An Examination of the Ideas of Contemporary World Citizenship Education

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).