People who think of themselves as Global Citizens do not just concern themselves with local issues – although local issues are important too! Global Citizens can see or will investigate global connections and will be about to put local issues into a global context.
Watch the video below about Global Citizenship from Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), then complete the quiz below the video, you may need to watch it twice. There are quite a few themes here that are relevant to being a Global Citizen but they are mentioned very quickly. Take one-word, bullet list notes as you watch.
In summary, being a Global Citizen involves
- knowing about your own culture (cultural assumptions and biases, limitations)
- knowing about the world - geography, regions, cultures
- knowing the difference between globalisaiton and internationalisation
- understanding the ethical aspects of global citizenry - including economic/corporate responsibility and sustainability
- being concerned about issues of justice – on a global scale
- having some ideas about - when faced with particular scenarios - what a Global Citizen might do.
Learning Portfolio
Complete exercise 1 in your Learning Portfolio.
Website
If you want to get serious about Global Citizenship: Open University has a number of resources you might find interesting.