Abstract: This exhaustive scoping study provides foundational understandings regarding the ways in which Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) are studied and conceptualized in the field of higher education across the globe. The research team combined a systematic literature review and qualitative content analysis of higher education journals and higher education-focused journals (those addressing fields or disciplines focused on research/pedagogy/practice within the higher education sector) to study and organize: 1) the ways in which GCE and ESD in higher education are theorized and conceptualized ; and 2) the strategies/mechanisms in which GCE/ESD are implemented/applied in higher education. Finally, reflective questions regarding GCE/ESD in Indian higher education will be posed for discussion.
Speaker Bio-sketch: Dr Matthew A. Witenstein is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at University of New Mexico (UNM). He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow, School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. His US work focuses on immigrants in higher education and international educational experiences while his international/comparative education research focuses on higher education quality, organization and governance issues. Recently, he has shifted some of his research toward the roles and responsibilities of higher education organizations/stakeholders regarding sustainable development and global citizenship education. He is co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series “South Asian Education Policy, Research and Practice”, Associate Editor of Comparative Education Review, and co-author of the upcoming Bloomsbury Publishing textbook Comparative and International Education: An Introduction. He has been an invited speaker at higher education institutions, ministry and government agencies throughout South Africa, US, and South Asia.