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- Title
Global citizenship online in higher education.
- Authors
Helm, Francesca; Baroni, Alice; Acconcia, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Discourses of global education, citizenship and competence have been characterising the higher education literature in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic has both heightened the relevance of global citizenship education and presented new challenges as educators and students continue to grapple with the lasting impact and implications. This paper presents the findings of a research study which looked at the perceived learning outcomes of a 'virtual exchange' project which addressed issues relevant to global citizenship, involving students in European and Southern Mediterranean countries in online dialogue programmes. The study used quantitative and qualitative approaches to the analysis of responses to open survey questions using the quantitative tool IRAMUTEQ (Sbalchiero & Tuzzi, 2016) and focus groups. Participants perceived that their learning was happening above all through their encounters and discussions with people from different backgrounds. They reported learning to listen actively and carefully, to accept and/or respect different opinions and experiences. The findings open up possibilities for how higher education institutions might engage students in online transnational and global learning experiences—which can contribute to thinking about renewing education and societies in a post-pandemic world.
- Subjects
WORLD citizenship; ONLINE education; ORGANIZATIONAL citizenship behavior; HIGHER education; EDUCATIONAL sociology; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; CITIZENSHIP education
- Publication
Educational Research for Policy & Practice, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1570-2081
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10671-023-09351-6