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OCLC number
75087267
Author
Young, J. Melanie(Jane Melanie)
Title
Global education and good citizenship : an examination of student outcomes.
Degree
M.A. -- Simon Fraser University, 2003
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2006]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This study explores the impact of one secondary school global education course on participants' attitudes and behaviours of good citizenship. This study has three goals: to determine what participants' think about the course and how it has impacted their lives; to determine self perceived affect the course has had on participants' citizenship attitudes and behaviours; and, drawing upon the findings, to determine to what extent objectives of global education--in terms of attitudes and behaviours of good citizenship--were met by participating in the course. The course is a locally developed, project based elective, in which students study a developing country in depth, raise funds for a humanitarian project there, and then travel to the country and work on the project, usually a building of some kind. Participants reported very positive feelings about the course and gave credit for its impact primarily to two of its features: its experiential nature and the fact that it encouraged the building of relationships between classmates and to a lesser extent with members of the host community. Participants reported changes in attitudes toward others, saying they were more respectful, caring, and more willing to help. They reported changes in self-image, claiming to be less self-centred, more independent and empowered, better or more well rounded people. Greater appreciation for the advantages of living in Canada was another common theme, with a few reporting a more critical view of their lifestyle in Canada. Participants also reported changes in behaviour, saying they consumed less, were more careful of the environment, volunteered more and gave more to charity. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ISBN
0494036885
9780494036884