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Global eyes : considerations of a global education initiative (The Youth Millennium Project) in London, UK and Ystad, Sweden Jones, Shelley Kathleen
Abstract
This work explores how two classes of Year 6 students, one from London, UK and one from Ystad, Sweden, responded to a global education initiative - The Youth Millennium Project. The research explores how these students in their two very different communities - in term of socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic and linguistic factors- conceived of local and global issues and imagined, created and implemented projects to address these issues. The research was conducted from October to December, 2002; the research methodology included questionnaires, observations and videotaped interviews. The parameters of global education are defined by a theoretical framework based on the pedagogical theories of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, current social theories around youth empowerment and child participation, ideological foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, and philosophical grounding in postmodernist thought around contextuality and problematisation. Some key findings include: youth have a strong interest in global issues; children in more socioeconomically affluent, predominantly homogeneous cultural/ethnic communities seem to feel more empowered to effect change in the world than did children from lower socioeconomic, highly diverse cultural/ethnic/linguistic communities; children with Special Educational Needs (both behavioural and/or learning) seem to thrive socially, academically and behaviourally in this kind of learning environment; youth are cognizant of local and global issues and want to do something to address those issues; youth believe that they can make a difference in the world if given the opportunity.
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Global eyes : considerations of a global education initiative (The Youth Millennium Project) in London, UK and Ystad, Sweden
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University of British Columbia
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2003
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Description |
This work explores how two classes of Year 6 students, one from London,
UK and one from Ystad, Sweden, responded to a global education initiative -
The Youth Millennium Project. The research explores how these students in
their two very different communities - in term of socioeconomic, cultural,
ethnic and linguistic factors- conceived of local and global issues and
imagined, created and implemented projects to address these issues. The
research was conducted from October to December, 2002; the research
methodology included questionnaires, observations and videotaped
interviews. The parameters of global education are defined by a theoretical
framework based on the pedagogical theories of John Dewey and Paulo
Freire, current social theories around youth empowerment and child
participation, ideological foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, and
philosophical grounding in postmodernist thought around contextuality and
problematisation. Some key findings include: youth have a strong interest in
global issues; children in more socioeconomically affluent, predominantly
homogeneous cultural/ethnic communities seem to feel more empowered to
effect change in the world than did children from lower socioeconomic,
highly diverse cultural/ethnic/linguistic communities; children with Special
Educational Needs (both behavioural and/or learning) seem to thrive socially,
academically and behaviourally in this kind of learning environment; youth
are cognizant of local and global issues and want to do something to address
those issues; youth believe that they can make a difference in the world if
given the opportunity.
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eng
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2009-10-28
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0054763
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University of British Columbia
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2003-11
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Graduate
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