<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this paper the authors briefly present what their theoretical reflections and empirical research has yielded in respect to citizenship education and religious education. The theoretical as well as political and practical questions of the relationship of global citizenship and worldview education are scrutinized. The main focus is on the issue whether there is or could be a connection between the concepts of ‘worldview education’ and global citizenship ‘education’ from the point of view of inclusivity in respect to both concepts. Habermas’s distinction between the concepts of democratic state citizenship and global or cosmopolitan citizenship is conceptually helpful. The authors also take into account the question of whether there is a certain educational, political or religious necessity on a national as well as global level to deal with this possible relationship as viewed through the lens of social sustainability.</p></abstract>

In this paper the authors briefly present what their theoretical reflections and empirical research has yielded in respect to citizenship education and religious education. The theoretical as well as political and practical questions of the relationship of global citizenship and worldview education are scrutinized. The main focus is on the issue whether there is or could be a connection between the concepts of ‘worldview education’ and global citizenship ‘education’ from the point of view of inclusivity in respect to both concepts. Habermas’s distinction between the concepts of democratic state citizenship and global or cosmopolitan citizenship is conceptually helpful. The authors also take into account the question of whether there is a certain educational, political or religious necessity on a national as well as global level to deal with this possible relationship as viewed through the lens of social sustainability.

The Challenges of Global Citizenship for Worldview Education. The Perspective of Social Sustainability

Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Section of Research and Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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In this paper the authors briefly present what their theoretical reflections and empirical research has yielded in respect to citizenship education and...

The Challenges of Global Citizenship for Worldview Education. The Perspective of Social Sustainability

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 44 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0010

Keywords
global citizenship education, democratic state citizenship, worldview education, inclusivity, social sustainability

© by Siebren Miedema

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Challenges of Global Citizenship for Worldview Education. The Perspective of Social Sustainability

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 44 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0010

Keywordsglobal citizenship education, democratic state citizenship, worldview education, inclusivity, social sustainability

© by Siebren Miedema

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
global citizenship education, democratic state citizenship, worldview education, inclusivity, social sustainability