Reframing global citizenship: Confucian values and Chinese characteristics
An exploration of combining a global and Chinese perspective in relation to notions of citizenship.
Reframing global citizenship: Confucian values and Chinese characteristics
11 Dec 2024, 14:00 – 15:30
Currently, China has shown a strong stance towards advocating for global solidarity and strengthening its engagement with global society, which is evident by the state’s policy of the “Belt and Road Initiative” along with President Xi’s proposal for building a “Community of Shared Future for Mankind”. Meanwhile, the Chinese government strives to maintain its national identity and cultural heritage. China’s struggles with this issue reflect the fact that Chinese culture and Confucian values are an important point of reference when framing global citizenship understanding.
These two presentations based on current doctoral research explore this challenge of combining a global and a Chinese perspective in relation to notions of citizenship in two different educational contexts.
Ziyuan Wang explores the impact of Chinese students’ study abroad experiences in the UK on their understanding and practice of global citizenship, thereby forming global citizens with Chinese characteristics.
Enze Guo explores the reframing of Global Citizenship (GC) through the lens of Confucian values and Chinese characteristics, focusing on how university EFL teachers in China perceive GC.
This online event will be particularly useful for researchers, students and teachers.
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Ziyuan Wang
PhD student
IOE
Her research looks at the potential for Chinese students to foster global citizenship through studying abroad in the UK.
Her interest in this area has been enriched by exchange studies in Spain and postgraduate education in the UK, where she conducted a systematic study of global citizenship.
Enze Guo
PhD candidate and teaching staff
UCL
His research concentrates on international comparisons of citizenship and values education, with a broad understanding of global education perspectives. Currently, he is progressing towards a PhD in global citizenship education within Chinese higher education.
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