the world Inspire youth with tales of their peers Young people are leading movements around the world, influencing their communities, and illuminating issues that have plagued our societies for far too long. Each chapter of How to be a Global Citizen provides information and ideas on how children can have important conversations amongst friends, family, and the wider community to affect change. Children are inspired by the stories of young leaders such as LGBTQ+ rights activist, Jazz Jennings, and environmentalist, Greta Thunberg. And each of their stories serves to be an example of what it means to be a responsible citizen, how to make the world a better place, and how to care for our societies and environment. Other titles to Help Your Kids DK’s Help Your Kids series is aimed at young readers ages 11 + years, parents, and teachers. These books are an excellent resource to help children understand complex topics. Other books in this series include Help Your Kids with English, Help Your Kids with Study Skills, and Help Your Kids with Dyslexia.


The Dimensions of Global Citizenship

The Dimensions of Global Citizenship

Author: Darren J. O'Byrne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-23

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1135772053

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The Dimensions of Global Citizenship takes issue with the assumption that ideas about global citizenship are merely Utopian ideals. The author argues that, far from being a modern phenomenon, world citizenship has existed throughout history as a radical alternative to the inadequacies of the nation-state system. Only in the post-war era has this ideal become politically meaningful. This social transformation is illustrated by references to the activities of global social movements as well as those of individual citizens.