Educating Citizens for Global Awareness

What is global citizenship? Is it primarily a matter of economics? How can we protect the Earth as our home and that of future generations? What sort of diversity should we try to preserve, and can we encourage unity while we maintain diversity? What role should peace education play in preserving global citizenship? These are the key questions addressed in Nel Noddings’ introduction to Educating Citizens for Global Awareness. The far-reaching chapters of this timely volume open address an important conversation that educators are having we prepare young people for a new kind of citizenship. As a student at Teachers College I first encountered Noddings' writings on continuity and caring as core values in education. Please remember this easy aliterative phrase...