Why Contextualization is Critical for Global Citizenship Education
- Author
- Waqar Shams
- Corporate Author
- APCEIU
- Collation
- 9:47 (9min 47sec)
- Resource Language
- English
- Year of publication
- 2019
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyDiversity / Cultural literacy / InclusivenessGlobalisation and social justice / International understanding
- Level of education
- Non-formal education
- Region
- Asia and the PacificGlobal
- Place of publication
- Seoul
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