Global citizenship and the importance of education in a globally integrated world. (20th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, William C.; Fraser, Pablo; Chykina, Volha; Ikoma, Sakiko; Levitan, Joseph; Liu, Jing; Mahfouz, Julia
• Is Part Of: Globalisation, societies and education. Volume 15:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 648
• Page End: 665
• Publication Date: 2017-10-20
• Subjects: Global citizen -- education -- globalisation -- social network analysis -- cultural other; Globalization -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Educational sociology -- Periodicals; International education -- Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2016.1222896
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-7724

Abstract

ABSTRACT: As national borders dissipate and technology allows different cultures and nationalities to communicate on a regular basis, more individuals are self-identifying as a global citizen. Using Social Network Analysis and multi-level modelling, this study explores factors associated with global citizen affinity and finds that education plays an important, perhaps the most important, role in individual's affinity towards this self-identification. Results clearly indicate that more education, not national economic or social integration, is more closely associated with an individual's positive identity as a global citizen. Additionally, the magnitude of the education effect is greater in more socially integrated societies.