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Integrating Education, Digital Culture, and Sustainability: An Integrative Review of Technologies for Global Citizenship Skills

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  • Tâmara Miranda de Carvalho Metropolitan University of Science and Technology, USA
  • Bárbara Damasio dos Reis Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Claudio Oliveira da Silva Centro Universitário Unicarioca, Brazil

    edson_nogueira@ufam.edu.br

  • Ednaldo Ferreira e Silva Metropolitan University of Science and Technology, USA
  • Lucimara Aparecida da Silva Pereira Metropolitan University of Science and Technology, USA
  • Maria Eneida da Silva Pinheiro Almeida Universidade de La Empresa, Uruguay
  • Rafael Soares Cardoso Faculdade Cesgranrio, Brazil
  • Pricila Caroline Do Nascimento Metropolitan University of Science and Technology, USA
  • Anne Ariadne Alves Menezes Ponce de Leão Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil

Abstract

The integration between education, digital culture, and sustainability has stood out as a central axis for the development of skills aimed at global citizenship. Recent studies indicate that digital educational ecosystems enhance personalized and critical learning, articulating pedagogical innovation and socio-environmental responsibility. This article aims to analyze education, digital culture and sustainability: impacts of technologies on the development of competencies for global citizenship, through an integrative literature review. The methodology consisted of searches in international databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and SciELO), considering productions between 2020 and 2025, with criteria of methodological rigor and thematic adherence. The results revealed that digital technologies increase academic engagement, inclusion, and ecological awareness, but challenges related to inequality of access, institutional resistance, and conceptual fragility persist. It is concluded that digital ecosystems represent a promising path, but still lack methodological systematization and political-educational support to consolidate themselves as transformative practices.

Keywords:

Citizenship Digital Culture Education Global Competencies Sustainability

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Journal

Journal of Education, Learning, and Management

Volume (Issue)

2(2), (2025)

Pages

216-222

Published

15-10-2025

How to Cite

de Carvalho, T. M., dos Reis, B. D., da Silva, C. O., Silva, E. F. e, Pereira, L. A. da S., Almeida, M. E. da S. P., Cardoso, R. S., Nascimento, P. C. D., & de Leão, A. A. A. M. P. (2025). Integrating Education, Digital Culture, and Sustainability: An Integrative Review of Technologies for Global Citizenship Skills. Journal of Education, Learning, and Management, 2(2), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.69739/jelm.v2i2.1043

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