How can values within global citizenship education achieve greater social justice?

Hatley, J ORCID: 0000-0003-1232-2050 (2023) How can values within global citizenship education achieve greater social justice? In: Academic Network for Global Education & Learning (ANGEL) Conference: Global Education & Learning for a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World, 19 - 20 June 2023, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France.

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Abstract

This paper analyses the place of values within UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and considers how the role of values may be reconceptualised to increase GCE’s effectiveness. It is based on a multimodal critical discourse analysis of ‘values’ within UNESCO texts (Hatley 2018, 2019). Values motivate action and through values people evaluate what is worthwhile which then regulates people’s actions. Education amplifies values and so how values are promoted becomes an important question. Whilst UNESCO’s approach of universal values provides aspirational ideals which are arguably needed their application universally suggests the unintended denial of cultural uniqueness and the misrecognition of ways of being a global citizen more suited to national or local contexts and this can be considered unjust (Fraser 2010, Hatley 2019). Analysis reveals that promoting the universal denies evidence that values are volatile and exist in distinct cultural zones and in so doing may unintentionally disconnect from communities rather than assist them, undermining UNESCO’s GCE. This contrasts with the Dublin Declaration (GENE, 2021) and Futures of Education initiative (UNESCO, 2021) which emphasise community negotiation. The position of values within GCE need to be reconceptualised such that it can more effectively achieve its aims and bring greater social justice.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
UN SDGs:	Goal 4: Quality Education
Keywords:	values, social justice, global citizenship education, UNESCO
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Divisions:	School of Education
Research Centres and Groups:	Research Centre on Policy, Pedagogy and Practice in Education (PPP)
Related URLs:	https://angel-network.net/AC23_Materials
Date Deposited:	20 May 2024 10:04
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 10:05
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/16259

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