A comparative perspective on citizenship and sustainability education in Armenia, Germany, Iran and Tanzania

Hufnagl, Julia (author), Badokufa Bulugu, Joseph (author), Ghaderinezhad, Hamed (author), Hinzen, Heribert (author), Németh, Balázs (author), Yarazyan, Emma (author)

The objective of this article is to respond to the question of how providers, programmes, participants, and locations play a pivotal role in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Armenia, Germany, Iran and Tanzania. To this end, a comparative international approach is employed, utilising the following categories: (1) providers, (2) programmes, (3) participants, and (4) locations. ESD and GCE are two transformative educational models highlighted by Sustainable Development Goal 4.7. They aim to equip individuals with the knowledge and values necessary to address global challenges such as environmental degradation and social inequalities. Our findings indicate that the categories both individually and collectively signal and resonate choices and limitations to ESD- and GCE-related adult learning activities, which have been significantly influenced by both global and macro level initiatives and local, regional realities.

• Language: English
• Keywords: adult learning, adult education, sustainable development, global citizenship education, comparative education
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 65-86
• Numbering: Letn. 31, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-178386
• UDC: 374.7
• ISSN on article: 1318-5160
• COBISS.SI-ID: 236352003
• Publication date in RUL: 26.01.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Andragoška spoznanja
• Shortened title: AS. Andrag. spozn.
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 1318-5160
• COBISS.SI-ID: 45586176

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: učenje odraslih, izobraževanje odraslih, primerjalna andragogika, globalno državljanstvo, trajnostni razvoj