Framing the pandemic within global citizenship education

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Keywords:

Global citizenship education, issues-centered education, coronavirus pandemic

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has presented an opportunity to rethink how social studies education is framed. Using global citizenship education to teach about the pandemic properly places global health within the purview of all people and builds an onramp for teachers and students to make this kind of theoretical framing a mainstream part of social studies instruction. Drawing on the practice of one experienced secondary social studies teacher, this paper discusses the potential of issues-centered dialogue about the pandemic to narrow the gap between what people know about global health issues and what they do about them.

Author Biography

Jay M Shuttleworth, City University of New York, Queens College

Jay Shuttleworth is an Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at the City University of New York, Queens College. His research interests include global citizenship education, issues-centered education, pre-service social studies education, and teaching hard history. He grew up in Northern California and lives in New York City.

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Published

2020-08-12

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

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Essays

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