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Reflections on cosmopolitanism and education: Developing cosmopolitan sensibilities for a sustainable future

Tue, April 16, 5:00 to 6:30pm, Hyatt Regency, Floor: Bay (Level 1), Bayview A

Group Submission Type: Refereed Round-Table Session

Proposal

This panel will explore the development of cosmopolitanism within students across various contexts. In our studies, we posit cosmopolitanism (as defined by the resurgent literature) as an ingredient for a sustainable future. We reflect on how conceptions of cosmopolitanism can contribute to education for sustainability, particularly as it relates to a more peaceful, inclusive, and just world. As education scholars, we join others in thinking about how notions of cosmopolitanism can inform educational practice (Birk, 2014; Hull, Stornaiuolo & Sahini, 2010; Stornaiuolo, 2012; Stornaiuolo, Hull & Hall, in press; Mills & Green, 2013; Stornaiuolo & Kyeong Jung; Sobré-Denton, 2016; Stornaiuolo, 2016), applying this largely theoretical field to practice. We ask questions related to content, pedagogy, and measurement in order to get closer to realizing a cosmopolitan ideal. Our panel examines the concept of cosmopolitanism as a response to globalization, including not just increased interconnectivity, but the rise of neoliberal agendas, authoritarian populism, global terror, nationalism, and xenophobia. Our studies look closely at the construction of global identities and how these shape local ones, pointing to how cosmopolitan worldviews can be cultivated.

Our first presenter will explore the development of cosmopolitan worldviews and the conceptualization of this notion, and its implications for education among undergraduates. Our second presenter will examine the experiences of high school youth on a summer abroad program in order to 1) shed light on how global identities interact with students’ sense of local selves and 2) offer suggestions for programmatic considerations (in content, pedagogy, and design) for organizations engaging in global education and travel abroad experiences for youth. Our final presenter will define the multidimensional construct of the cosmopolitan worldview, describe the development of the scale guided by the four-building blocks method (Wilson, 2004), and present results of the validation study from an item response theory analysis. Our interest is exploring the application of conceptualizations of cosmopolitanism to pedagogical practice.

Our session will be chaired by a researcher in comparative education whose work focuses on schooling in Honduras and who has also been exploring how to effectively foster a cosmopolitan worldview among her undergraduate university students.

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