Despite growing scholarly interest in international education, few studies have examined how the broader historic, structural, and cultural contexts of sending nations inform the global perspectives a

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• How to Develop Global Competence in Chinese Learners? Collaborative Online International Learning Versus Research-Based Self-Study (2025) · doi

  Abstract In the face of global change and imminent educational transformation, global competence has received widespread attention in the field of education, but the questions of whether existing internationalization models help to improve students’ global competence and which pedagogical practices are most effective remain unclear.

  Keywords: global competence abstract face change imminent educational transformation received widespread attention field education questions whether
• Exploring the Inherent Tensions at the Nexus of Education for Sustainable Development and Neoliberalism (2022) · doi

  To overcome the anthropogenic and global issues facing humanity today, young people will require a level of democracy, citizenship and altruism that is lacking in our current education system and is often antagonistic to the dominant neoliberal values, structures and underlying assumptions of our increasingly globalized education systems.

  Keywords: education overcome anthropogenic global issues facing humanity today young people require level democracy citizenship altruism
• Teacher-Initiated, Student-Centered Global Education in a K to 8 School (2007) · doi

  Faced with this lack of consensus and the resulting lack of curricular leadership and driven by the need to respond to the needs and interests of their students, elementary teachers, influenced by the particularities of their local circumstances, follow their instincts and rely on each other with respect to how to teach what is variously called global education, global citizenship education, or education from a global perspective.

  Keywords: global education lack faced consensus resulting curricular leadership driven need respond needs interests students elementary
• Global Educators’ Personal Attribution of a Global Perspective (2013)

  Future research should focus on issues underlying the nature of global education courses being taught in social studies teacher education programs, the teaching methods being used by graduates of those programs, and further analysis on emerging themes perceived to be critical in developing a global perspective.

  Keywords: global education programs future focus issues underlying nature courses taught social teacher teaching used graduates
• Teaching a Global Sociology (2010) · doi

  While sociology has begun to heed the message to globalize the curriculum, efforts to implement relevant teaching practices are hampered by lack of consensus on what “internationalizing” or “globalizing” the classroom actually means and the most effective ways to accomplish this goal.

  Keywords: sociology begun heed message globalize curriculum efforts implement relevant teaching practices hampered lack consensus internationalizing
• World Class: Teaching and Learning in Global Times (2002)

  How have school curricula been affected by the ripple effects of globalization? How do teachers and students attempt to understand their complex world? Most states require world teaching in some form, yet little is known about how teachers and students engage in this critical curricular area.

  Keywords: teachers students world school curricula affected ripple effects globalization attempt understand complex states require teaching
• Thinking Outside the Box: The National Context for Educational Preparation and Adaptation among Chinese and Korean International Students (2018) · doi

  Despite growing scholarly interest in international education, few studies have examined how the broader historic, structural, and cultural contexts of sending nations inform the global perspectives and pedagogical strategies of international students before and after migration.

  Keywords: international despite growing scholarly interest education examined broader historic structural cultural contexts sending nations inform
• Multi-stakeholder Partnership in Teacher Education and Development (2016) · doi

  While there is a growing interest in offering international teaching practicums to pre-service teachers as an approach to developing teachers' global perspectives on education, however, understanding of the impact of such practice on the host communities is insufficient or absent.

  Keywords: teachers there growing interest offering international teaching practicums service approach developing global perspectives education understanding