Lecture: 2 hours/week
and
Seminar: 1-2 hours/week
and
Field Experience: approx. 10 hours/semester
Methods of instruction will depend on the delivery mode: In-person, online, hybrid, or guided study.
Methods may include:
- Lectures (in-person, video)
- Peer-led seminar
- Discussion groups (in-person or online)
- Inquiry-based projects
- Tests
- Guest speakers
- Small-group work
- Field experience
- Field observation
- Independent study
- Video or audio presentations
1. Key concepts of global citizenship
- Definitions
- Competencies
- Globalization and citizenship
2. Current and emerging global issues
- Introduction to select global issues
- Global health, population health, public health, health equity, social justice
- International aid and development - critical perspectives on the role and purpose of international governmental and non-governmental organizations
- Volunteerism and voluntourism – current examples and critiques
- Sustainability – environmental, economic, social, cultural, political
3. Worldviews and intercultural understanding
- Definitions of worldviews and paradigms
- Culture and intercultural definitions and models for understanding
- Cultural awareness, cultural humility, cultural safety, intercultural communication, and relational practice
- Identifying our own worldview, cultural lenses, and communication preferences
- Role and practice of reflection, critical thinking, and perspective-taking
4. Taking action as a global citizen
- Global citizenship in local, national, and international contexts
- Planning for action
Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Define global citizenship and global competencies.
- Demonstrate an understanding of key global issues related to global health, international aid and development, volunteerism / voluntourism, and sustainability.
- Critique past and current approaches to global issues with the use of case students and examples.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify one’s own worldview and appreciation for diverse worldviews.
- Articulate the values and practices of cultural awareness, cultural humility, cultural safety, intercultural communication, and relational practice.
- Apply the practices of reflection, critical thinking, and perspective taking to expand intercultural understandings.
- Identify key actions of the global citizen at local, national, and international levels.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Course assessments will include a minimum of three separate assessments and include:
- An understanding of global citizenship in relation to key global issues.
- Evidence of critical thinking and perspective taking.
- A reflective element relating to broadening understandings of worldviews and intercultural awareness and the role of the global citizen.
The following is an example assessment format for this course:
| Reflection journal | 10-20% |
| Seminar presentation | 10-20% |
| Case study or research project | 15-30% |
|
Final Paper |
20-35% |
| Discussion participation | 0-10% |
| Total | 100% |
The instructor may choose a textbook such as:
Bashir, H., & Gray, P.W. (2015). Deconstructing Global Citizenship: Political, Cultural, and Ethical Perspectives. Lexington Books.
Dower, N. & Williams, J. (Eds.). (2002) Global citizenship: A critical introduction. Routledge. Or compile a reading list of relevant articles/materials for this course.
Gaudelli, W. (2016). Global citizenship education: Everyday transcendence. Routledge.
Sant, E., Davies, I., Schultz, L. & Pashby, K. (2018). Global citizenship education: A critical introduction to key concepts and debates. Bloomsbury.
Sterri, A. B. (2014). Global Citizen-- Challenges and Responsibility in an Interconnected World. Brill | Sense.