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Global teaching competencies in primary education

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Calls for global citizenship education (GCE) in primary education have been making themselves heard in recent literature in different national and international contexts. Primary school teachers must be equipped with the necessary competencies required to carry out this broader task appropriately. This article seeks to understand how experienced teachers and teacher educators look at GCE and related global teaching competencies. A global citizenship typology provides the article’s theoretical frame for the investigation. This study used the Delphi method to reach consensus on a definition of GCE and what a globally competent primary school teacher should do to support the learning of diverse learners and engage them in GCE. The results show an extensive profile with foundational, facilitation, and curriculum design competencies and a definition of GCE which corresponds most with a moral and cultural global citizenship description.

Source: Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education

DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2020.1869520

Authors: Iris M. van Werven, Robert J. Coelen, Ellen P.W.A. Jansen, W.H.A. Hofman

Institutions: University of Groningen, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Global Education and Multiculturalism

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W3118489693

FWCI: 12.79

Cites: 33

Cited by: 62

Related to: 10