Global Citizenship Education : : Challenges and Successes / / ed. by S. Nombuso Dlamini, Eva Aboagye.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Aboagye, Eva,; Adjei, Paul Banahene,; Bai, Heesoon,; Beckford, Clinton,; Benjamin, Marie,; Broom, Catherine A.,; Dlamini, S. Nombuso,; Gisolo, Gisella,; Gray-Beerman, Mikhaela,; Kester, Kevin,; Naidoo, Kkaren,; Robinson, Andrew M.,; Stanlick, Sarah Eliza,
• HerausgeberIn: Aboagye, Eva,; Dlamini, S. Nombuso,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 1 figure

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- SECTION I Key Theories and Concepts of Global Citizenship Education -- 1 The Global Context of Global Citizenship: A Pedagogy of Engagement -- 2 Bridging the Local and the Global: The Role of Service Learning in Post-Secondary Global Citizenship Education -- 3 Peace Education as Education for Global Citizenship: A Primer -- 4 Citizenship through Environmental Justice: A Case for Environmental Sustainability Education in Pre-service Teacher Training in Canada -- 5 Human Trafficking and Implications for Global Citizenship Education: Gender Equality, Women’s Rights, and Gender-Sensitive Learning -- Section II: Case Studies -- 6 A Case-Study Exploration of Deweyan Experiential Service Learning as Citizenship Development -- 7 Vacationing beyond the Beaten Path – Checkmate! Examining Global Citizenship and Service-Learning Education through Reflective Practice in Grenada and Jamaica -- 8 Promoting Global Citizenship outside the Classroom: Undergraduate-Refugee Learning in Practice -- 9 Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education in Social Work Context: A Case of Caveat Emptor -- 10 Global Citizenship Education: Institutional Journeys to Socially Engaged Students in Canada -- 11 They Want to Be Global Citizens: Now What? Implications of the NGO Career Arc for Students, Faculty Mentors, and Global Citizenship Educators -- Conclusion: Global Citizenship Education – The Present and the Future -- Contributors -- Index