Introducing Global Citizenship Education into Classroom Practice: A Study on Italian 8th Grade Students
Keywords:
global citizenship education, Italy, learning unit, globalisation
Abstract
The implementation of global citizenship education (GCE) represents a challenge for the school system in Italy in terms of curriculum planning, teaching methods and contents. After a thorough overview of the Italian educational scenario on GCE, this article aims to present a learning unit on GCE related issues implemented in an Italian 8th-grade class. The study then highlights the educational implications in translating GCE international models into the Italian classroom practice. Its main assumptions focus on the key elements for students’ effective learning and on the limitations that characterise the Italian educational system in relation to GCE at the curriculum, school and teaching levels. The implications highlighted in this article are strongly intertwined with the need to plan and implement GCE jointly, within a whole-school approach, and the relevance of the modalities in which GCE instructional contents are selected and presented.
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Ibrahim, T. (2005). Global citizenship education: mainstreaming the curriculum? Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(2), 177–194.
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Merryfield, M. M. (2008). Scaffolding social studies for global awareness. Social Education, 72(7), 363–366.
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MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca) (2015). Adozione sperimentale dei nuovi modelli nazionali di certificazione delle competenze nelle scuole del primo ciclo di istruzione [Experimental adoption of new national competences certification models in schools of the first cycle of education]. CM. n. 3. Retrieved from http://www.istruzione.it/allegati/2015/CM_certificazione_comp_ primo_ciclo00 01. pdf
Myers, J. P. (2016). Charting a democratic course for global citizenship education: Research directions and current challenges. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(55), 1–19.
Nussbaum, M. C. (1994). Patriotism and cosmopolitanism. In M. C. Nussbaum & J. Cohen (Eds.), For love of country: Debating the limits of patriotism (pp. 2–17). Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
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Parmenter, L. (2011). Power and place in the discourse of global citizenship education. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 9(3-4), 367–380.
Pashby, K. (2016). Conflations, possibilities, and foreclosures: Global citizenship education in a multicultural context. Curriculum Inquiry, 45(4), 345–366.
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Portera, A., Guidetti, B., & Dusi, P. (Eds). (2010). L’educazione interculturale alla cittadinanza: la scuola come laboratorio [Intercultural education for citizenship: The school as a laboratory]. Roma: Carocci.
Reform of the national education (2015). Riforma del sistema nazionale di istruzione e formazione e delega per il riordino delle disposizioni legislative vigenti [Reform of the national education and training system and mandate for the reorganization of the current legislative regulations]. Law n.107 July 13, 2015. Retrieved from http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2015/07/15/15G00122/sg
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Santerini, M. (2010). La qualità della scuola interculturale. Nuovi modelli per l’integrazione [The quality of intercultural schools. New models for integration]. Trento: Erickson.
Schulz, W., Ainley, J., Fraillon, J., Kerr, D., & Losito, B. (2010). ICCS 2009 international report: Civic knowledge, attitudes, and engagement among lower-secondary school students in 38 countries. Amsterdam: IEA.
Taylor, C. S., & Bobbit Nolen, S. (2005). Classroom assessment. Supporting teaching and learning in real classrooms. Upper Saddle River New Jersey, NJ: Pearson.
Tarozzi, M. (2005). Cittadinanza interculturale [Intercultural citizenship]. Bologna: RCS
Tichnor-Wagner, A., De Witte, L., Ghanea, N., Gomes, R., Keen, E., & Pinkeviciute, M. (2016). Expanding approaches to teaching for diversity and social justice in K-12 education: Fostering global citizenship across the content areas. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(59), 1–35.
UNESCO, (2014). Global citizenship education. Preparing learners for the challenges for 21st century. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
UNESCO (2015). Global citizenship education. Topics and learning objectives. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
Vertecchi, B. (2002). Le parole della scuola [The words of schools]. Milano: La Nuova Italia.
Vertecchi, B. (2004). La didattica: parole e idee. Dizionario di didattica [Teaching: Words and ideas. Dictionary of teaching]. Milano: Paravia Scriptorium.
Wang, C., & Hoffman, D. M. (2016). Are we the world? A critical reflection on selfhood and global citizenship education. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(56),1–21.
Wringe, C. (1999). Issues in education for citizenship at national, local and global levels. The Development Education Journal, 6(1), 4–6.
Zhao, Y. (2010). Preparing globally competent teachers: A new imperative for teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 61(5), 422–431.
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2018-06-28
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Damiani, V. (2018). Introducing Global Citizenship Education into Classroom Practice: A Study on Italian 8th Grade Students. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 8(3), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.556
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