Description
Product ID: | 9781487506377 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | CA |
Title: | Global Citizenship Education |
Subtitle: | Challenges and Successes |
Authors: | Author: Eva Aboagye, S. Nombuso Dlamini |
Page Count: | 344 |
Subjects: | Philosophy and theory of education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies and policy, Educational strategies & policy |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. The idea of citizenship and conceptions of what it means to be a good citizen have evolved over time. On the one hand, good citizenship entails the ability to live with others in diverse societies and to promote a common set of values of acceptance, human rights, and democracy. On the other hand, in order to compete in the global economy, nations require a more innovative, autonomous, and reflective workforce, meaning good citizens are also those who successfully participate in the economic development of themselves and their country. These competing conceptions of good citizenship can result in people’s participation in activities, such as profit-driven labor exploitation, that contradict human rights and democratic tenants. Thus, global citizenship education is fundamental to teaching, learning, and redressing sociopolitical, economic, and environmental exploitation around the world. Detailing the historical development of this field of study to achieve recognition, Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Successes provides a critical discourse on global citizenship education (GCE). Authors in this collection discuss the underpinnings of global citizenship education via contemporary theories and methodologies, as well as specific case studies that illustrate the application of GCE initiatives. Editors Eva Aboagye and S. Nombuso Dlamini aim to motivate learners and educators in post-secondary institutions not only to understand the issues of social and economic inequality and political and civil unrest facing us, but also to take action that will lead to equitable change in both local and global spaces. |
Imprint Name: | University of Toronto Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Toronto Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-03-05 |