Anti-Diversity, Repression and Neo-Mercantilism : Can Global Citizenship Education Survive?

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Global Citizenship Education (GCE) emerged in the globalist age supported by the spread of democracy and the globalization zeitgeist. The Trump administration’s mercantilism and accompanying repressions question GCE’s future.
These multiple turns focus on the perceived needs of the conservative nation state seen as patriotism, loyalty and obedience. This symposium questions whether GCE can survive.
International scholars from the Global North and South share their insights and assess implications for GCE They will identify key issues and suggest future possibilities.
The results are varied. GCE is being taught alongside national citizenship values but also as a broad form of intercultural education. In some jurisdictions there has been a distinct turn away from GCE highlighting instead the importance of national values.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Democratic Citizenship in Education

Chair

• Kerry J. Kennedy, The Education University of Hong Kong

Papers

• A North American Perspective Based on Grassroots Global Citizenship Education in the United States - Theresa Alviar Martin, Kennesaw State University

• A European Perspective on the Current Status of Global Citizenship Education - Wiel M. Veugelers, University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht

• An Asian Perspective Based on the Current Status of Global Citizenship Education in China - Zhenzhou Zhao, Education University of Hong Kong

• An African Perspectives on the Current Status of Global Citizenship Education in North Africa - Amanda B. Richey, Kennesaw State University

• An African Perspectives Based on the Current Status of Global Citizenship Education in Western Africa - Nuru Akinyemi, Kennesaw State University

Session Organizer

• Kerry J. Kennedy, The Education University of Hong Kong

Discussant

• Kerry J. Kennedy, The Education University of Hong Kong