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Global citizenship in primary and secondary education in the Netherlands
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Amsterdam | 2012 | 50p
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-90-74612-26-5
Author: 
Lette Hogeling
Corporate author: 
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
Region: 
Europe and North America

NCDO has examined the opinions and methods of teachers and directors with regard to global citizenship, as well as the obstacles and opportunities they experience around global citizenship in education. More than 1,500 teachers and almost 300 directors have participated in the research. A large majority of the teachers in primary and secondary education think that global citizenship is an important subject for Dutch education. Also, the majority of the teachers are of the opinion that it is important that the lessons link up with current events. Nevertheless, only a minority of the teachers in primary and secondary education believe that global citizenship should be a compulsory part of the curriculum. It is mainly teachers of geography, economics, cultural and social subjects who are of the opinion that global citizenship is an important theme.

Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Diversity / cultural literacy / inclusive
Human rights
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Peace / Culture of peace
Sustainable development / sustainability
Transformative initiatives / Transformative pedagogies
Keywords: 
global citizenship education
identity
diversity
human rights