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Global Citizenship Education in North America

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To begin to consider the context of global citizenship education in North America , it is important to look at some key characteristics of the continent. In this chapter, we will emphasize the relationship between North America’s multicultural population and multicultural policies and the content and pedagogy connected to global education. We will start with some key characteristics of the North American context and will link the history of multiculturalism and global education . Then we will look specifically at global citizenship education (GCE) trends within North America . Our focus in this chapter is on the theoretical and empirical literature on global citizenship education in elementary and high schools (and not including higher education ) in Canada and the USA as well as some reflections on some of the issues arising principally from English-language literature from Mexico . We conclude with an argument for the importance of mobilizing around a critical approach which is already occurring but that requires more work in curriculum, pedagogy , and research.

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  1. Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta, 551 Education South Tower, 11210-87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G 265, Canada

    Carla L. Peck

  2. Childhood, Youth and Education Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1.43 Brooks Building, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK

    Karen Pashby

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  1. Department of Education, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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  2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Li-Ching Ho

  3. Department of Education and Social Justice, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  4. Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Carla L. Peck

  5. Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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Peck, C.L., Pashby, K. (2018). Global Citizenship Education in North America. In: Davies, I., et al. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Citizenship and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59733-5_4

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