Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review is the only journal on global education published in the island of Ireland. It features contributions from practitioners in a range of education settings based in Ireland, the United Kingdom, across Europe, North America and the developing world. It is in its fifth year of operation, and is now available as an open-access online publication to increase accessibility and global reach. It aims to widen the global education sector’s understanding of the delivery and effectiveness of development education at local and international levels.
3Global Citizenship
Autumn 2006
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This issue of Policy and Practice focuses on global citizenship and looks at some of the challenges of educating people in our society to be responsible global citizens. Our rapidly globalising world is full of possibilities. New technologies and increased communications open up a world of opportunities. Peoples’ lives around the world are linked more closely than ever before - whether for good or for ill - and our potential as global citizens with the ability to impact outside our national boundaries is growing expeditiously. Recognising and embracing this potential is an exciting and challenging prospect and one with which a growing number of educators are involved.
The media profile of global injustice, wars and climate change, however, presents a daunting future to our young citizens. From this world view there are many examples of conflicts being ‘resolved’ by the creation of yet...
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