Introduction - Global Citizenship: Promises and Problems (pp. 1-21)
Chapter 3 - Place-Based Education to Preserve the Earth and Its People (pp. 57-68)
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"Are Only Some Of Us Global Citizens?" (Nigel Dower, 2008, p. 44 in Abdi, A. A., & Shultz, L. (2008). Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship, New York: State University of New York Press.
Noel Gough
The phrase appropriated to global environmental education, Think Globally, Act Locally (Gough, 2003), has resurfaced to capture the epitome of global citizenship and active responsibility. However, the conceptualization of what it means to Think Globally, Gough (2003) would argue, is an abstract concept which has been “largely unexamined and undertheorized” (p. 54). With specific reference to Wagner (1993) and the globalizing of environmental education, Gough (2003) presents an interesting account of how blind spots (lack of acknowledgement or awareness) and blank spots (what we question but do not adequately address) persist within global discourse, whereby Thinking Globally cannot be reduced to elusive and overly simplistic representations of knowledge. As Gough (2002) questions, "in practical and performative terms, what do environmental educators mean when they say they are ‘thinking globally’ and, perhaps more importantly, what should they mean" (p. 1217)?
Links to Relevant Websites
Canadian Feed the Children http://www.canadianfeedthechildren.ca/
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) – Global Classroom Initiative http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/gci
CHF (Formerly Canadian Hunger Foundation) – Ottawa http://www.chf-partners.ca/index.shtml
Facing History and Ourselves http://www.facinghistory.org/
One Million Acts of Green http://green.cbc.ca/
OXFAM – Canada or International http://www.oxfam.ca/ & http://www.oxfam.org/
TakingITGlobal http://www.tigweb.org/
UNICEF - Canada http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1420
University of Ottawa – Developing a Global Perspective for Educators http://www.developingaglobalperspective.ca/
War Child Canada http://www.warchild.ca/ www.getloud.ca
Wellesley Centers for Women - National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) http://www.wcwonline.org/seed
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) – Global Classroom Initiative http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/gci
CHF (Formerly Canadian Hunger Foundation) – Ottawa http://www.chf-partners.ca/index.shtml
Facing History and Ourselves http://www.facinghistory.org/
One Million Acts of Green http://green.cbc.ca/
OXFAM – Canada or International http://www.oxfam.ca/ & http://www.oxfam.org/
TakingITGlobal http://www.tigweb.org/
UNICEF - Canada http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1420
University of Ottawa – Developing a Global Perspective for Educators http://www.developingaglobalperspective.ca/
War Child Canada http://www.warchild.ca/ www.getloud.ca
Wellesley Centers for Women - National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) http://www.wcwonline.org/seed
What are your thoughts on Global warming?
"UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not." - The Lorax -
Quote from Dr. Suess
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not." - The Lorax -
Quote from Dr. Suess
I thought that Noddings made some practical and relevant points about the connection between political attitudes, identities and sense of place. The article provided an excellent overview for further discussion.
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