Research in Global Learning
Methodologies for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Education
9781800083097
9781800083103
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Research in Global Learning
Methodologies for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Education
A diverse collection of global educational research.
Young people around the world are calling ever more urgently on policymakers to address today’s global challenges of sustainability, structural inequality, and social justice. It is little surprise that learning in a global society, understanding sustainable development, and being active global citizens are increasingly popular themes for education at all levels. Educational research makes a crucial contribution to knowledge that can address the great questions of our time, and evidence from a diversity of studies is vital if we are to build a clear picture. Research in Global Learning showcases methods and findings from a range of early career researchers who conducted illuminating studies located around the globe, specifically Brazil, China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Flexibility of approach is key to successful educational research in differing contexts. The studies in this volume use a range of approaches to investigate four important themes: the relationship between policy and practice, opportunities and constraints within the education system and the role of teachers, challenges and opportunities for higher education, and the perspectives of young people and students. Case studies, quantitative and qualitative research, participatory action research, longitudinal studies, and analysis of textbooks through critical discourse analysis are all used to demonstrate how learning about global citizenship and sustainability can inspire learners and contribute to quality education.
Young people around the world are calling ever more urgently on policymakers to address today’s global challenges of sustainability, structural inequality, and social justice. It is little surprise that learning in a global society, understanding sustainable development, and being active global citizens are increasingly popular themes for education at all levels. Educational research makes a crucial contribution to knowledge that can address the great questions of our time, and evidence from a diversity of studies is vital if we are to build a clear picture. Research in Global Learning showcases methods and findings from a range of early career researchers who conducted illuminating studies located around the globe, specifically Brazil, China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Flexibility of approach is key to successful educational research in differing contexts. The studies in this volume use a range of approaches to investigate four important themes: the relationship between policy and practice, opportunities and constraints within the education system and the role of teachers, challenges and opportunities for higher education, and the perspectives of young people and students. Case studies, quantitative and qualitative research, participatory action research, longitudinal studies, and analysis of textbooks through critical discourse analysis are all used to demonstrate how learning about global citizenship and sustainability can inspire learners and contribute to quality education.
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables List of contributors Abbreviations Acknowledgements General Introduction Douglas Bourn Part I: Relationship of policy to practice Introduction 1 Grounding PISA: Comparing view of the PISA global competence questionnaire across centre and periphery in Israel Heela Goren 2 Ethnography and sustainable learning in Jamaica Romina De Angelis 3Bridging practice and policy through post-positivist realism: understanding primary school teachers’ agency for global citizenship education in South Korea Kyoungwon Lee Part II: Opportunities and constraints within different education systems and the role of teachers Introduction 4Global citizenship education in Kazakhstan Natalya Hanley 5Global learning as a pedagogical approach to develop the purpose and value of primary science education Amy Strachan 6Global learning enabling teacher voices in one Greek primary school: mixed methods including action research and interviews Giannis Efthymiou 7Framing the ‘other’: Examining social studies textbooks in Pakistan using critical discourse analysis (CDA) Aamna Pasha Part III: Global citizenship, internationalisation and sustainable development in higher education Introduction 8The value of multiple case studies in researching internationalisation of higher education Monica Kraska Birbeck 9Global citizenship education in higher education in Ghana: the added value of case study to global learning Simon Eten Angyagre 10Analysis of teacher education curriculum in Turkey regarding education for sustainable development Nese Soysal Part IV: Perspectives and voices of young people and students Introduction 11A longitudinal study on Chinese international students’ perspectives of global citizenship during studying in the UK Xi Tao 12Personalised and dynamic: life experiences tailor how young people engage locally and globally Stephanie Kukita 13Global citizenship and inequality – voices of Caribbean young people in London and Tobago Yvette Allen Conclusion: Research in global learning Douglas Bourn Index