Three-component framework of global citizenship: social responsibility, global competence, and global civic engagement¶

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article adopts a conceptual framework in which global citizenship comprises three components. Social responsibility is 'the feeling of being responsible for problems and issues happing across the countries and culture'; global competence is open-mindedness toward other cultures; and global civic engagement is action on issues at local, national, or international levels. Each component is measured by three sub-constructs (e.g., global justice and disparities, altruism and empathy, global interconnectedness and personal responsibility for social responsibility).

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Measurement requires separate sub-constructs for each component, each operationalized with its own questionnaire items

Constraints¶

• The scale was originally designed for the context of developed countries and may need adjustment in developing-country contexts

Target Learners¶

• higher education students

Target Learning Objectives¶

• global citizenship perspectives

Claims¶

• The original global citizenship scale is employable in a developing-country university context after adjustments to social responsibility and global competence [+W]
• The global civic activism measurement model was fully valid with no items removed, appearing valid across contexts [+W]
• Only two intercultural communication items (IC1, IC2) were removed from the global competence model, attributed to limited intercultural exposure [+W]
• The social responsibility measurement model required the most item removals, with global justice and personal responsibility items dropped in the Vietnamese context [+W]

Related Theories¶

• Citizenship competence comprises three interrelated components: civic knowledge, civic skills, and civic dispositions or virtues
• Ikeda's philosophy of global citizenship rests on inner transformation, dialogue, and global citizenship, expressed as wisdom, courage, and compassion
• Three levels of educational influence for civic learning in the university: formal, informal, and non-formal

Examples¶

• 32-item global citizenship perspectives questionnaire adapted from Morais and Ogden (2011) and Roberts and Wilson (2016)
• Adapt global citizenship scale items to the local context and validate component models separately with PLS-SEM

Key Sources¶

• Nguyen, M. T. (2021). Validating a Scale for Measuring Students' Perspectives toward Global Citizenship: A Case at a Private University in Vietnam. Education Quarterly Reviews, 4(3), 575-587. https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1993.04.03.362