The Critical global educator: global citizenship education as sustainable development

Author
Maureen Eills
ISBN
ISBN 978-1-138-09414-7
Collation
246 p.
Resource Language
English
Year of publication
2016
Keyword
Educational sociologyGlobalizationSustainable developmentNationality

An acknowledged challenge for humanitarian democratic education is its perceived lack of philosophical and theoretical foundation, often resulting in peripheral academic status and reduced prestige. A rich philosophical and theoretical tradition does however exist. This book synthesises crucial concepts from Critical Realism, Critical Social Theory, Critical Discourse Studies, neuro-, psycho-, socio- and cognitive-linguistic research, to provide critical global educators with a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework for self- and negotiated evaluation.