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A Global Citizenship Perspective through a School Curriculum

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Global citizenship is not a natural condition for people. For many it is the contrary position to the commonly understood construct of national citizenship. Yet it may be argued that for the world to survive the 21st century individuals will need to think and act more globally and less nationally.

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  1. School of Education, University of Sydney, Australia

    Murray Print

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  1. University of Newcastle, Australia

    R. Reynolds

  2. University of Newcastle, Australia

    D. Bradbery

  3. University of Newcastle, Australia

    J. Brown

  4. Australian Catholic University, Australia

    K. Carroll

  5. University of Newcastle, Australia

    D. Donnelly

  6. University of Newcastle, Australia

    K. Ferguson-Patrick

  7. University of Newcastle, Australia

    S. Macqueen

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Print, M. (2015). A Global Citizenship Perspective through a School Curriculum. In: Reynolds, R., et al. Contesting and Constructing International Perspectives in Global Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-989-0_16

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