Research in Global Citizenship Education (HC)

A volume in Research in Social EducationSeries Editor Merry Merryfield The Ohio State UniversityGlobalization is changing what citizens need to know and be able to do by interrupting theassumption that the actions of citizens only take place within national borders. If ourneighborhoods and nations are affecting and being affected by the world then our politicalconsciousness must be worldminded. The outcomes of globalization have led educators torethink what students need to learn and be able to do as citizens in a globally connected world.This volume focuses on research that examines how K-12 teachers and students are currentlyaddressing the challenge of becoming citizens in a globally interconnected world. Althoughthere is an extensive body of literature on citizenship education within national contexts and a growing literature on global educationthis volume offers research on the work educators are doing across multiple countries to bring the two fields together to develop globalcitizens.