ERIC Number: EJ1188884
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
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Developing Global Citizenship in Tertiary Performing Arts Students through Short-Term Mobility Programs
Grant, Catherine
International Journal of Education & the Arts, v19 n15 Aug 2018
This article examines how short-term overseas mobility (study abroad) programs in the performing arts can foster global citizenship among undergraduate university students. It assesses outcomes from two programs led by different Australian universities: the first in 2015, involving six music and drama students for three weeks; and the second in 2016, involving five music students for ten days. Both cohorts travelled with the author to Cambodia, collaborating with local artists and non-government arts organisations on a range of musical and cultural activities. Drawing primarily on student focus group transcripts and student reflective journal entries, here I examine the extent to which these mobility programs may have contributed to fostering a sense of global citizenship in students. Analysis centres on three broad themes: students' development of global awareness and understanding, including intercultural awareness and empathy; their growing awareness and understanding of themselves and their societies; and the cultivation of their sense of social responsibility, including an aspiration to contribute to local and global society in a meaningful way. I also raise some challenges and risks of mobility programs with respect to the goal of building global citizenship in students, such as reinforcement of stereotypes and power differentials.
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Music Activities, Cultural Activities, Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Music Education, Drama, Citizenship Education, Global Education, Student Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Cambodia
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