SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS): EMBEDDING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION ACROSS MALAYSIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS CURRICULUMRaja Nur Amirah Raja Abu Bakar, Sharifah Zarina Syed Zakaria1, Nasharudin Mat Isa, Nuriah Abd. Majid and Muhammad Rizal RazmanAbstract The phenomenon of globalization has resulted in public concern about the best approach to prepare future generations as global citizen. Learning institutions are the centre of knowledge distribution and schools as the medium of learning process, canplay the important role, in setting the action towards nurturing global citizenship. Global citizenship is not a new additional subject, but it is a culture that needs to be applied. As such, it is a challenge for educators to determine the essential elements for the development of global citizenship, which is of course very subjective and have some definitions and vary according to needs and objectives. This study aims to identify the existence of the elements of the Global Citizenship in key components of the Primary School Standard Curriculum (KSSR) such as 21st Century Skills, High Level Thinking Skills developed by the Ministry of Education (MOE). These elements are examined using document analysis methods based on the syllabus of KSSRâs main subjects; Malay Language, English Language, Science Education, Islamic Education, Moral Education and History Education. Based on the analysis of the documents, these subjects do contain the elements of the Global Citizenship. Although the contents varied according to the subjects but the application of 21st Century Skills and the High Level Thinking Skills could be found embedded in the curriculum. |