Educating Global Citizens in Diverse Democracies With Young People Leading the Way

• In Event: Young People's Perspectives on Society and Global Citizenship

Abstract

This paper explores the challenges of including global citizenship as part of civics and citizenship education in light of the changing ways that young people view power, influence and participation. Research suggests an ambivalence in young people’s attitudes to, and experience of, increasingly diverse democracies. This paper draws on participatory research with young people to explore how they understand power and influence at local, national and international levels. It compares and contrasts the findings of this research to the wider literature on young people’s experiences of citizenship and participation, and explores the implications of these for Global Citizenship Education (GCE). This paper suggests a re-imagining of local and national citizenship to account for globalization, which has implications for GCE.

Author

• Lucas Walsh, Monash University