Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education for Sustainable Development

Namrata Sharma is on the faculty at the State University of New York, USA, and an expert with the United Nations’ Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network. She is also an international education consultant and author of several books, including Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education: Engaging Gandhi, Makiguchi, and Ikeda as Examples (2018).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. A Sense of Interdependence, Common Humanity, and a Global Outlook.- 3. An Understanding of Peace and Non-Violence as being Central to the Human Rights Agenda.- 4. A Commitment to Reflective, Dialogic, and Transformative Learning.- 5. An Awareness of Climate Change as Planetary Citizens.- 6. A Commitment to Sustainable Development Through Intercultural Perspectives.- 7. A Belief in the Value-Creating Capacity for Social-Self Actualization.- 8. Conclusions – Recommendations for Policy and Practice.