Global Competitive Citizenship Education in China

Abstract

In pursuit of civil moral and awareness education, China is currently cultivating citizenship education in response to the trend of advocating global citizenship education worldwide. From the political and sociological rational choice perspectives, the purpose of this article is to conceptualize global competitive citizenship education in contemporary China. Moreover, in the sphere of Chinese higher education, this article also proposes and investigates the emerging idea of global competitive citizenship education by adopting sociological and political rational choice theories. Additionally, cultivating global citizenship education is fundamentally inherent in the global economic, political, and social development in the contemporary China. In the global market-oriented ideology, it is necessary to conduct and implement holistic educational policy to develop global competitive education in response to maintaining the sustainable development of China’s society consistently. The policy implications suggest that cultivating and enhancing global competitive knowledge, skill, attitude, and experience are essential to master global competitive capacity by the means of fostering global competitive citizenship education in contemporary China’s higher education system. In addition, it is a rational and effective pathway for national, institutional, and individual stakeholders to be in collaboration to advocate global competitive citizenship education in contemporary China.