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September 15, 2026Asia Pacific Journal of Education

From global commitments to national realities: mapping global citizenship education in South Korea’s national curriculum reform

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JKJiyoung KangSungshin Women's UniversityHPHwanbo ParkChungnam National UniversityHPHyekyung ParkChungnam National University

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Content analysis reveals uneven global citizenship education integration across middle school curricula, highlighting sociopolitical barriers to international education benchmarks.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the extent of Global Citizenship Education integration within national curriculum standards and analyze the sociopolitical dynamics affecting implementation for SDG Target 4.7.1 monitoring.
  • Conducted a weighted content analysis across 12 core and 4 elective middle school subjects within South Korea's 2022 Revised National Curriculum.
  • Categorized and quantified achievement standards across six thematic areas: global citizenship, sustainable development, human rights, peace, and gender equality.
  • Approximately 31% of national achievement standards contained Global Citizenship Education elements, exhibiting substantial variation across academic disciplines.
  • Representation was highest in environmental education and social studies and lowest in mathematics and science, with human rights, peace, and gender equality appearing far less frequently than sustainable development due to sociopolitical pushback.

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Kang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa9132f9013453be30a0fdehttps://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2026.2727623
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