Researching Global Citizenship: A Study of Sources and Arguments

This homework assignment explores the concept of global citizenship through academic research and source evaluation. The student investigates the topic by examining its definition, importance, and relevance in the modern world. The assignment utilizes three key sources, evaluating their currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose using the CRAAP test. The paper then formulates a thesis statement and presents arguments both in support of and in opposition to global citizenship, particularly in relation to nationalism. The student also identifies challenges encountered during the research process and proposes potential solutions. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of scientific evaluation in study and research skills, highlighting the importance of source credibility and the effective application of the CRAAP test.

STUDY AND RESEARCH
SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Why this topic?.......................................................................................................................1
2. Three key sources....................................................................................................................1
3. Source Evaluation...................................................................................................................2
4. Thesis Statement.....................................................................................................................4
5. Main Argument.......................................................................................................................4
6. Challenges and Solutions........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Study and research skills is academic research that enable individual to develop and
implement their own learning style and will explain the problems of distance in learning. It is
essential for the individuals to have this skill to effectively evaluate the study of research. The
study will aim to evaluate the topic global citizenship with the help of finding and evaluating
information and critical thinking (Barrow, 2017). Global citizenship is a wide and sensitive study
that is based on the values and beliefs of the individuals. The CRAAP test will be utilise for the
source evaluation and as per the that, main arguments will be done. Along with it, the challenges
come in the evaluation will also be analysed with the solution.
MAIN BODY
1. Why this topic?
The reason to select the topic of “Global Citizenship” is because it defined as a moral and
ethical disposition that can guide the understanding of groups and individuals of local and global
context (DeLucca and et. al., 2019). The world giving priority and taking the step ahead to being
global citizen rather than consider as specific nation and with the decision, there are many
articles that and sources were given with many mind set. The trend and value difference is
currently increase on very high level and various source of articles, books are there with their
own thoughts and statistics on the topic. Thus, the main reason is to evaluate that the source are
authenticated or not. People in the world are not aware about the exact definition or meaning of
global citizenship so the main motive is to identify relation and difference between nationalism
and global citizenship (Gaudelli, 2016).
2. Three key sources
Sources How I find the source
Dower, N. and Williams, J., 2016. Global
citizenship: A critical introduction. Routledge.
This source was found from Book with the
title of 'Global Citizenship, A Critical
Introduction'. The source is taken from the
Google books and it is present on the Google
scholar.
Rise in globalism doesn't mean the end for The present source was found from an online
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nationalists. 2019. [Online]. Available
Through:<https://theconversation.com/rise-in-
globalism-doesnt-mean-the-end-for-nationalists-
81463>.
article taken from google. The source is seems
as news article (Goren and Yemini, 2017).
Dear 'Citizens Of Nowhere', You Are Not Alone.
2018. [Online]. Available
Through:<https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adve
ntures/dear-citizens-of-nowhere-youre-not-
alone/>.
This source was found from an online travel
article.
The selected sources will cite in proper form, this means that the last name of author, year
of publication should appear in the text (Pais and Costa, 2017). To be a responsible scholar the
in-text-citation is the confirmation of giving credibility and acknowledging their ideas. The
source is essential as proper evidence mentioned in the essay. The online article can be used in
the essay for giving the evidence of online information and books also site in Harvard
referencing style. In the reference list book source will include in Books and journal section and
online source will separate from books under the heading of online.
3. Source Evaluation
The second source that is taken from online news article “Rise in globalism doesn't mean
the end for nationalists” will be selected for evaluating (Perkins, 2016). For the proper evaluation
CRAAP test is the best to evaluate the source that include; currency, relevance, authority,
accuracy and purpose. This test will help in to check the reliability of the sources across
academic discipline.
Currency
The information was published or posted on 11th August 2017 at 10.59 am. But after
publishing, there is no evidence of updating that means the information present in the source is
not updated or maybe updated but there is no information (Smith and et. al., 2017). As the site, is
clearly dated with the time it can be said that the source is correct and not stolen from
somewhere else as at the end of the page, copyright is also mentioned with the year of 2019.
Relevance
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The information in the source provides an in-depth understanding about global
citizenship and how this is taken in the society. It is relevant to the selected topic of the research
question. The intended audience in the present information appears to be some leaders,
politicians and the youth that promotes Global Citizenship. It can be clearly stated that the source
is relevant to the main aim of the topic (Torres, 2015).
Authority
The author of the content is named as A. Burcu Bayram and on the content page some of
her credentials are listed. She is an assistant professor of political science and a research fellow
at Centre for Global Corruption. The author received PhD from The Ohio State University in
2011. The source mention a section of author with her current profession. As per the information,
it can be clearly state that the author is quite qualified to write on the topic with proper
information. The source is credible and authoritative because the page clearly identifies the
expertise and qualification of the author (Barrow, 2017). Other than that, the site is associated
with various partners and funders including; CSIRO, various universities such as; University of
Melbourne, Monash University, etc. and some government like; Victoria state government, etc.
Accuracy
The information is accurate because the content consist many statistics and facts with
proper evidence. The information taken from both primary sources and secondary sources.
Although this source has a slight bias evident in the language but it has accurate spelling and
grammar. All the information include in the source is focusing on the global citizenship without
any reference list (DeLucca and et. al., 2019). Although this source is a “.com” site, it is
trustworthy because the content is a magazine publication and identifies the credentials of the
author. It is clearly mentioned that the information is accurate that contains proper information.
Purpose
The site's purpose is to bring the situation of Global Citizens after the Brexit decision.
The aim of the source is to present or enhance the knowledge of the society that being global
citizenship does not mean nationalist concern. The author made their purpose clear and provide
the sufficient result of survey that stated the intention of the writer. The information is based on
the facts that clearly mention the result which didn't understand by many people in the society.
But with the use of facts and figures in the source the point of view of the source is clearly
appears (Gaudelli, 2016). There are some chances of political and cultural biasness in the source
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because there are many statement on the topic given by the political leaders that can affect the
culture of any country.
4. Thesis Statement
In the recent years, there has been a growing interest in global citizenship across the
world. It is an acquired social identity that is shaped by how individuals prioritize their values
like; self-enhancement and universalism (Goren and Yemini, 2017). The million dollar question
is, How do people really understand global citizenship? Does rise in globalism mean the end of
nationalists
5. Main Argument
The selected topic have many arguments in the support as well as in opposition. Global
citizenship is a wide and sensitive study that is based on the values and beliefs of the individuals.
This can be analysed by various sources either that have similar point of view as the source have
or may be the opinion can be different. The main topic of the argument is nationalism and global
citizenship (Pais and Costa, 2017).
Arguments in Support
 The first argument state that recent events mentioned that a nationalist backlash to
globalisation is on the rise. From the various surveys it has been clearly mentioned that
most global citizens do not shed their national identity. The argument suggests that global
citizenship and nationalism are not different. Only the value and beliefs for the world has
changed. The point view is supported by DeLucca and et. al., 2019.
 The second argument in the support of Global citizenship is that it is an acquired social
identity that is shaped by how a person prioritize values like; universalism and self-
enhancement. Global citizenship is compatible with both altruistic values and selfish. The
growth of the level of people who identify as global citizenship does not mean nationalist
concerns. Global citizens are proud to mention their country Gaudelli, 2016.
Arguments in Opposite
 The very first argument in the opposition state that global citizens are different from the
nationalists. They should treat by the people different from the rest of the society as the
values are different and they do not carte about their country. They must be boycott by
the people as people have lack of knowledge regarding the
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 In the competition, neither globalisation and nationalism wins (Goren and Yemini, 2017).
Both have various values and in comparison nationalisms are more than the global
citizenships. The sources state that nationalism is a vociferous foundation to dangerous
destruction. Rise in nationalism is about an individual and rise in global citizens are rise
in the value regards to the world (DeLucca and et. al., 2019). The point of view is
expressed by
6. Challenges and Solutions
The evaluation seems easy but it is not as there are many challenges appear in the
completion of the work (Gaudelli, 2016). Following are the challenges related to the completion
of the essay;
The challenges had started from the beginning of the selection of topic. As I want the
topic that is the major thing to talk about by the world and I realised that people have lack of
knowledge about the global citizenship because lack of information or wrong information
circulate in the society. After that, finding proper sources is a bit hard task for me as there is a
limit of three sources and I am forced to select the best source that contain information related to
the topic of essay (Goren and Yemini, 2017). I had lack of knowledge of CRAAP test and to
utilised it, so the evaluation is bit difficult for me. There are many more challenges were faced
by me in the whole process. For example; it is quite hard to state the arguments in support and
opposite as the sources on this topic is limited and availability is low. This was the biggest
challenge for me.
Following are the solutions related to the challenges;
For overcoming the challenges, the first step is to take the help of the seniors. Leader had
also helped me in the completion. For the CRAAP test, I learned from some online sources to
improvise my knowledge of source evaluation. Furthermore, I will overcome the challenges by
improving my skill and knowledge of research and learn to utilise the tools and techniques in
research. Seniors are the best people or resource to learn many things from them and I will be
utilising them effectively to gain experienced knowledge (DeLucca and et. al., 2019). Other than
that, faculties in the academic setting will also help out to overcome the challenges faced in the
completion of essay.
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CONCLUSION
From the above evaluation it has been summarized that the scientific evaluation is
essential in study and research skill. This has been helped in identifying the authentication,
reliability and credibility of any source and make individuals able to understand that how they
can select proper source that has trustworthy information. It has been analysed that evaluating
source is not that easy but with proper guidance one can achieve the target. The best way to
evaluate any source is to apply CRAAP test in academic setting.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Barrow, E., 2017. No global citizenship? Re-envisioning global citizenship education in times of
growing nationalism. The High School Journal. 100(3). pp.163-165.
DeLucca, S. and et. al., 2019. Global Citizenship: Service Learning, Scholarship, and Cross-
Cultural Experience.
Gaudelli, W., 2016. Global citizenship education. In Global Citizenship Education. (pp. 41-72).
Routledge.
Goren, H. and Yemini, M., 2017. Global citizenship education redefined–A systematic review of
empirical studies on global citizenship education. International Journal of Educational
Research. 82. pp.170-183.
Pais, A. and Costa, M., 2017. An ideology critique of global citizenship education. Critical
Studies in Education. pp.1-16.
Perkins, K., 2016. The CRAAP Test: An Easy & Fun Way to Evaluate Research Sources. RefME
Guest Blogger [Internet].
Smith, W. C. and et. al., 2017. Global citizenship and the importance of education in a globally
integrated world. Globalisation, Societies and Education. 15(5). pp.648-665.
Torres, C. A., 2015. Global citizenship and global universities. The age of global
interdependence and cosmopolitanism. European Journal of Education. 50(3). pp.262-
279.
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