Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students
This article describes a study conducted in Catalonia (Spain) that examines the dimensions of global citizenship education (GCE) that emerge when secondary school students analyse images taken from the digital platforms of the mainstream media. We followed a mixed methodology for the research. To an...
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| description | This article describes a study conducted in Catalonia (Spain) that examines the dimensions of global citizenship education (GCE) that emerge when secondary school students analyse images taken from the digital platforms of the mainstream media. We followed a mixed methodology for the research. To analyse the data, we employed content analysis, in the form of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that students in the final year of compulsory secondary education (aged 15–16) have great difficulty with analysing the information and images contained in media from a global citizenship perspective. While students tend to adopt a perspective of social responsibility, they do not have the tools necessary for critical interpretation of social facts and problems; they are still less able to formulate arguments or make decisions relating to actions within the parameters of social justice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8870c1f36d9498db0981269526fec992022-12-22T02:10:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-05-01710.3389/feduc.2022.867113867113Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School StudentsGustavo González-ValenciaMariona Massip SabaterAntoni Santisteban FernándezThis article describes a study conducted in Catalonia (Spain) that examines the dimensions of global citizenship education (GCE) that emerge when secondary school students analyse images taken from the digital platforms of the mainstream media. We followed a mixed methodology for the research. To analyse the data, we employed content analysis, in the form of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that students in the final year of compulsory secondary education (aged 15–16) have great difficulty with analysing the information and images contained in media from a global citizenship perspective. While students tend to adopt a perspective of social responsibility, they do not have the tools necessary for critical interpretation of social facts and problems; they are still less able to formulate arguments or make decisions relating to actions within the parameters of social justice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.867113/fullglobal citizenship educationcritical citizenshipsocial studies educationsecondary educationcontroversial issues |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo González-Valencia Mariona Massip Sabater Antoni Santisteban Fernández Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students Frontiers in Education global citizenship education critical citizenship social studies education secondary education controversial issues |
| title | Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students |
| title_full | Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students |
| title_short | Critical Global Citizenship Education: A Study on Secondary School Students |
| title_sort | critical global citizenship education a study on secondary school students |
| topic | global citizenship education critical citizenship social studies education secondary education controversial issues |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.867113/full |
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