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Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism, and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education

Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism, and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education

Audrey Bryan
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781613503324|ISBN10: 1613503326|EISBN13: 9781613503331
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch017
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Bryan, Audrey. "Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism, and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education." Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives, edited by Charles Wankel and Shaun Malleck, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 262-286. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch017

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Bryan, A. (2012). Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism, and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education. In C. Wankel & S. Malleck (Eds.), Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives (pp. 262-286). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch017

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Bryan, Audrey. "Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism, and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education." In Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives, edited by Charles Wankel and Shaun Malleck, 262-286. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch017

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Abstract

The notion that our identity transcends local and national borders, captured in the now ubiquitous concepts of the “global” or “world” citizen, has had an important influence on educational curricula in recent years. The idea of global citizenship has evolved in part as a result of a growing awareness that trends, events, and political-economic arrangements in one part of the world can profoundly impact lives far away (Tully, 2009). The formal education sector is increasingly recognized as having an important role to play in the alleviation of global crises and injustices by cultivating informed and ethical “global citizens” who understand the asymmetries of economic globalization and who are motivated to redress social and global injustices (Dower, 2003; Schattle, 2008; Tully, 2009). While traditionally geared towards developing a sense of national identity and loyalty, citizenship curricula are increasingly being re-formulated to cultivate citizens who possess multiple identities, and a sense of belonging which embraces global as well as local and national perspectives (Reid & Gill, 2010). Citizenship education, as a discrete area of study, is now a compulsory subject in schools in many countries, and the “global dimension” is seen as an important aspect of this curriculum. Drawing on the Republic of Ireland as a case study, this chapter offers a critical exploration of dominant discursive representations of development and “the global” as they are articulated in citizenship education textbooks designed for use with lower secondary students. The analysis suggests that global citizenship, as it is currently conceived in state-sanctioned curriculum resources, is unlikely to foster the kinds of individual and collective action necessary for a substantively more equitable relationship between the First and Third Worlds to be forged.

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