New Perspectives in Science Education
Global-local Citizenship Strategies to Improve Communities’ Resilience: Inspiring Cases from Different Communities
Maria Albertina Raposo, Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja) - MARE (Centre of Marine sciences and Environment) (Portugal)
Isabel Santos, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET - Aquatic Research Network Associate Laboratory, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal (Portugal)
José Ferreira, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET - Aquatic Research Network Associate Laboratory, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon School of Science and Technology. NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal (Portugal)
Lia Vasconcelos, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET - Aquatic Research Network Associate Laboratory, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal (Portugal)
Abstract
Active public participation in managing natural resources is already recognized as the key to sustainable development and democratic societies. The interaction, the individual and the collective awareness, and, as a result, the social transformation generated by participative processes, provide people with the ability to manage their lives and to contribute to a common and sustainable world. Increasing meteorologically extreme events exacerbated by climate-change phenomena, pose new challenges, jeopardizing human settlements. In addition, adaptation measures are often sources of conflict between decision-makers, authorities, emergency agents, experts, and local actors. In this work, we propose a critical reflection on the importance of educating for global citizenship through processes of active public participation, framed by bibliographic research and case-study analyses. Results show that global citizenship is a process based on action that makes sense due to the knowledge created through real-life experiences, which enables people to manage their lives better and contribute to integral and sustainable development without forgetting fundamental values and attitudes. These collaboratively built solutions are urgent.
Keywords: Global citizenship; critical literacy; social transformation; active public participation
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