Global Citizenship, June 2013

Global Citizenship

Henry Maitles

University of the West of Scotland

Global Citizenship: UN Convention on Human Rights

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Global Citizenship, June 2013

Never Again

‘I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness. Gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot and burned by high school and college graduates. So, I am suspicious of education. My request is: help your students become more human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing, Arithmetic are important only if they serve to make our children more humane’.

Global Citizenship: humanity

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Global Citizenship: democracy

Democracy – Tahrir Square

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Global Citizenship, June 2013

Global Citizenship: enterprise?

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Global Citizenship: social justice

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Global Citizenship: equality

Global Citizenship: racism

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Global Citizenship, June 2013

Global Citizenship:Islamophobia

Global Citizenship: rights and responsibilities

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Global Citizenship, June 2013

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Global Citizenship: Responsibility of all

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Consideration of GC issues should be part of re-validation/SHR processes. Programmes will be expected to show that their students will be Developing global citizenship understandings. A Template to allow this to become embedded in our programmes should be developed for use in session 13-14, taking into account our regulatory and quality frameworks.

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Global Citizenship: main themes

Knowledge and Understanding•Social Justice•Diversity•Globalisation•Sustainability•Peace and Conflict

Skills•Critical thinking•Ability to argue effectively•Ability to challenge injustice•Ability to act and participate in the community

Values and Attitudes•Sense of identity and self esteem•Empathy•Commitment to social justice•Respect for diversity•Concern for the environment•Belief that people can make a difference

(OXFAM: A curriculum for global citizenship)

Global Citizenship: beyond the core

• we will develop for session 2014-15 (piloted in trimester 2, 2014) an optional module on global citizenship.

• we will develop a UWS certificate comprising of 3 20-credit level 7 modules to be undertaken voluntarily by students over the course of their studies at UWS. One possibility would be the new module, the one piloted by

HNM/HEA and a specific SAUWS organized one.

These will be facilitated by an SFC funded

Secondment.

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Global Citizenship: embedding Modern Languages

• a fixed term appointment funded by SFC will take this forward in discussions with all schools and programmes.

• Linked to this, we are taking forward opportunities to develop shorter ‘working abroad’ experiences for students.

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Education for Citizenship: butterfly or caterpillar?

‘Adding wings to caterpillars does not createbutterflies - it creates awkward anddisfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies arecreated through transformation’

(Stephanie Pace Marshall (1996)