西方新自由主义全球公民教育述评

A Review of Neo-liberal Global Citizenship Education in Western Societies

全球公民教育日益成为国际社会的显性话语,但西方社会的全球公民教育实践呈现出多元化现象,新自由主义全球公民教育是其中重要的一个分支。新自由主义强调基于竞争的个人选择,以能力为导向全球竞争力或全球文化资本的获得,但如果任由市场主导的自由竞争发展而不关注权力和机会,新自由主义式的全球公民会想当然地认为他们所享有的特权是自然的结果和成功的象征,这对发展中国家而言,明显是不公平的。

Global citizenship education has become an increasingly dominant discourse among western societies. However, practices of global citizenship education assume plural forms, among which neo-liberal g1obal citizenship education is an important one. Neo-liberalism competitiveness emphasizes personal choice based on competition and access to global competitiveness and global cultural capital guided by competence. If this market-oriented competition continues to ignore questions of power and access, global citizens of this kind will take it for granted that the privilege they enjoyed is a natural result and a symbol of personal success. For people in developing countries, this is an obviously unfair situation.