Youth in a Global World: Attitudes towards Globalization and Global Citizenship among University Students in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Chui, Wing Hong; Leung, Elliot W. Y.
Titel	Youth in a Global World: Attitudes towards Globalization and Global Citizenship among University Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 34 (2014) 1, S.107-124 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2013.810143
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Service Learning; Citizenship Education; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Economic Factors; World Affairs; Cultural Awareness; Questionnaires; Prior Learning; Undergraduate Students; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Service-Learning; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Ökonomischer Faktor; Weltpolitik; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Fragebogen; Vorkenntnisse; Hongkong
Abstract	Despite the wealth of theoretical literature on globalization and global citizenship, empirical studies on the topic are lacking, especially in the context of pedagogical needs in relation to global citizenship education. In order to address this gap, a study was conducted in Hong Kong to investigate the attitudes of university students towards various dimensions of globalization and global citizenship. The initial results indicate that Hong Kong university students are generally quite aware of globalization's impact on the economy and personal consumption choices and that while there is considerable apathy towards international affairs, there is also a great interest in cross-cultural service learning opportunities that is not being met by the available programmes. Moreover, this study finds almost no association between age, gender, and religion and any of the measured dependent variables on attitudes towards globalization and global citizenship, the only exception being the factor of past intercultural experiences, where a significant difference in measured attitudes was found between respondents who had and respondents who had not participated in such experiences before. Explanations of the findings and the implications of findings for policy and future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10