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Global Education and Climate Change: Looking at Climate Change Education Through the Lens of Global Education Year of publication: 2020 Author: Douglas Bourn | Knut Hjelleset Corporate author: Global Education Network Europe (GENE) This briefing aims to address how Global Education can contribute to the discourses and practices around education for climate change. It will also look at the benefits of seeing Climate Change Education through the lens of Global Education. There will be a recognition that within Global Education, themes of social justice, importance of a pedagogy of hope, participatory learning approaches and the skills of critical thinking can enrich the traditional approaches to learning about climate change. Finally, the briefing notes the impact of the various movements by young people on the climate emergency, and what can be learnt from these activities for Global Education policies and practices. 
Learning about Development at A-Level: A study of the impact of the World Development A-level on Young Peopleโs Understanding of International Development (Development Education Research Centre Research Paper; No.7) Year of publication: 2012 Author: Gill Miller | Elizabeth Bowes | Douglas Bourn | Juan Miquel Castro Corporate author: Development Education Research Centre (DERC) Learning about development has been a feature of the school curriculum in England for a number of years, most notably through Geography and there has been increased interest in examination courses at post-sixteen. By reviewing what young people have learnt and gained from such a course, this report aims to demonstrate how young people perceive international development issues and what impact this has had on their views about the wider world. 
Global Citizenship and Youth Participation in Europe Year of publication: 2016 Author: Douglas Bourn Corporate author: Oxfam | Oxfam Italia | UCL Institute of Education | CARDET | Pah Global Citizenship has been recognized as an important component of education by UNESCO through the Sustainable Development Goals launched in 2015 and the recent Global Education Congress in Croatia.While there has been considerable activity across Europe in encouraging youth engagement in democratic institutions, this report suggests that insufficient attention has been given to the linkages young people make between their outlook on the world, their personal and social identity and the ways they use tools such as social networking to engage in societies.The report also suggests to teachers that they need to address and respond to the interests of young people in issues such as refugees and migration, climate change and global terrorism by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to effectively engage in these debates. 
Putting the Voice of Young People at the Heart of Global Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2014 Author: Douglas Bourn Corporate author: UCL Institute of Education | Erasmus+ This briefing is aimed at policy-makers across Europe who are engaged with, or interested in ensuring that education and international development programmes give consideration to the voices of young people. It also aims to contribute to policy-makers responses to how they are implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.