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Curriculum of Citizenship Education and its Design Year of publication: 2015 Author: Feng Jianjun Corporate author: Northeast Normal University This paper discusses curriculum for citizenship education, including its nature, its content, its structure etc. 
Nation Construction, Politics of Ethnic Integration and Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2011 Author: Wang Zhaojing | Bai Shangzhen Corporate author: Social Science Front This paper discusses the core issues of citizenship education in the West in the context of globalisation. It also elaborates the key elements of the two issues respectively. 
Research on the Thought of Global Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2006 Author: Chen Yicang 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. 
The Concept and Practice of Global Citizenship Education under the Background of Globalization Year of publication: 2011 Author: Yang Yong | Yang Xiuyu The age of globalization requires the future citizens not only have international visual field and global consciousness，but also have the ability of participation as citizens in the affairs at all the levels from communities to global. The global citizenship education aims at cultivating children to be global citizens who have global thinking and ability of responsible participation. The probe into the concept connotation，the specific implementation in practice and future development orientation of global citizenship education under the background of globalization can provide some important reference for promoting the development of global citizenship education in China. 
An Examination of the Ideas of Contemporary World Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2003 Author: Zhao Hui In order to grasp the ideas of contemporary world citizenship education, first of all, fundamental value orientation of citizenship education must be grasped in the tensions between nationalism and democracy; Secondly, new trend of nationalism and its influences on citizenship education under the background of globalization must be understood; and thirdly the new trends of the ideas of citizenship education must be put forward and understood in the disputes between liberalism(or neoliberalism) and republicanism(or communitarianism). 
The Rising and Development of the Global Citizenship Education Thoughts Year of publication: 2010 Author: Chen Yicang Since the 1980s, especially the 1990s，modern citizenship education theories which are based on nation states have been increasingly challenged with the strengthening of the trend of globalization and the rising of the theory about global interconnectedness. The thought of global citizenship education has been discussed intensely and been partly put into practice in some developed countries，and gradually the ideological trend of global citizenship education has come into being. The establishment of global citizenship education thoughts is not finished overnight，which has experienced three stages of sprouting，establishment and development based on the growth of initial worldwide citizenship education thought factors. 
A Desirable and Practical Approach to Global Citizenship Education: An Exploration of “Global Storylines” in Scotland (Studies in Foreign Education; Vol. 47, No. 3) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Rao Shuqi Corporate author: Northeast Normal University The problems that global citizenship education has to deal with are threefold. “Global Storylines”, which provides corresponding solutions to practical difficulties, has emerged as the most effective approach to global citizenship education in Scotland. Firstly, global citizenship education has enjoyed a long continuity of government support. Through integrating with the current curriculum landscape, “Global Storylines” experiences secure curriculum status. Secondly, by utilizing “storylines” and educational drama, global society and global issues are introduced in subtle forms, which benefits students’ experienced-based learning. The contradiction between students’ cognitive need and ability is resolved accordingly. Thirdly, WOSDEC as the co-creator of “Global Storylines” offers a professional learning program. Teachers are universally supported in terms of theoretical knowledge, practical skills and being involved in the teaching community of global citizenship education. 
The Theoretical Foundation and Ideological Background of the Citizenship Curriculum Reform in England (Studies in Foreign Education; Vol. 46, No. 7) Year of publication: 2019 Author: Chen Lin Corporate author: Northeast Normal University Citizenship became part of the compulsory courses of secondary schools in England in 2002. The guideline was revised in 2014. Fierce academic debates shaped the curriculum reform. Political theory of political conflict mediation and political participative equality played an important role in promoting the legalization of Citizenship education. The wide acceptance of social capital theory also helps to win the necessary support. The current curriculum is a mixture of various ideologies such as socialism, republicanism and communitarianism. This multi-feature provides both pragmatic conditions for the curriculum’s legalization and challenges for its implementation. 
Examining the Citizenship Education in the UK from Perspective of Solidarity (Studies in Foreign Education; Vol. 46, No. 7) Year of publication: 2019 Author: Tang Kejun Corporate author: Northeast Normal University It is claimed to build a cohesive community in plural society because of diversity undermining social cohesion. According to communitarianism, the grounds of solidarity include shared values, loyalty and civic trust. Britain is seen as a plural society which made up of a diverse range of ethnicities, cultures nations and religions. So citizenship education are expected to place emphasis on promoting the fundamental British values national loyalty or patriotism and social trust in schools of the UK, which has caused a number of criticism. It is concluded from examining the approaches of citizenship education and its criticism that a cohesive society depends on an inclusive citizenship. 
Subject of "Public": The New Development of School Citizenship Education Curriculum of Japan (Studies in Foreign Education; Vol. 46, No. 9) Year of publication: 2018 Author: Sun Cheng | Karaki Kiyoshi Corporate author: Northeast Normal University The “Modern Society” subject of the Japanese high school will be completely changed to the “public” subject since 2022. Compared with the current “modern society” subject, the upcoming “public” subject have a lot of developments and changes in the objectives, content and learning methods. As a civic education curriculum, the “public” subject’s ideological function is more prominent, the practical orientation is more distinct, and the open characteristics are more prominent. However, there are still many controversies and topics in the course attributes, curriculum settings and evaluation methods of the “public” subject, which need to be further studied and discussed.