The Evolution From Active Responsible Citizenship to Digital Citizenship in the Context of Critical Thinking: the Eu Experience
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The urgency of the research lies in the fact that the concept of active responsible citizenship promotes human awareness of one's role as an agent of change for peace, prosperity, and sustainable development. Active responsible citizenship should be manifested in public life at both local, national, and international levels. A citizen is a person who is a member of a particular country and who has the rights and responsibilities of a country according to its laws. An active citizen confronts problems and helps to implement the desired changes into reality, and strives for the proper functioning of public institutions. The individual has to be responsible as a citizen and act as an object and subject of civil society. Used methods of systems analysis and synthesis and Agile methodology allowed a deeper analysis of active citizenship as a factor in the development of creativity and its impact on the realization of human capital. The research is grounded in the patterns of informatization as a global trend of humanity that is emerging as a trend and contributing to the implementation of a digital society. The purpose of the research is the evolution from active responsible citizenship to digital citizenship in the context of critical thinking. The object of the study is active responsible citizenship as a complex social and cultural phenomenon. The subject of the study is the influence of critical thinking on the development of active responsible citizenship. Research result. 1. The essence of active responsible citizenship as a social, cultural, and global phenomenon is revealed. 2. A description of digital citizenship and its basic purpose in a civil society context is presented. 3. Critical thinking as a criterion for the democratic education of young people and the promotion of civic education and civic society is explored. 4. The direction of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for critical thinking and creative personal expression is elucidated. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the presented theme of active responsible and digital citizenship is emerging today as the most modern concept of democratic education for young people and the promotion of civic education and civil society in the context of achieving the Agenda 2030 and is cultivated by UNESCO in various programs and projects.
Source: Humanities Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4367285677