Developing Global Citizenship: the Effect of Studying Abroad. (1st September 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Sicong
• Is Part Of: International journal of development education and global learning. Volume 3:Number 3(2010)
• Page Start: 45
• Page End: 64
• Publication Date: 2010-09-01
• Subjects: 303.48205
• DOI: 10.18546/IJDEGL.03.3.04
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-526X

Abstract

This study is designed as preliminary research into the relationship between developing global citizenship and studying abroad by investigating the perceptions of Chinese students who studied in a UK university in 2006. Through the lens of Oxfam's perspective of global citizenship, findings that are based on questionnaires and in-depth interviews show that Chinese students have a particular understanding of global citizenship and do not commonly accept the global citizen identity. Studying abroad is deemed to have a positive effect on the development of some elements of global citizenship but a comprehensive sense of global citizenship seems not to be developed explicitly as a result of studying abroad.