The role of global citizenship values in education : the case of secondary stage EFL textbooks in Jordan

Abstract EN

Global citizenship values has established universal values for learners as a code of behavior which affords strength to the structure of society as it empowers students to be better world citizens.

The current research sheds light on the role of integrating global citizenship values on Jordanian secondary stage English textbooks.

Of possibly greater interest, global citizenship concerns may be transported to life in language classrooms.

Thus, global citizenship values of human rights, peace, identity and diversity, and participation and accountability were picked up for the purpose of this study.

Textbooks content analysis, survey questionnaire and interviews were used for gathering data distinctly from teachers' perspectives along with the available values in the textbooks through content analysis procedures.

Reliability and validity of the study instruments were checked.

The present study reported that the utmost merit of global citizenship education values had maximal occurrences across the textbooks understudy.

Yet, the study found out that the absolute number of participating teachers perceived the teaching of such values as unimportant in EFL classes, stressing language skill instead is of much greater importance.