The Emerald handbook for teaching global competencies: Theoretical perspectives and practical applications for inside and outside the classroom -Call for chapters

Editor: Dr. Karen M. Magro, The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 

Deadline: 28 February 2025

How to submit

Brief overview:

Drawing on interdisciplinary and international scholarship, this edited book would explore from both theoretical and practical perspectives the value of teaching global competencies. These essential competencies for 21st century learners include  emotional literacies, media literacy, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, global citizenship education, and transcultural learning. Global Competencies are multimodal, lifelong, and interconnected. Piancentini and Foster (2018) identify that the knowledge, skills, attitudes needed to work toward strengthening core global competencies will require  innovative curricula and creative learning strategies across the disciplines and educational levels. These authors highlight the importance of individuals being able to understand local, global, and intercultural issues. The ability to appreciate and understand issues such as cultural diversity, sustainability, human rights, and socio-political events from diverse perspectives challenges educators to re-vision curricula in ways that mobilise personal agency and positive social change. 

Chapter proposal themes/topics

Theoretical Framework: Charting the Landscape of Global Competencies) 

• Conceptions of Global Competencies and Why They Matter for 21st Century Learning.
• Global Citizenship Education: Cosmopolitan Perspectives
• Interdisciplinary Thinking: Encouraging a Deeper Level of Learning
• Reimagining Educational Futures with a Focus on Sustainability
• Educational Leadership within a Context of Global Competencies

Part Two: Emotional and Social Learning: Connection to Self and Others 

• Emotional Literacies: Encouraging Empathy and Awareness in a Transcultural World  
• Transcultural Literacies: Extending and Enriching Knowledge Across Cultures 
• Multimodal Learning  
• New Literacies through the Lens of Global Competencies
• Understanding Neurodiversity and Learning Global Competencies
• Connection to Self-and Global Competencies
• Autobiography and Memoir-Engaging Imagination

Part Three: Creative Learning and Critical Thinking: Encouraging Imaginative Learning and Innovative Pedagogies 

• Creative Problem Solving 
• Encouraging Creativity in the Classroom: Dynamic Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Artificial Intelligence, Creative Learning,  and Critical Thinking: Promises and Perils
• Encouraging Pedagogies of Peace in an Interconnected World 
•  Artistic Pedagogies: Encouraging Global Competencies and Creativity through Visual Art, Poetry, and Related

Part Four: Transcultural and Indigenous Perspectives of Learning 

• Connecting to the Land: Indigenous Wisdom and Sustainable Futures (Blair Stonechild, The University of Regina) 
• Indigenous Ways of Knowing: The Circle of Courage Model of Learning
• Revisioning Teacher Education from an Indigenous Perspective 
• Indigenous Texts: Disrupting Stereotypes and Misconceptions.
• Decolonising Pedagogies: Working toward a more Holistic and Transformative Vision 
• Keeping a Sense of Wonder: Encouraging Environmental Literacies

Afterword

• Engaging Teachers: Building Pedagogies of Hope,  Imagination, and Transformation (Karen Magro)   (Implications for Educational Program Planning)

Index

Annotated Bibliography/Digital Resources 

• Manitoba GC
• Pan-Canadian
• Global Competence; Asia Society

Submission deadlines:

• Submission deadline for chapter proposals: 28 February 2025
• Notification of acceptance: 28 March 2025
• Submission deadline for full chapters: 30 August 2025
• Comments returned to authors: 15 November 2025
• Submission deadline for chapter revisions: 30 December 2025
• Submission to publisher: 15 January  2026
• Expected Publication: Spring/Summer 2026