Principal speaker
Kathleen Lilley
'Unravelling the rhetoric of the Eurocentric global citizen: Does this resonate with Asia-Pacific cultures?'
This seminar reports on research exploring the conceptual, organisational and pedagogical implications of educating global citizens, based on the perspectives of international higher education key informants and mobility students. The findings were found to be consistent with moral and transformative cosmopolitanism and liberal values, rather than elitism. Interestingly, there has been an exponential expansion of liberal education programs around the world with 75% of the new programs occurring in Asia. Similar projects are emerging in countries throughout the Middle East. The aim to educate global citizens is widespread. Yet, there has been limited analysis of how the global citizen is conceptualized by diverse cultural groups.
The seminar will focus on this issue. Seminar participants are invited to contribute their perspectives to inform a GAI-funded seed research project exploring the topic. Anonymous field notes will be taken during the seminar discussion with participants' consent.
(Ethical Clearance Ref Number IBA/09/15/HREC).
Dr Kathleen Lilley graduated with her PhD from Griffith University in 2013. Since this time her research has appeared in journals including Higher Education Research and Development, Journal of Studies in International Education and Journal of International Education in Business. Dr Lilley is the invited Co-editor for a Special Issue on the global citizen for the Journal of Studies in International Education. She is also an invited author for the European Association of International Education, Internationalisation of Higher Education Handbook. In 2014, Dr Lilley was a commissioned author and presenter for an Australian National Symposium on the global citizen.
Research Seminars are held on Thursdays at Nathan Campus, from 12:30 - 13:50 during semester. For more info please contact Belle Hammond on 07 3735 4705 or email b.hammond@griffith.edu.au.
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