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From Global Citizens to Cosmopolitans: Rethinking Citizenship in the Curriculum for Wales

Posted on 23 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

What if “global citizenship” isn’t enough? This post invites educators to imagine a more ethical, reflective form of worldliness—cosmopolitanism—that values human connection over market efficiency. It challenges Wales’s curriculum reform to move beyond the language of economics toward a vision of education rooted in shared humanity, moral reasoning and care for others.