Hearing their voice: Exploring the self-reports of adolescents’ experiences of a community-based, active citizenship program, in the context of four identified domains of global competence

This thesis examines the self-reports of a cohort of adolescents participating in a two-year active citizenship program in the form of a Youth Advisory Council. The adolescents' reports are compared to the elements of four identified domains of global competence: knowledge and understanding, cognitive and socio-emotional skills, values and attitudes, and action. The findings are then examined in order to explore the potential of adolescent-focused, active citizenship programs in developing global competence.