"Through the Kaleidoscope": Intersections between theoretical perspectives and classroom implications in critical global citizenship education

This paper presents a multi-voiced examination of educating for global citizenship from critical, interdisciplinary perspectives. The paper explores how insights from theoretical work on multiculturalism, race, religion, gender, language and literacy, and eco-justice can contribute to a critical global citizenship education practice. It reports the learning of a group of six Canadian PhD Candidates, who engaged in a year-long collaborative process to explore critical approaches to global citizenship education by focusing on key intersecting concerns, particularly critically understanding globalization. Drawing on theoretical considerations and discussions, the authors consider pedagogical implicationsfor classroom teaching and learning. Copyright © 2011 Canadian Society for the Study of Education/Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation.