Resources
Explore a wide range of valuable resources on GCED to deepen your understanding and enhance your research, advocacy, teaching, and learning.
83 Results found
Education for citizenship and democracy in a globalized world: a comparative perspective Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: Inter-American Development Bank The present document, Education for Citizenship and Democracy in a Globalized World: A Comparative Perspective, was developed in response to a request from the members of the Regional Policy Dialogue/Education Network. The studies in this document were presented and discussed during the VII Regional Policy Dialogue meeting held in January 2005 at the Inter-American Development Bank ’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Within the general context of recent economic and political developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, experts regard free market and democracy as the fundamental economic and political paradigm leading to modernization and development in the global market. There is a concern in a number of democratic nation-states about levels of political engagement, particularly among the youths. This is cited as a reason for strengthening citizenship education.The studies presented in this document discuss Education for Citizenship and Democracy and the role of schools as systematic providers of the civic knowledge and the participatory practices that are the foundation of democracy. Among all of the institutions that facilitate the acquisition and development of skills for democratic participation, the school is the one that provide students with the competencies to effectively participate as citizens in a democracy. There has been an increasing interest in citizenship education both in the national and international contexts. At the national level, the aim is to pursue commitment and political participation, particularly from youth. In the international sphere, the objective is to find answers to the challenges such as immigration, global communications and trade across international borders and to a new level of awareness and appreciation for human rights. By providing a comprehensive overview of progress made by industrialized countries in the field of citizenship education, this study intents to share lessons learnt and effective practices which may be applied in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, this study includes three experiences from Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia and Mexico) that were presented during the VII Regional Policy Dialogue. The three experiences show a practical and positive approach to the feasibility of introducing citizenship education in the schools of the Region. The cases present examples of reforms that evolved from the traditional civic education into an engaging education for citizenship and democracy. The Inter American Development Banks trusts that this publication will contribute to the discussions among member countries and create alternatives for the strengthening of democracy in the Region through education and citizenship. Citizenship, identity and education: examining the public purposes of schools in an age of globalization Year of publication: 2006 Author: Fernando Reimers Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Educational institutions exist to achieve public purposes. One of those purposes is to develop citizenship. In the 21st century, citizenship includes global citizenship. In an era of globalization effective citizenship includes the knowledge, ability and disposition to engage peacefully and constructively across cultural differences for purposes of addressing personal and collective needs and of achieving sustainable human–environmental interactions, this requires internalizing global values. Addressing these challenges of globalization will require making citizenship education and the development of global values an explicit objective of efforts to improve quality throughout the world, critically examining theories and evidence about the effectiveness of various approaches to developing citizenship and global citizenship and supporting activities aligned with this public purpose. This public purpose should support the development of a political culture that fosters the rule of national and international law and respect of human rights, the development of understanding to support trade and economic and peaceful bilateral and international diplomacy as the preferred means to solve international disputes, the development of the capability to understand and address the serious environmental challenges facing humanity and to collaborate across national boundaries in the creation of sustainable forms of human–environmental interactions and in the development of the skills to promote rationality in deliberation and action, and to advance science and technology as means to improve human health and well-being. At present, however, many education systems and reforms are insufficiently focused on quality, or focus instead on a very narrow and self-referenced definition of quality. It is possible to educate people to understand and appreciate cultural differences and to understand and accept human rights in a framework of global values that includes compassion and caring, concern for others, respect and reciprocity. These values, dispositions, knowledge and skills can be developed in a range of institutions that societies have to pass on what they value to the young, and to re-create culture: families, religious institutions, the media, workplaces, political institutions and also schools. While there is no reason to assume that schools can be more effective in this task than any of these other institutions, they have greater potential to be aligned with transnational efforts to promote global civility. They are a public space, and consequently also a globally public space, in ways in which families and religious institutions are not. If schools actively engage in teaching hatred or intolerance, or if they fail to prepare students adequately for global civility, these failures can be noted by international institutions that can potentially mobilize resources to support national and local efforts to prepare students for global citizenship. There is not a similar network linking national and transnational institutions, public and private, governmental and non-governmental, that attends to the dynamics of families and other ‘‘private’’ spaces. Democracy and diversity: principles and concepts for educating citizens in a global age Year of publication: 2005 Author: James A. Banks | Cherry A. McGee Banks | Carlos E. Cortes | Carole L. Hahn | Merry M. Merryfield | Kogila A. Moodley | Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu | Audrey Osler | Caryn Park | Walter C. Parker Corporate author: Center of Multicultural Education, University of Washington The Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington convened—with support from the Spencer Foundation—a Diversity, Citizenship, and Global Education Consensus Panel. The Panel’s goal was to develop a set of principles, concepts, and guidelines that school practitioners can use to build or renew citizenship education programs that balance diversity and unity and prepare students to become effective citizens in a global context. An important resource for the Panel’s work was the book that resulted from an earlier conference sponsored by the Center, Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives (Banks, 2004a).The Consensus Panel developed four principles and identified ten concepts, which are detailed in this publication. The Panel also developed a checklist that is designed for use by educators who want to consider the extent to which the principles and concepts identified by the Panel are reflected in their classrooms and schools.PRINCIPLESSection I Diversity, Unity, Global Interconnectedness, and Human Rights1. Students should learn about the complex relationships between unity and diversity in their local communities, the nation, and the world.2. Students should learn about the ways in which people in their community, nation, and region are increasingly interdependent with other people around the world and are connected to the economic, political, cultural, environmental, and technological changes taking place across the planet.3. The teaching of human rights should underpin citizenship education courses and programs in multicultural nation-states.Section II Experience and Participation4. Students should be taught knowledge about democracy and democratic institutions and provided opportunities to practice democracy. 
Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Youth Day, 12 August 2018 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2017- (Azoulay, A.) This message was delivered by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Youth Day, 12 August 2018. 
On Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2003 Author: Wan Minggang Cultivation of citizens is the basis of all educational objectives and the State's basic requirement for eductaion. Citizenship education has become a hot issue at tracting the solicitude of modern Western political philosophy and educational theories. The citizenship education is characterized by its representative theories of liberalist citizenship education, corporatist citizenship education and muticulturalist citizenship eduction. The construction of socialist politics and civilization not only involves the designing and optimization of socialist democratic system, but also concerns the cultivation of citizens with strong sense of participation and practical ability. Therefore, the aim of citizenship eduction must be clearly included in the objectives of basic education and the content of citizenship education must be reflected in relevant courses. The objectives of citizenship education should be used to integrate moral education, ideological and political education, social education and relevant educational activities in basic education. 
Citizenship and Social Justice Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Al Jazeera Channel An episode presented by Al-Jazeera, which reviews citizenship and social justice, taking into account the context of the Arab Spring. The seminar focuses on building the modern state in the light of citizenship and social justice. The broadcaster hosts 3 university professors to talk about the topic. The episode deals with the problems facing the modern state in the Arab world, with a focus on citizenship and social justice. 
Gender Policy Recommendations in Education Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Red Nacional de Educación de la Niña This document synthesizes the proposals of the Florecer Network to advance in gender equality, convinced that the commitment to a more just and more human world necessarily involves the assumption of equality between men and women. The principle that the rights of women and girls are an integral, inalienable and indivisible part of universal human rights has been reaffirmed from the various international forums. Greater equity between men and women is also beneficial for the development of the country. A country with educated girls and women has a lower birth rate, improves their health and productivity conditions. This document synthesizes the main proposals of the Gender and Citizenship Forum: imperative for a quality education, organized by Red Florecer in May 2013 year. We want to put them in the hands of decision-makers and citizens in general to help concretize the mandates of equality between men and women in education. It is time not to give up dreams because they have become possible. 
Elements of Active Citizenship Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Qatar. Ministry of Education and Higher Education This video is a lesson from the third grade social studies lessons in Qatar. The video focuses on the components of active citizenship in society. The video begins by introducing the concept of citizenship, and describes the active citizen. The video also includes the importance of active citizenship in society. 
Using Civic Participation and Civic Reasoning to Shape Our Future and Education (Background Paper for the Futures of Education Initiative) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Sarah M. Stitzlein Corporate author: UNESCO Actualizing a preferred future relies on citizens who are prepared to effectively engage perhaps the most fundamental civic question: ‘What should we do?’ (Levine, 2016; Dishon & Ben-Porath, 2018). It is a question that arises when people face a problem, must reach a decision, or must figure out how to flourish together as a group. This question is closely tied to the key question posed by the International Commission on the Futures of Education: ‘What do we want to become?’ Engaging both questions is a useful way for us to envision education in the future. These questions push us to consider not only what we merely can do, but also what is right for us to do in light of our responsibilities to others.Civic reasoning is the sort of reasoning we do as we answer the question, ‘What should we do?’ Civic discourse is a means or method by which people engage in civic reasoning. Efforts to envision improved education and futures should foreground civic reasoning and discourse as both a means and ends of citizen participation. They are important for the ways in which they directly engage citizens and for their products, which lead to future civic action and better futures. 
Education and Citizenship: Summer University 2016 Year of publication: 2016 Author: Abdullah Saaf Corporate author: General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) This video is a lecture given to women prisoners in Morocco, and it is a rehabilitation program. The lecture by Dr. Abdullah Sa`f talks about citizenship and inclusion in society, and discusses the relationship between education and citizenship.