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Global citizenship education in Nepal
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Shah, R and Brett, P, Global citizenship education in Nepal, International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 13, (2) pp. 122-135. ISSN 1756-526X (2021) [Refereed Article]
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2021, Rabi Shah and Peter Brett. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited
DOI: doi:10.14324/IJDEGL.13.2.05
Abstract
The article explores how educational policy, curricula, textbooks and teaching have translated thinking
about Nepal’s relationship with the rest of the world into global education practice in Nepalese
schools in contemporary classrooms. Drawing upon the framework of policy cycle approach, the article
addresses the following research questions: What are the key contemporary messages about global
education in Nepal within the ‘macro’ context of policy influence? How is the theme of global education
communicated through the content of Nepalese textbooks at the ‘meso’ context of policy text
production? What are the perceptions of Nepalese social studies teachers with respect to teaching and
learning about global education themes at the ‘micro’ context of practice? Qualitative content analysis
of textbooks and documents was conducted, while thematic analysis of interview data was undertaken
to understand policy objectives and recommendations related to global citizenship education in
Nepal. The findings indicate that educational policies primarily aim to socialise and nurture responsible
citizens, while textbooks and teaching processes mostly emphasise the acquisition of knowledge.
Some recommendations are made as to how the curriculum, textbooks and pedagogical approaches
might be adapted to better support Nepalese young people seeing themselves as global citizens.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | global citizenship education, Nepal, curriculum, textbooks, contexts of influence |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Shah, R (Mr Rabi Shah) |
| UTAS Author: | Brett, P (Dr Peter Brett) |
| ID Code: | 147875 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2021-11-19 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-12-23 |
| Downloads: | 8 View Download Statistics |
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