CHAPTER 7:

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
PREPARED BY: MS. FAITH CANTULAR
 CITIZEN
a native or naturalized member of a
state or nation who owes allegiance to
its government and is entitled to its
protection.
 GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Global citizenship is the idea that all persons enjoy
the rights and civic responsibilities of being a
member of the world, rather than that of a
particular nation or place.

It transcends geography and political borders where

membership is derived from the term "humanity".
 Did you know that living in a globalized world
requires you to become a global citizen?
According to TeachUnicef.org, to be a global citizen you must:
Understand that you need others to survive.
Protect your country and the world when called upon to do so.
Stand up and defend against injustices happening in your
immediate community and the world.
Understand interconnectedness.
Respect and value diversity.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY GLOBAL COMPETENCE

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Social responsibility, global
competence, and global civic
engagement are three
GLOBAL CIVIC
overarching dimensions that
consistently define global
ENGAGEMENT citizenship.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Includes global justice and disparities, altruism and

empathy, global interconnectedness, and personal
responsibility. This dimension highlights the
interconnectedness between local behaviors and
their global consequences.
GLOBAL COMPETENCE

Covers self-awareness, intercultural communication,

and global knowledge. It is the demonstration of
intercultural communication skills and the display of
interest and knowledge about world issues and
events.
 GLOBAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Includes involvement in civic

organizations, political voice, and glocal
civic activism. Political voice is constructed
by synthesizing the individual's global
knowledge and experiences in the public
domain. Meanwhile, purposeful local
behaviors that advance a global agenda
are a manifestation of glocal civic
activism (Falk, 1994; Putnam, 1995)
EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Amidst so many discussions and debates about global citizenship, many

agree that a global citizen:
Has awareness of the wider world around him and knows his role as its
citizen;
He has a certain level of knowledge about how the world operates;
Shows respect and appreciates diversity and values social justice;
Does not limit his community participation at the local level only but
also at the global level;
Responsible for his actions.
To be an effective citizen of the world, he needs to develop:
Flexibility
Creativity
Be proactive in dealing with various socio-economic and
political issues and concerns of the world around him.
He also needs to develop skills needed for problem-
solving, decision-making, critical thinking, communicating
effectively their ideas, and working with others.
EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

These attributes can be developed with the use of active learning where
students learn by doing and collaborating with others.

Consequently, many schools in the world included in its vision, mission, and
curriculum education for global citizenship which embraces issues such as global
interdependence, cultural diversity, peace and conflict resolution, and
sustainable development, among others.

The global perspective is considered significant because the human individual is

living in a global world socio-culturally through mass media and travel,
economically through international trade, environmentally by living on the same
planet, and politically via international systems of regulation.
To help schools develop their own vision, mission, and curriculum for global
citizenship Schattle (2008) outlined the following salient features:

Global citizenship is a choice unlike national citizenship which is given by

birth and a mindset based on his level of awareness of the connectivity
between the world around him and the bigger world.
Global citizenship requires self-awareness, awareness of others, and a sense
of responsibility towards them.
Global citizenship implies intercultural competence or cultural empathy
wherein the individual is able to understand not only his own multiple
cultures but also other cultural contexts.
Global citizenship enables an individual to make decisions grounded on
ethical principles.
Global citizenship implies the individual's participation in both local and
global affairs in broad socioeconomic, political, and cultural issues and
concerns. This is the action component of global citizenship.
 ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Participation in civil society organizations is citizenship because

of the following:

1. It means people have a broader awareness of society than

the small world of their community.
2. It means that they have an awareness of how political forces
work to shape that world and their lives.
3. It means one has some level of awareness that members of
a society must be active in the governance of their world.
4. It means that one has some form of faith in collective action
and is willing to engage in it.
 GLOBAL COLLECTIVE ACTION

People are called to global collective action because of global problems

such as:
Global Poverty - much has to do with exploitative practices that have
passed for paths to development.
Global Warming - clearly rooted in the practices and systems of the
West but are most destructive to the global South.
Gender Issues - a continuing injustice but complex because issues are
both universal and very particular.
GLOBAL COLLECTIVE ACTION

Good Governance - mostly a Western issue because it facilitates the free

market, but a fundamental issue for human flourishing and genuine
development.
Sustainable Development - clearly most important to the Global South but
unachievable without Western cooperation.
Global Trade, Fair Trade, and Solidarity Economics - require global
cooperation to restructure the market.