You are here

Resources

A Case Study on the Possible Contribution of Global Citizenship Concept to Education for Sustainable Development (Environmental Education; Vol. 31, No.1)
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Gyeongsan | 2018 | p.35-52
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISSN 1225-1259
Author: 
Seyoung Hwang
Corporate author: 
Korean Society for Environmental Education
Region: 
Asia and the Pacific
© 황세영 2018

The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which the recent discussion on global citizenship education could contribute to the discursive possibility of education that addresses cultural diversity and co-existence which had not been considered much in the education for sustainable development (ESD) field. For that, the study showed how the formative experience of global citizen identity as the core concept of global citizenship can be a significant learning experience for ESD. The case studies included UNESCO school activity, school club activity, international volunteering activity and local cultural exchange activity. Based on the interviews with participants, the study found out that they were in the state of accepting or orienting themselves toward global citizen identity. The study also identified the kinds of qualitative experiences affecting such identity formation as facing and reflecting on one’s own cultural bias, intercultural sympathy, participation and action beyond mere knowledge acquisition, self-directed participation and achievement, lack of reflection in the one’ own life context as a global citizen, and conflict with the values embedded in the competition-driven lifestyle. Based on the result, the potential and meanings of the ESD focused on global citizen identity were discussed.

 

Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Sustainable development / sustainability
Level of education: 
Primary education
Secondary education
Higher education
Non-formal education