ERIC Number: EJ1224947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Preservice Teachers' Views of Global Citizenship and Implications for Global Citizenship Education
Bruce, Judy; North, Chris; FitzPatrick, Jessica
Globalisation, Societies and Education, v17 n2 p161-176 2019
Global citizenship (GC) is becoming increasingly significant as a desirable graduate attribute in the context of increasing globalisation and cultural diversity. However, both the means and ends of GC education are influenced by a divergent range of conceptualizations. The aim of this research project was to investigate preservice teachers' understandings of global citizenship, with a particular focus on cultural diversity. Pre-service teachers (PSTs) participated in interviews, and findings indicated that they were uncertain about the idea of global citizenship, sought harmony and a desire for sameness in culturally diverse relationships, and held ethnocentric, paternalistic and salvationist views about the 'Other'. Drawing on these findings, we present a framework incorporating technicist, humanistic and postcritical conceptions as a tool for analysis of GCE approaches, their means and ends.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Cultural Pluralism, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Humanism, Teaching Methods, Knowledge Economy, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Ethnocentrism, Cultural Awareness, Social Justice, Peace
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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