Construction of Global Competence in Higher Education: Discourse of Internationalization, Decolonization, and Social Justice

SEDLÁKOVÁ, Markéta and David KOŠATKA. Construction of Global Competence in Higher Education: Discourse of Internationalization, Decolonization, and Social Justice. 2021.

Basic information

• Original name: Construction of Global Competence in Higher Education: Discourse of Internationalization, Decolonization, and Social Justice
• Name in Czech: Konstrukce globálních kompetencí v terciárním vzdělávání: Diskurz internacionalizace, dekolonializace a sociální spravedlnosti
• Authors: SEDLÁKOVÁ, Markéta and David KOŠATKA.
• Edition: 2021.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: Iceland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• Keywords (in Czech): globalizace; internacionalizace; terciární vzdělávání; dekonolonializace.
• Keywords in English: Globalization; Internationalization; Higher education; Decolonization.
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the presented contribution, the authors investigate the discourse of global competencies for social justice through stakeholders' perspectives from worldwide Higher Education. Ten semi-structured interviews were used and analyzed using situation analysis (Clarke et al., 2018). The main research question was how the professionals of Higher Education construct and deliver the global competencies in their curriculum. The results show that four essential topics based on global competencies are: the critical shift in internationalization, sustainability, decolonization of power, and pluralism in cultural dominance. In-depth conceptualization and implementation of global competencies may support universities' role in education toward global citizenship and foster the compensation of structural inequalities caused by national territorialism.