Citizenship and transformative education

citizenship and transformative education

1. Citizenship and Transformative Education Fostering Active, Critical, and Inclusive Participation in Society

2. Overview What is Citizenship? What is Transformative Education? Why Link the Two? The Role of Education in Shaping Citizenship

3. Understanding Citizenship Legal Dimension: Nationality, rights, and duties. Political Dimension: Voting, civic engagement, activism. Social Dimension: Belonging, participation, identity.

4. What is Transformative Education? Learning that challenges assumptions. Encourages critical reflection and dialogue. Leads to personal and social change. Rooted in Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

5. Citizenship in a Global Context Global Citizenship: Awareness of global issues . Cosmopolitanism vs Nationalism. For nationalism, the basic moral agents of global justice should be nations.  In contrast, for cosmopolitanism, the basic moral agents of global justice should be individuals. Education for sustainable development and human rights.

6. The Connection Between the Two Transformative education enables active citizenship. Prepares learners to: Think critically, Engage ethically, Participate democratically. Key to promoting inclusive societies.