Global Citizenship and the Practice of International Education

Abstract

The increasingly globalized world has promoted numorous discussions over characteristics we need for the future. First, this study anaylzes international organization’s definition of global citizenship. A global citizen should consist of “learning of cognitive knowledge”, “well understanding and participanting in team work”, and “takeing necessary actions to practice”. In addition, while exploring international education, we found that international education is now bearing some resemblance to global education. International education must raise more awareness on global responsibility. Moreover, it gives a general description via global citizenship education and its implication for school. And it concludes to three main findings : (1) the trend of global citizen has led international organizations to define global citizenship. (2) the global citizenship education could enrich its implication of international education. (3) “learning of cognitive knowledge”, “well understanding and participanting in team work”, “takeing necessary actions to practice”, are taken as guildelines of global citizenship.

全球化趨勢興起，各國紛紛思考未來人才應具備何種能力。本文首先分析國際教育組織提出之全球公民資質意涵，歸納出全球公民必須具備知識理解力、成就良好的表達合作力，並秉持自省的適應行動力。其次，探究當前世界國際教育之意涵，發現國際教育與全球教育的內涵有諸多雷同之處，而國際教育可回應全球教育強調的責任感。再者，勾勒出全球公民資質教育之輪廓，做為教育實施之參考。最後，提出研究結論包括：一、全球公民型態出現，使得國際組織開始探究全球公民資質定義；二、以全球公民資質教育之內涵擴充推行國際教育之深度及廣度；三、以知識理解力、表達合作力、適應行動力做為培養全球公民資質的方針。