Journal Article

Global Citizenship: A Typology for Distinguishing its Multiple Conceptions

Morris, Paul, Oxley, Laura

2013

Overview

The promotion of 'Global Citizenship' (GC) has emerged as a goal of schooling in many countries, symbolising a shift away from national towards more global conceptions of citizenship. It currently incorporates a proliferation of approaches and terminologies, mirroring both the diverse conceptions of its nature and the socio-politico contexts within which it is appropriated. This paper seeks to clarify this ambiguity by constructing a typology to identify and distinguish the diverse conceptions of GC. The typology is based on two general forms of GC: cosmopolitan based and advocacy based. The former incorporates four distinct conceptions of GC - namely, the political, moral, economic and cultural; the latter incorporates four other conceptions - namely, the social, critical, environmental and spiritual. Subsequently, we briefly illustrate how the typology can be used to evaluate the critical features of a curriculum plan designed to promote GC in England. The typology provides a novel and powerful means to analyse the key features of the very diverse range of educational policies and programmes that promote GC.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor & Francis,Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subject: Advocacy / Ambiguity / Citizenship / Citizenship Education / Classification / Cosmopolitanism / Cultural Influences / Curricula / Curriculum / curriculum analysis / Curriculum development / Economic Factors / Education policy / Educational Policy / England / Foreign Countries / Global Approach / global citizenship / global citizenship education / global dimension / Globalization / Mirroring / Moral Values / Morality / Political Influences / Religious Factors / Schooling / Typology / United Kingdom