Research on the Thought of Global Citizenship Education

Based on the literature review, the thesis tries to expound the thought of global citizenship education, by ascending to the its origin and development, exploring the characteristics of the conceptions of global citizenship and education for global citizenship, and examining its influences.

The paper is comprised of a preface and four parts. Part 1 mainly examines the origin and development of the thought of global citizenship education. The characteristcs of the thought in different stages are analyzed according to the threestage division of the history: pre-modern times, mordern times and post-modern times. 

Part2 explores into the characteristics of the conception of global citizenship after analyzing the features of modern citizenship, examining the challenges of globalization for the modern citizenship.

Part3 mainly examines and analuzes the conception of education for global citizenship.

Part4 provides a brief evaluation of the thought of education for citizenship on the basis of summarizing the characteristics of the thought of education for global citizenship, and examining the effect of the thought upon the educational theory and practice.