ERIC Number: EJ1116339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 22
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Fostering Global Citizenship--Tree Planting as a Connective Practice
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v40 n4 p509-530 2016
Education for Global Citizenship is about living as though the future mattered. This evaluates learner reactions to a tree-planting exercise that invites reflection upon hopes for the world, personal responsibilities and acting locally while thinking globally. Participant hopes concerned: environmental sustainability, peace on earth, then the welfare of future generations and personal wellbeing. Global citizenship concerns included sustainability, social justice, interdependencies and personal responsibilities. Some participants envisaged exercise outcomes to be mainly practical, others personal, such as reflection on lifestyle choices. Off-campus sessions generated higher grades, more concern for giving back to/defining a role in nature and volunteering.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Global Education, Citizenship, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Social Justice, Citizenship Responsibility, Plants (Botany), Learning Activities, Participant Satisfaction, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Probability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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