Higher education and science determine the intellectual potential of a society, train new specialists, and consolidate and change citizenship values. Consumer citizenship education for sustainable development is an im...Higher education and science determine the intellectual potential of a society, train new specialists, and consolidate and change citizenship values. Consumer citizenship education for sustainable development is an important function of higher education with a significant moral, social, political, economic, ecological and legal capacity. Consumer citizenship education plays an important role in ensuring the stability and sustainable development of any society. These approaches make it possible to develop the multi-scale thinking of future specialists and enhance their ability to analyse critically the main dilemmas created by the processes of social, legal, environmental, and economic development. The article is devoted to the experience of the Latvian system of higher education in consumer citizenship education within the context of sustainable development. It focuses more specifically on cooperation as a form of voluntary interaction between the partners involved in ensuring sustainable development. The aim of the research is to analyse the experience of consumer citizenship education in Latvian higher education within the context of sustainable development emphasizing the role of various forms of studies. Mostly theoretical research methods have been used in the present study. The starting point of for this research is a theoretical framework. There are both legal underpinnings and practical implementation aspects in this task. The features outlined above are emphasized in the normative acts referring to the Latvian higher education, the documents of the institutions of higher education, and particularly in the study programmes. The results of the research show that consumer citizenship education can be acquired as an interdisciplinary system. The goals and objectives of consumer citizenship education involve training young specialists possessing broad professional knowledge, developed critical thinking, the ability to organize and manage work in a modem way, understanding of the ethical, civic and patriotic values, as well as the ability and skills to engage in various social activities. Consumer citizenship education needs transdisciplinary knowledge if it is to solve the problems of humanity, the problems aggravated by unsustainable, unethical, even immoral consumption. The link between consumer citizenship education and sustainable development is ensured by shared common values, which reveal the sense and importance of both consumer citizenship and ethical sustainability.展开更多
Following is a transcript of an interview by our staff reporter with Zhou Ji, Minister of Education, on a range of questions concerning China's education. These include how China is reforming its education system,...Following is a transcript of an interview by our staff reporter with Zhou Ji, Minister of Education, on a range of questions concerning China's education. These include how China is reforming its education system, what the Chinese Government has done to protect the right of citizens to education, as well as the investment made by the state in education.展开更多
The global flow of citizenship education in China has spurred much discussion in Chinese academic circles.This study explores the interaction between citizenship education and China’s the existing political-ideologic...The global flow of citizenship education in China has spurred much discussion in Chinese academic circles.This study explores the interaction between citizenship education and China’s the existing political-ideological education and moral education as a space is negotiated a space in the current“ideoscape.”A qualitative approach is adopted to synthesize the literature coming from China on citizenship education from an interpretive and critical perspective.The research findings suggest:(a)The territory of orthodox political-ideological education is being narrowed down as its relationship with citizenship education is configured;(b)citizenship education and moral education are represented using different images to delineate their distinctions;and(c)the introduction of“global citizenship education”includes many new topics and competencies that expands the current ideoscape.This study argues that the ongoing debates on citizenship education are deeply rooted in China’s structural transformation,in which society tends to be separated from state.In negotiating its own territory,citizenship education reshapes China’s ideoscape in the education field.The paper concludes by suggesting that citizenship education should make a unique contribution to facilitating young citizens in a reexamination of the values imbedded in political-ideological education and moral education with a new social consensus being reached through the communication of ideas.展开更多
Civic awareness is a product of modem constitution which emerges with the appearance of the modem state. It refers to the conscious awareness that citizens have their own position in the country which can share rights...Civic awareness is a product of modem constitution which emerges with the appearance of the modem state. It refers to the conscious awareness that citizens have their own position in the country which can share rights and undertake obligations. Its connotation is a system. The education of civic awareness is completed through the combination of school, society, family and other social channels. It is a process of socialization and re-socialization. College students are the main part of the construction in the modem harmonious society. The development of college students＇ civic awareness will be significant to construct the harmonious society and promote the process of national law. However, there still lacks the sense of civic awareness in the current population of college students, which appears the lack of sense of responsibility and the scarcity of the moral sense. Therefore, it is reasonable to strengthen the demands of college students＇ civic awareness education. This paper is a preliminary study on the connotation, awareness. significance, modem status, causes and measures of college students＇ civic展开更多
Are we riding the fourth wave of democracy,as predicted by Toffler(1984)and Huntington(1991),a post-capitalist,post-global wave?Western liberal democracy is currently responding to the dramatic change in the economic ...Are we riding the fourth wave of democracy,as predicted by Toffler(1984)and Huntington(1991),a post-capitalist,post-global wave?Western liberal democracy is currently responding to the dramatic change in the economic system after capitalism,the coronavirus pandemic,and the growing power of nationalist and fundamentalist ideologies.Does this process indicates a change in Western democracy or is it the end of democracy and what is the role of civic education within it?In Israel,as in other Western countries,the nationalist and fundamentalist ideologies(gained strength,undermining liberalism)threaten the conception of global citizenship and strive to shape a model of an illiberal democracy.In Israel,contrary to other Western countries,they also threaten civic equality and the very existence of the democratic rule.In the absence of a constitution and consensus,Israel is experiencing culture and religious war over values,identity and the concept of“citizenship”as a legal,political,and social framework.Thus,the struggle over civic education reflects the struggle over educational hegemony,as well as over national hegemony.In this process,nationalists and fundamentalists initiate anti-democratic legislation,violate human rights,obstruct government supervisory mechanisms,and expand ideological education in order to change Israel‟s character to a Jewish state rather than a Jewish and democratic state.展开更多
It is urgent and necessary to implement international understanding education in local application-oriented colleges and universities.Improving the international competitiveness of talents and cultivating global citiz...It is urgent and necessary to implement international understanding education in local application-oriented colleges and universities.Improving the international competitiveness of talents and cultivating global citizens is one of the goals of higher education.This paper discussed the problems of international understanding education in local application-oriented colleges and universities,including weak policy orientation,insufficient practical exploration,aphasia of national culture,etc.It is recommended to implement the international understanding education from two ways:subject penetration and project-based professional courses.In addition,the introduction of Chinese culture cannot be ignored to prevent the absence of national culture in cross-cultural communication.展开更多
The process of globalization has posed great challenges to the twenty-first century education in every single nation.In response to these challenges,scholars and curriculum theorists have advocated to develop transnat...The process of globalization has posed great challenges to the twenty-first century education in every single nation.In response to these challenges,scholars and curriculum theorists have advocated to develop transnational and multinational curriculum to meet the requirements of global citizens.To be specific,26 experts from nine nations worked on a multinational curriculum project for four years.The final product is a set of curriculum recommendations on education for global citizenship.Despite the success of this project,various challenges also exist for those who work on developing multinational curriculum.展开更多
文摘Higher education and science determine the intellectual potential of a society, train new specialists, and consolidate and change citizenship values. Consumer citizenship education for sustainable development is an important function of higher education with a significant moral, social, political, economic, ecological and legal capacity. Consumer citizenship education plays an important role in ensuring the stability and sustainable development of any society. These approaches make it possible to develop the multi-scale thinking of future specialists and enhance their ability to analyse critically the main dilemmas created by the processes of social, legal, environmental, and economic development. The article is devoted to the experience of the Latvian system of higher education in consumer citizenship education within the context of sustainable development. It focuses more specifically on cooperation as a form of voluntary interaction between the partners involved in ensuring sustainable development. The aim of the research is to analyse the experience of consumer citizenship education in Latvian higher education within the context of sustainable development emphasizing the role of various forms of studies. Mostly theoretical research methods have been used in the present study. The starting point of for this research is a theoretical framework. There are both legal underpinnings and practical implementation aspects in this task. The features outlined above are emphasized in the normative acts referring to the Latvian higher education, the documents of the institutions of higher education, and particularly in the study programmes. The results of the research show that consumer citizenship education can be acquired as an interdisciplinary system. The goals and objectives of consumer citizenship education involve training young specialists possessing broad professional knowledge, developed critical thinking, the ability to organize and manage work in a modem way, understanding of the ethical, civic and patriotic values, as well as the ability and skills to engage in various social activities. Consumer citizenship education needs transdisciplinary knowledge if it is to solve the problems of humanity, the problems aggravated by unsustainable, unethical, even immoral consumption. The link between consumer citizenship education and sustainable development is ensured by shared common values, which reveal the sense and importance of both consumer citizenship and ethical sustainability.
文摘Following is a transcript of an interview by our staff reporter with Zhou Ji, Minister of Education, on a range of questions concerning China's education. These include how China is reforming its education system, what the Chinese Government has done to protect the right of citizens to education, as well as the investment made by the state in education.
基金The research was funded by an Hong Kong Institute of Education Internal Research Grant(RG72/2011-2012).
文摘The global flow of citizenship education in China has spurred much discussion in Chinese academic circles.This study explores the interaction between citizenship education and China’s the existing political-ideological education and moral education as a space is negotiated a space in the current“ideoscape.”A qualitative approach is adopted to synthesize the literature coming from China on citizenship education from an interpretive and critical perspective.The research findings suggest:(a)The territory of orthodox political-ideological education is being narrowed down as its relationship with citizenship education is configured;(b)citizenship education and moral education are represented using different images to delineate their distinctions;and(c)the introduction of“global citizenship education”includes many new topics and competencies that expands the current ideoscape.This study argues that the ongoing debates on citizenship education are deeply rooted in China’s structural transformation,in which society tends to be separated from state.In negotiating its own territory,citizenship education reshapes China’s ideoscape in the education field.The paper concludes by suggesting that citizenship education should make a unique contribution to facilitating young citizens in a reexamination of the values imbedded in political-ideological education and moral education with a new social consensus being reached through the communication of ideas.
文摘Civic awareness is a product of modem constitution which emerges with the appearance of the modem state. It refers to the conscious awareness that citizens have their own position in the country which can share rights and undertake obligations. Its connotation is a system. The education of civic awareness is completed through the combination of school, society, family and other social channels. It is a process of socialization and re-socialization. College students are the main part of the construction in the modem harmonious society. The development of college students＇ civic awareness will be significant to construct the harmonious society and promote the process of national law. However, there still lacks the sense of civic awareness in the current population of college students, which appears the lack of sense of responsibility and the scarcity of the moral sense. Therefore, it is reasonable to strengthen the demands of college students＇ civic awareness education. This paper is a preliminary study on the connotation, awareness. significance, modem status, causes and measures of college students＇ civic
文摘Are we riding the fourth wave of democracy,as predicted by Toffler(1984)and Huntington(1991),a post-capitalist,post-global wave?Western liberal democracy is currently responding to the dramatic change in the economic system after capitalism,the coronavirus pandemic,and the growing power of nationalist and fundamentalist ideologies.Does this process indicates a change in Western democracy or is it the end of democracy and what is the role of civic education within it?In Israel,as in other Western countries,the nationalist and fundamentalist ideologies(gained strength,undermining liberalism)threaten the conception of global citizenship and strive to shape a model of an illiberal democracy.In Israel,contrary to other Western countries,they also threaten civic equality and the very existence of the democratic rule.In the absence of a constitution and consensus,Israel is experiencing culture and religious war over values,identity and the concept of“citizenship”as a legal,political,and social framework.Thus,the struggle over civic education reflects the struggle over educational hegemony,as well as over national hegemony.In this process,nationalists and fundamentalists initiate anti-democratic legislation,violate human rights,obstruct government supervisory mechanisms,and expand ideological education in order to change Israel‟s character to a Jewish state rather than a Jewish and democratic state.
基金Supported by the Project of Sichuan International Education Development Research Center in Sichuan Provincial Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities"Research on the Construction of International Education Practical Teaching System in Local Application-oriented Colleges and Universities"(SCGJ2021-04)the Project of Sichuan International Education Development Research Center in Sichuan Provincial Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities"Research and Practice of International Understanding Education in Agricultural Higher Vocational Colleges in the New Era"(SCGJ2022-17).
文摘It is urgent and necessary to implement international understanding education in local application-oriented colleges and universities.Improving the international competitiveness of talents and cultivating global citizens is one of the goals of higher education.This paper discussed the problems of international understanding education in local application-oriented colleges and universities,including weak policy orientation,insufficient practical exploration,aphasia of national culture,etc.It is recommended to implement the international understanding education from two ways:subject penetration and project-based professional courses.In addition,the introduction of Chinese culture cannot be ignored to prevent the absence of national culture in cross-cultural communication.
文摘The process of globalization has posed great challenges to the twenty-first century education in every single nation.In response to these challenges,scholars and curriculum theorists have advocated to develop transnational and multinational curriculum to meet the requirements of global citizens.To be specific,26 experts from nine nations worked on a multinational curriculum project for four years.The final product is a set of curriculum recommendations on education for global citizenship.Despite the success of this project,various challenges also exist for those who work on developing multinational curriculum.
