Global Citizenship Education explores key ideas and issues within local, national and global dimensions. Including examples and case studies from across the world, the authors draw on ideas, experiences and histories within and beyond 'the West' to contribute to multifaceted perspectives on global citizenship education.
In concise chapters, the authors set out the key concepts and debates within the field. Global citizenship education is contextualized within key educational frameworks, including citizenship education, global education, development education and peace education. Edda Sant, Ian Davies, Karen Pashby and Lynette Shultz explore the different ways in which global citizenship can be taught, learned and assessed in formal and informal contexts. Including examples from a wide range of education institutions, chapters provide overviews of policy making and international practices borne out of different approaches to global citizenship education. With each chapter including a summary of key issues, an annotated list of key resources, an exercise for students and a further reading list, Global Citizenship Education will aid understanding of this complex and debated area of study. The authors contribute an important new synthesis of diverse theories and different world views which have had an impact in various fields ... which are engaged in the studies of globalism. One especially important aspect of this publication is that it gives clear articulations of the practical social applicability of the many ideas which are discussed. * International Review of Education * In an era when globalization has become a key influence on education policy, practices and processes this book provides essential reading for practitioners, researchers and students seeking to develop their capabilities in the field of global citizenship and global citizenship education. * Viv Caruana, Reader in Internationalisation of Higher Education, Leeds Beckett University, UK * A well-written, accessible resource in the field of global education. * JALT Journal *
Global Citizenship Education: A Critical Introduction to Key Concepts and Debates
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