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Global Citizenship Education in Latin America

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In this chapter, we examine how global citizenship is constructed in core education policies and Curricula in ten Latin American countries. Our results suggest that citizenship is constructed in very similar ways. Globalization, in contrast, is constructed through two competing depictions. In some countries, imperialism in the recent history of the continent is minimized or perceived as unproblematic. In others, the globe is described as being unequal in terms of economic, political and ideological power. We conclude by arguing for a global citizenship education framed by a geopolitical of knowledge in which competing understandings of global citizenship coexist.

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Sant, E., González Valencia, G. (2018). Global Citizenship Education in Latin 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_5

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