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Global Citizenship & Shared Concerns

Between National Cultures

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It is said that the concept of “global citizenship” has been established around 450 BC, through

Socrates’ statement that the nation where he was born was “the world” (Bowden, 2003). Since

then, the term “global citizenship” has been used in various publications and contexts, especially

in this era of increasing globalization. This essay aims to provide an in-depth analysis on what

“global citizenship” is and how it could help focus on mutual concerns between national cultures

instead of how they are different from each other.

First, to have a thorough view on the characteristic of “global citizenship”, a definition of the

term needs to be provided first. Reysen and Katzarska-Miller (2013) defined “global citizenship”

as “awareness, caring, and embracing cultural diversity while promoting social justice and

sustainability, coupled with a sense of responsibility to act”. A classification of a “global citizen”

is also provided by the UK Oxfam Curriculum for Global Citizenship (1997); a person is

considered to be a “global citizen” who “is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own

role as a world citizen”, “respects and values diversity”, “has an understanding of how the world

works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally”, “is

outraged by social injustice”, “is willing to act to make the world a more equitable and

sustainable place”, “participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from the

local to the global”. A research by McLean, Cook and Crowe (2008) to identify elements

revolving around “global citizenship” is also conducted among 120 Canadian teachers; the terms

appeared in the result include tolerance, empathy, global interdependence, social justice,

equality, environmentalism, respecting diversity, human rights and other global citizen

responsibilities. However, the elements that provide better distinctions for “global citizen”

among other types of citizen are global awareness – knowledge and interconnectedness with

others – and normative environment of a person – the support of global citizenship from friends

and family (Reysen and Katzarska-Miller, 2013). The distinctions of a global citizen are further

examined in the report by Morais and Ogden (2010), in which there are three main dimensions

that are frequently examined: social responsibility, global competence and global civic

engagement. The first dimension, social responsibility, explains that a global citizen understands

how local behaviors can have consequences on a global scale (Morais and Ogden, 2010). Global

citizens also possess global competence, in the sense that they have acquired intercultural

communication skills and is able to make successful intercultural encounters; they also express

certain level of interest around world events (Morais and Ogden, 2010). The last dimension,

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Global Citizenship & Shared Concerns Between National Cultures Module Code: Module Title: Seminar Leader’s Name: Due Date: It is said that the concept of “global citizenship” has been established around 450 BC, through Socrates’ statement that the nation where he was born was “the world” (Bowden, 2003). Since then, the term “global citizenship” has been used in various publications and contexts, especially in this era of increasing globalization. This essay aims to provide an in-depth analysis on what “global citizenship” is and how it could help focus on mutual concerns between national cultures instead of how they are different from each other. First, to have a thorough view on the characteristic of “global citizenship”, a definition of the term needs to be provided first. Reysen and Katzarska-Miller (2013) defined “global citizenship” as “awareness, caring, and embracing cultural diversity while promoting social justice and sustainability, coupled with a sense of responsibility to act”. A classification of a “global citizen” is also provided by the UK Oxfam Curriculum for Global Citizenship (1997); a person is considered to be a “global citizen” who “is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen”, “respects and values diversity”, “has an understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally”, “is outraged by social ...
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