This study explores how storytelling and drama can foster foundational global citizenship competencies, including empathy, fairness, diversity, inclusion, and perspective-taking, among first-grade students in Romania, where Global Citizenship Education remains largely absent from formal curricula. Drawing on a qualitative, practice-based approach, the research examines how narrative and dramatic play encourage young learners to engage with social and ethical dilemmas, express their perspectives, and develop an early awareness of global interconnectedness. The study concludes by proposing Stories for a Big World, an elective curriculum designed to introduce global citizenship through creative, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate pedagogies.
The lecture will be given by Mirona Stănescu (Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj/ Romania).
The meeting will take place via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9580857394 , Meeting ID: 958 0857 3947
When: 16.11.2026 13:00-14:00 Uhr
More information can be found here: https://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/fileadmin/phlb/international/DAAD-Erasmus_Fotos/121026_Flyer_Lecture_Series_Internationalisation.pdf