GCED: Taking It Local in Asia-Pacific; A Regional Study on GCED Localization and Challenges

Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is often interpreted in theoretical ways, which may make GCED difficult for laypeople to understand from a local perspective. However, notions of GCED are deeply rooted in the cultures of the Asia-Pacific region and are very much related to daily life experiences.
In the “Asia-Pacific Regional GCED Network 2018 Jakarta Meeting Final Report”, “Contextualize GCED in Asia-Pacific while keeping in mind the global view” has been identified as one of the actions needed for facilitating GCED implementation. Thus, this study attempts to link the concept of GCED with localized ideologies by showing some examples of the way GCED is understood in different cultural contexts in the Asia and Pacific region.