Global Citizenship Education

Study Notes

Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
Fosters a sense of reverence for all individuals, cultivates a feeling of connectedness to a shared human experience, and develops responsible and engaged global citizens.
Provides learners with necessary skills and knowledge to actively engage with and address global issues.
Seeks to foster individuals who contribute to creating a society characterized by peace, tolerance, inclusivity, and security.
Goals of Global Citizenship Education
Enables young individuals to cultivate essential skills and abilities to participate in global affairs and promote justice and sustainability worldwide.
Prepares students to effectively collaborate in addressing global challenges related to social, political, economic, and environmental domains.
UN's Global Education First Initiative
Emphasizes that education must go beyond producing individuals who can read, write, and count, and focus on helping people create just, peaceful, tolerant, and inclusive societies.
UNESCO's Work in Global Citizenship Education
Guided by the Education 2030 Agenda and Framework for Action, notably Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4 on Education).
Aims to ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, including education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles.
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Recognized as mutually reinforcing approaches, prioritizing the relevance and content of education to build a peaceful and sustainable world.
Emphasize the need to foster knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and behaviors that allow individuals to take informed decisions and assume active roles locally, nationally, and globally.
Characteristics of a Global Citizen
Aware of and understands the wider world and their place in it.
Takes an active role in their community and works with others to make the planet more peaceful, sustainable, and fairer.
Examples of Global Citizenship
Exploring local and global connections and personal views, values, and assumptions.
Exploring issues of social justice locally and globally.
Exploring the complexity of global issues and engaging with multiple perspectives.
Applying learning to real-world issues and contexts.
Opportunities to make informed, reflective action and be heard.
Benefits of Global Citizenship
Creates awareness and builds understanding of World Events and Issues.
Fosters a heightened consciousness towards global affairs.
Enables young people to develop essential skills and abilities to participate in global affairs and promote justice and sustainability worldwide.