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The vital role of understanding one's own community and heritage is essential for engaging in meaningful connections with the wider world. By exploring local stories, traditions, and historical experiences, learners develop a deeper appreciation of identity and interconnectedness. This localized lens creates critical thinking and a sense of responsibility. Through connecting the lessons of the past with present global challenges, local history education empowers individuals to act thoughtfully and collaboratively in building a more inclusive world. Local History Education for Shaping Global Citizenship re-centers history education on a more globally conscious level. This book highlights local history in a more vibrant educational space where learners come to understand their communities within the global networks of power, memory, and change. Covering topics such as history education, and citizenship, this book is an excellent resource for educators, policymakers, curriculum specialists, and scholars.

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Chrysa Tamisoglou has been awarded two B.A.; one in Primary Education and one in Philosophy and Pedagogy. Her postgraduate studies include a M.A in Leadership in Education, a M.A. in History and History of Education, and a M.A. in Modern and Contemporary History. Chrysa completed her PhD studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK in the field of History Education and Lifelong Learning. She had served in several high-range administrative positions in public and private education institutions for more than 20 years. She has been employed as teachers’ trainer by the Greek Ministry of Education. Since 2017, Chrysa has been appointed as faculty member at the University of Ioannina, Greece. She teaches several courses in the field of history and history education at pre- and post-graduate level. She taught postgraduate courses at University of Roehampton, UK for four years and has been faculty member of UNICAF since 2019. Chrysa has written three monographies, and a considerable number of her articles has been published in international journals. Amongst her scientific interests are history education, history teaching and learning, local history, local history learning and teaching, public and digital history.

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