This article aims to explore how teachers perceive global citizenship education and develop practices in school-based context.
Qualitative approach was conducted in one school case(B middle school) in order to explore the practices of global citizenship education. In concrete, we explored how school curriculum and school culture changes by describing and analyzing the club activities. Therefore, we analyzed the contents of practices of global citizenship education by thematizing three issues: 1) experiencing being global citizen: seeking for peace, 2) finding global citizenship in school curriculum and local community, and 3) gradual change of school culture through enjoyment of learning and experiencing.
Following the findings of this research, we analyzed global citizenship education based on transformative educational paradigm. In order to play its role as transformative education, global citizenship education should pursue for building peaceful culture. To attain this goal, global citizenship education should be constructed not just to know the problems but to make students participate in making changes in society by solving problems. Above all, global citizenship education should be learner-centered. In conclusion, the case of B middle school shows that global citizenship education as transformative education should have a goal to achieve peace and to make changes gradually. The experiences of making changes to reach peace will expand the field of community and thus develop multi-layered identities of individual(learner).