The Global Civil Society and the Global Citizenship Education

The globalization era generates the global civil society, and the global civil society requires the global citizen. Global citizens not only live in the era of globalization, but also should have global awareness and human care, being willing to act positively for world peace, human development, global equity, justice and sustainable development of human and nature. Cultivating responsible global citizens is the mission given by the new era of globalization for education of civilization. The purpose of global civic education is training responsible civic education which has global awareness and takes positive action for global and human development. The global civic education includes human rights along with humanitarian education, global consciousness along with global responsibility education, environment along with sustainable development education, and international understanding education along with multicultural education.