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Global citizenship education: an emerging perspective Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO This document draws on inputs to, and common perspectives emerging from, a Technical Consultation on Global Citizenship Education organized by UNESCO and the Republic of Korea (i.e., the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Education, and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding) in Seoul on 9-10 September 2013 . Informing this draft document are: a) responses from the expert participants to a questionnaire circulated by UNESCO in advance of the consultation; b) presentations from experts during the consultation; c) discussions during the consultation; and d) reference material contributing to, and prepared for, the consultation. The final draft of this document was prepared by UNESCO’s Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development at Headquarters in Paris, with the assistance of a drafting team. 
EIU Best Practices Series No.15: In-service teacher training on education for international understanding in China Year of publication: 2009 Author: Yu Xin Corporate author: APCEIU This document introduces an effective and systematic in-service teacher training programme on Education for International Understanding (EIU) in Beijing, China. In order for this training to take place, the Beijing Institute of Education (BIE) has been working to develop a school-based curriculum on EIU to be implemented in local schools. Through this effort, the in-service teacher training programme on EIU motivated and strengthened the capacity of teachers to incorporate EIU curriculum into various subjects they teach in schools. As a result of this practice, schools in which EIU have been implemented, raised the level of global awareness among their teachers and students. This effort to promote EIU in Beijing is an excellent model for policy makers, curriculum developers and educators to learn the effective strategies to promote EIU in schools. 
EIU Best Practice Series No. 35: Nurturing global citizens through experiential learning Year of publication: 2013 Author: Ildar Yusupov | Feruza Ahmedova Corporate author: APCEIU The following case is set in Uzbekistan where evidently diverse social groups live in harmony despite their differences. Among the schools in the country, the Sirdarya Regional Foreign Languages Boarding School in Gulistan City is arguably an exceptionally unique school due to the close engagement of parents with the boarding school’s EIU-themed activities. Activities range from extra-curricular activities including artwork and sports, to classroom-based activities such as role plays and international awareness events. Each activity is carefully designed to arouse the interest of the students in EIU-related themes such as tolerance, understanding and sustainable development. In the process, the students become highly motivated to take leading roles as responsible global citizens in creating a more peaceful world. 
EIU Best Practice Series No.30: Local-based initiative in global citizenship education: Gyeongnam teachers’ society for EIU and ESD Year of publication: 2012 Author: Byeongseob Choi Corporate author: APCEIU Issue No. 30 introduces a case in the Republic of Korea on the local-based initiatives of school teachers to promote EIU and ESD in their local community. The case illustrates the taken steps and efforts made by the respective teachers when elaborating innovative approaches to promote EIU and ESD, led by the intention to create a more open and locally relevant educational setting for students as well as teachers in response to the growing globalization. Especially the Gyeongnam Province, where the teachers are based, is experiencing a rapid demographic change due to the high influx of foreigners, which calls upon the educators to prepare their students to effectively cope with these changes and become global citizens. 
Shaping the future we want: UN decade of education for sustainable development; final report Year of publication: 2014 Author: Carolee Buckler | Heather Creech Corporate author: UNESCO The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005 –2014) (DESD) aimed at integrating the principles and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, to encourage changes in knowledge, values and attitudes with the vision of enabling a more sustainable and just society for all. The mandate of the DESD has energized a vast number of stakeholders – across Member States, UN agencies, the education sector, the private sector and civil society – to work in partnership to reorient education systems towards sustainable development. This final DESD Global Monitoring and Evaluation Report (GME) provides an assessment of progress towards embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into education systems and into sustainable development efforts. Building on the findings of the past two DESD GME reports, and based upon Member States’ and other stakeholders’ assessments of the current state of ESD, this report maps the achievements and challenges of a decade of progress and action on ESD at the global, regional, national and local levels – and within all areas and levels of education. 
National journeys towards education for sustainable development, 2011: reviewing national experiences from Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands, Oman Year of publication: 2011 Author: I. Mulà | Daniella Tilbury Corporate author: UNESCO This publication has sourced information from a series of national reviews commissioned by UNESCO in 2010 and written by authoritative stakeholders in Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands and Oman. The selection of countries was based on: i) work showcased at the 2009 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held in Bonn, Germany; ii) submissions to the monitoring and evaluation process for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD); as well as iii) through evaluation material submitted by UNESCO staff in regional bureaux of education.The countries showcased in this report are not necessarily the ‘best’ examples of the region, as many other countries are also progressing effectively towards implementing ESD. Rather, the countries selected illustrate the wide diversity of ESD approaches and initiatives taking place in different parts of the learnt world. The national studies were then edited and harmonized before common themes and lessons learned were identified to support other national efforts in moving towards the second half of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. 
Using social media in Holocaust Education Corporate author: International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Social media is a rapidly expanding form of communication and community in our world and in education more specifically. Holocaust educators are tasked with determining how best to use this tool in their programming without compromising programme or subject integrity. These guidelines outline considerations and practices in deploying social media in the Holocaust educational environment. Education for sustainable development country guidelines for changing the climate of teacher education to address sustainability: putting transformative education into practice Year of publication: 2011 Corporate author: UNESCO Jakarta This document on ESD Country Guidelines for TEIs is the result of the Regional Training Workshop Programme, titled “Developing Capacities of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor-Leste in Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability” and has been developed by the five cluster countries of the UNESCO Office, Jakarta. The developed guidelines ultimately aim to reorient each country's curriculum, policies, standard practices and programmes to address sustainability and implement it in a tangible way. Although many idealistic descriptions of sustainability and sustainability education exist, faculties of education must decide which themes should receive particular focus and create their own guidelines and design criteria on this specific area. Therefore, these ESD Country Guidelines are significant initial steps to ensuring teacher education programmes fit the environmental, social, cultural and economic conditions and goals of each country's communities, regions and nations. "Education First" - UN Secretary-General's video message Year of publication: 2012 Author: United Nations. Secretary-General, 2007-2016 (Ban, Ki-moon) UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon launched a Global Initiative on Education (Education First), which aims to achieve quality, relevant and inclusive education for every child on 26 September, 2012.