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Wall, John – Global Studies of Childhood, 2019
Global citizenship is a much disputed term, involving a variety of competing neoliberal, cosmopolitan, and postcolonial framings. Much of this debate, however, assumes a hidden normative adulthood, just as did traditional understandings of citizenship in nation states. This article argues that attending to children's experiences through a lens of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Neoliberalism, Postcolonialism
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Edwards, Laura – Global Studies of Childhood, 2022
Childhood is a complex and socially constructed process with implications on the education of young children with issues of globalization as a powerful influence. This article presents a critical analysis of a focused ethnographic study in post-colonial rural southern Tanzania and argues a way forward in the global dialogue regarding the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Ethnography
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David, Naomi Nirupa; Kilderry, Anna – Global Studies of Childhood, 2019
Children's agency and capabilities are often overlooked in the research literature, in particular, when it comes to young children's reflections on their transnational childhoods and migration experiences. Nestled within an intergenerational family migration story, this article reports on a study that investigated childhood identity, home and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Identification (Psychology), Postcolonialism, Ethnicity
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Castillo, Ximena Galdames – Global Studies of Childhood, 2017
In accordance with the white patriarchal foundations of the early childhood education field of the global north, Chile's early childhood education has a colonial and androcentric origin which has been left unquestioned. Reviews of Chilean early childhood education omit/ignore other socio-political agendas, such as class, gender, and ethnicity that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries