1. Global Citizenship Education for Peace and Social Justice
Critical issues we need to study further…
Created October 2009 for W7-8 class (10/21).
Edward R. Howe, PhD

2. What issues?
The Environment: Global Warming, Pollution of Air, Water and Land, Desertification, 4Rs of Recycling
Endangered Species (and Language Extinctions too)
Sustainability: Managing the Earth’s Resources
Peace and Human Rights
Alleviating Poverty
Food/Clean Water/Housing
Safety and Security
Education for Equity and Diversity
Gender Equity
Cross-Cultural Understanding, Respect & More

3. Global Warming
See Al Gore’s award-winning movie entitled, “An Inconvenient Truth” available for rent on DVD.
Climate change

4. Air Pollution Increasing levels of Smog, Acid Rain
CO2 Emissions and other Greenhouse gases\
Crisis in China and other developing nations

5. Water Pollution
This is perhaps one of the most serious problems facing many populations. The death toll is significant (even in developed countries like Canada).

6. Land Pollution There is far too much waste dumped!
Why is there so much packaging in Japan?

7. Desertification
Burning of rainforests to create crops is unsustainable management of precious resources

8. The 4Rs of Recycling
Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Refuse

9. Sustainability How can we best manage the earth’s limited resources?
We must switch to alternative renewable energy resources (solar, wind etc.) rather than relying on fossil fuels.
Reduce our Carbon Footprint

10. Peace and Human Rights Education is key
We must try to better understand others
Basic human rights are mandated by the United Nations:

11. Poverty Education is key
Alleviate poverty throughout the world and many other problems (like terrorism) will likely be dealt with too.

12. Food/Clean Water/Housing
1 billion people (nearly 1 in 6) are suffering from hunger and malnutrition

13. Safety and Security
This is not to be taken for granted! There are many regions in the world where children are not safe. War is still raging in many countries.

14. Education for Equity and Diversity
Education For All
Literacy, Numeracy, Global Citizenship and more
“…[E]ducation must abandon the globally dominant model of curriculum-based and competence-biased education. Instead education must be locally adapted to the globally conditioned task of fostering embodied virtuosity in the sustained achievement of ever-greater equity and diversity.” (Hershock, 2007, p.115)

15. Gender Equity
This is perhaps one of the most important areas for study. It has been a major part of comparative and international education research for the past few decades. Much more work is needed, however.

16. Cross-cultural Understanding
Transcultural citizenship is rapidly replacing multiculturalism as a new paradigm. We must think beyond national boundaries.

17. And More…
Can you think of any other critical social justice issues for global citizenship?
Use a Google Search of the following as a start:
UNESCO
Amnesty International
CIA World Factbook
Nakamura, Koji, Konan University, Japan

18. WWW http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ http://www.un.org/ http://europa.eu.int/

19. WWW (continued) http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/peacesite/indexE.html

20. References See my homepage to download papers:
See Professor Koji Nakamura’s website for links to more information and further references:

21. Edward R. Howe, PhD ehowe@cc.utsunomiya.ac.jp
Thank you!
Edward R. Howe, PhD