Volume 2, Issue 6, June 2017 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

ISSN No: - 2456 2165

Education for Global Citizenship

Shefali Gupta Megha Gupta
Research Scholar, Research Scholar,
Govt. College of Education, Jalandhar. St. Soldier College of Education, Jalandhar.
guptashefali1704@gmail.com drishttigupta@gmail.com

I. INTRODUCTION methods through which pupils learn by doing and by

collaborating with others.
Global citizenship is the rights, responsibilities and duties that
come with being a member of the global entity as a citizen of a Global citizenship education (GCE) is the form of civic
learning that involves students' active participation in projects
particular nation or place. Global citizenship is not an
that addresses global issues of a social, political, secular,
additional subject, it is an ethos. It is best implemented
economic, or environmental nature.
through a whole-school approach, involving everyone from
learners themselves to the wider community. Education for Education for Global Citizenship: Oxfams definition:
global citizenship helps and enable young generation to
develop their competencies which allow them to actively
engage with the society and help to make it a more sustainable A transformative vision of education: Education for global
place for all the citizens in the world. Global citizenship citizenship is a framework to equip learners for critical and
nurtures personal respect and respect for others, wherever they active engagement with the challenges and opportunities of
live. It encourages individuals to think deeply and critically life in a fast-changing and interdependent world. It is
about what is equitable. Exploring global citizenship themes, transformative, developing the knowledge and understanding,
it help learners grow more confident in standing up for their skills, values and attitudes that learners need both to
beliefs, interests and more skilled in evaluating the ethics and participate fully in a globalised society and economy, and to
impact of their decisions regarding welfare of other learners or secure a more just, secure and sustainable world than the one
citizens and society as well. they have inherited.
Learning, thinking and acting: Oxfam believes that young
A Global Citizen is someone who: peoples learning, thinking and actions both now and in their
is attentive in the wider world and has a sense of their adult lives are integral to the achievement of that more just,
own role as a world citizen. secure and sustainable global future. Therefore, alongside a
rigorous development of global understanding and multiple
is one who respects and values diversity.
perspectives, an education for global citizenship should also
has an understandable power of how the society works include opportunities for young people to develop their skills
in relation to global context. as agents of change and to reflect critically on this role.
is dislocate by the social injustice. The detailed learning objectives which are written as follows,
team up with in the community at a range of levels, developed by a broad-based faculty committee with
from the local to the global. representatives from many disciplines, could provide a
working document for developing global citizenship skills
is willing to act to make the world a more equitable and over a student's entire educational experience that helps the
sustainable place by his contribution. student to become an responsible citizen in the world.
takes responsibility for their actions towards the world. Understanding of a citizen's responsibilities to others, to
society and to the environment:
To become the effective Global Citizens, young generation 1. Students will be able to examine the meaning of attitude,
should be flexible, creative and proactive and the most political, democracy and citizenship from differing points of
important thing they should be educated too . They need to be view including non-dominant and non-western perspectives.
able to solve problems, make decisions, think critically, 2. The student will be able to analyze the various rights and
communicate ideas effectively and work well within teams obligations that citizens may be said to have in their
and groups, also they have ability to become an effective communities, societies, nations and in the world that are
leaders. These skills and attributes are increasingly recognized essential for every citizen.
as being essential to succeed in other areas of 21st century life
too, including many workplaces. These skills and qualities 3. Students will understand and reflect upon their own attitude,
cannot be developed without the use of active learning way of thinking, lives, careers, and interests in relation to

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participatory democracy and the general welfare of the global 4. Students will be efficient to understand and practice
society. various forms of citizenship skills: self-empowerment, media
analysis, letter writing, evaluation of candidates etc.
4. Students will explore the relationship among global
citizenship and responsibility towards environment with the 5. Students will be encouraged to demonstrate skill
help of education. development in participatory democracy by the completion of
a community service, citizen participation or social action
Understanding of ethical behavior in personal,
project.
professional and public life:
Essential education for citizens In the 21st century, around
1. Students will be familiar with fundamental national and
the world there is a growing recognition of the fundamental
international laws, documents and legal issues pertaining
importance of educating for global citizenship because:
citizenship, democracy, secularism and human rights.
All learners need a safe space in which to explore complex
2. Students will be able to identify the civic and ethical
and controversial global issues they encounter through the
responsibilities of peoples in the global context.
media and their own experiences, and school can provide this.
3. Students or learners will be able to compare, analyze and Even very young children are already trying to make sense of
evaluate the plans and policies of an institution, community, a world marked by division, conflict, environmental change,
state or nation and the world in the context of its stated inequality and poverty.
philosophical and cultural and moral values.
It has delicate role to play in fit up a generation with the
4. Students will be able to examine various social policies and vision and means to rise to complex challenges that go beyond
institutions (educational, economic, political, legal, media, national borders.
military, etc.) in relation to democracy, respect for diversity,
We live in an increasingly globalised and interconnected
human rights and the environmental impact on the society as
world in which the global is part of our everyday lives and
well as on the citizens of the society.
analysis of seemingly local issues benefits from social and
5. Students will investigate the interrelationship and global perspectives.
interdependence of personal and professional decisions and
Research (for example, by Think Global and Educational)
actions on society and the environment.
and our own work in schools have shown the demand from
Knowledge and skills for involved responsible citizenship learners or the citizens that are required in social content.
at the local, state, national and global level:
Excellent education Teachers and school leaders have
1. Students will have knowledge of an increasingly pluralistic recognized that global citizenship education can develop and
society, nation and world where the requirements of enhance values and skills of the student or the learner, they see
citizenship are open to important debates between citizens of as integral to their educational aims and school. In short, they
different nationalities, races, castes, colors, creeds, genders, see it as synonymous with their understanding of excellent
abilities and disabilities, sexual orientations and the different education and integral to a broad and balanced curriculum and
religions follow by the different citizens respective to their effective way of teaching. Education for global citizenship can
society, community and nationality. support a wide range of school-improvement priorities and
2. Students will be able to situate information from a variety educational outcomes. That is because it involves a wealth of
of sources, identify underlying values and investigate the real-life contexts for learning, which can inspire learners and
veracity of information regarding educational and citizens to raise their motivation and attainment and also helps
environmental issues. the students to fulfill their aims and to achieve their pre-
determined goals. It also emphasizes developing skills in
3. Students will be able potentially viable to identify and critical and creative thinking, scientific attitude and reasoning
investigate problems, examine underlying assumptions, and improves the communication skills of the students. The
synthesize information, formulate solutions, identify wide range of participatory teaching and learning
constituencies, compose arguments and identify appropriate methodologies supports learners acquisition of such skills as
forums for taking actions. well as their understanding of the global context of their lives.

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Knowledge and Understanding Skills Values And Attitude

Social Justice Critical and Creative Thinking Sense of Identity

Identity & Diversity Empathy Commitment to Social Justice

Globalization Self-Awareness Respect for Human Rights

Sustainable Development Communication Value Diversity

Peace and Conflict Co-operation Concern for environment

Human Rights Ability to manage complexity Communication to

participation

Power and Governance Reflective Action Social Change can occur

II. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE issues of diversity, identity and belonging learn about power
CLASSROOM of human rights and governance that makes policies for the
Education for global citizenship uses a concourse of welfare of citizens, and also helps to analyze the causes and
participatory teaching and learning approaches and consequences of unequal power relations in society .
methodologies, including discussion and debate, effective Technology and Design explore the impacts of design and
communication between teacher and student, role play, technology on the world and on quality of life address
ranking exercises, cause and consequence activities, and sustainability issues in product design consider social,
communities of enquiry. These methods are not unique to environmental and economic contexts of products, and
education for global citizenship but, used in collaborate with a sustainable technology analyze ethical and sustainability
global perspective and in effective way, they can advance issues in food systems, and social, economic, environmental
global understanding while nurturing skills such as critical and political factors affecting nutrition.
thinking, scientific attitude, wider outlook among global Geography question, investigate and critically engage with
issues, questioning, communication and cooperation. They
issues affecting peoples way of lives throughout the world
also enable learners to explore, develop and express their own
according to their state, nation or world to evolve
values, ideas and opinions while listening respectfully to
understanding capacity of the citizen in relation to global
others viewpoints. This is an important step towards learners
interconnectedness and interdependence, and of sustainable
making informed choices about how they engage with global development provide engaging real-world issues and data to
issues. The following studies highlights how teachers have support core geographical skills address diversity of different
successfully developed a focus on global citizenship in their
areas among global context and identity issues through the
curriculum development. They provide insights into how
investigation of differences and similarities between people,
global citizenship can enrich different areas of the education
places, environments and cultures, and through the exploration
and of the curriculum across the age range.
of different values and attitudes in relation to social,
Art and Craft to investiagte how global issues and themes environmental, economic and political questions.
such as identity, shared humanity, difference, diversity,
History explore differences and similarities between events,
conflict and justice are represented in art and expressed
people, places, cultures and environments through time, and
through craft recognize different perspectives, ideas, beliefs
the interconnectedness and interdependence among them
and values and cultural diversity provide opportunities to consider questions of power and privilege, and critically think
learn about, and from, different cultures through handling about reasons why history is illustrated in different ways
images and art facts. consider significance of individual and collective action and
Citizenship engage with issues of social justice, human questions of civic and social responsibility explore objects
duties, human rights, community cohesion and global such as inequality, injustice, prejudice, conflict and
interdependence provide opportunities to challenge injustice, harassment and relating historical examples to contemporary
raise his voice against violence, inequalities and events and experiences
discrimination through informed, responsible action explore

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ICT develop computational thinking, applications and appreciation of interdependence within the natural world and
creativity to understand and solve real-world problems between the people and planet provide opportunities to
improved thinking capacity, develop intellectual skills data explore the contributions of different cultures to science.
handling, data modeling and control consider impacts of ICT
III. CONCLUSION
on individuals, communities and society, including the social,
economic and ethical implications of access to and use of ICT The critical analysis of the education of citizens as the
(for example, impacts on globalization, poverty, inequality, member of the global entity in the several researches has
democracy, diversity and conflict) develop critical thinking identified some weaknesses in relation to responsibilities and
and online media literacy 12 Education for Global Citizenship ethical behavior of the citizens towards other citizens,
A guide for schools environment and society. Citizen will be able to examine the
meaning of democracy, rights, duties, career and interest with
Mathematics provide opportunities to illustrate
education. Education involves the formation of the responsible
mathematical concepts and processes by means of global
citizen at different levels i.e. local, state, national and global
issues and data develops the understanding power of the level which will able to locate information from a variety of
learner use and apply mathematics to real-world problems sources and investigate the variety of information. Education
and data (for example, international development data)
will help the students for understanding the various forms of
provide opportunities to consider the influence of different
citizenship skills like self-empowerment, media analysis, letter
cultures on mathematics develop critical thinking around
writing, evaluation etc. The wide range of teaching
use, presentation and manipulation of data develops the
methodologies supports the learner or citizen for
problem solving ability. understanding of global context of their lives. Art and Craft,
Music explore how music expresses identity, belonging and Science, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Music,
feelings in personal life consider how music is used to Physical Education etc. are the different subjects which
protest at social injustice and promote visions of positive provides the education to the students for the Global
change develop appreciation of diversity and global Citizenship in the classroom. Therefore, in todays era, for the
interconnectedness through exploring the fusion and cross- better development of the learner, the importance is given to
fertilization of various musical traditions and the common EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP.
elements in different musical traditions
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