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Learning to live together: education for conflict resolution, responsible citizenship, human rights and humanitarian norms Year of publication: 2013 Author: Margaret Sinclair Corporate author: Education Above All (Qatar) Education cannot offer immediate remedies to the local and global problems that we see on the news screens every day, but it can contribute to solving them over the longer term. This book examines specifically the contribution that education for learning to live together can make, even in countries where teacher training and classroom resources are limited. Many countries have diverse populations (ethnic, linguistic, religious, etc) and seek to maintain harmony among the different groups. In some countries, however, especially where economic stress or climate change have intensified arguments over resources, tensions have led to armed conflict. This brings with it all the misery of death, injury, displacement and poverty, along with disruption of education systems. In some instances education itself has been a contributory factor to the outbreak of conflict, notably through unequal education opportunities for different groups, and through biased school curricula.Civil conflict has brought untold suffering in recent years, and in a globalised world it has negative spill-over effects to neighbouring and other countries. It is vital to develop education policies and curricular reforms that can help convey values and skills for learning to live together to young people, to help lessen tensions, within and between countries.Education policy-makers can help lay the foundations for a better future by adjusting the content and process of education to reflect skills and values for human rights, humanitarian norms, peaceful resolution of conflicts, sustainable development and other issues as elements of local, national and global citizenship.Education reform is not enough, of course, to resolve the numerous problems of our times. The focus of this volume is on the contribution that can be made through aligning the content of education to the goal of learning to live together. This work will have greater impact when it takes place within education systems and policies that are consistent with human rights values and of course when other sectors besides education make their respective contributions.This book shows that transformative education for conflict resolution and peace, for local, national and global citizenship, for human rights and humanitarian values can be implemented even under difficult conditions if there is a policy commitment to do so. Authors have provided examples and lessons learned from their own experiences as eminent practitioners in the field. Learning to live together: education for conflict resolution, responsible citizenship, human rights and humanitarian norms Year of publication: 2013 Author: Margaret Sinclair Corporate author: Education Above All (Qatar) L'éducation ne peut offrir des remèdes immédiats aux problèmes locaux et mondiaux que nous voyons sur les écrans d'information tous les jours, mais elle peut contribuer à les résoudre sur le long terme. Ce livre examine spécifiquement la contribution que l'éducation peut apporter pour vivre ensemble même dans les pays où la formation des enseignants et les ressources en classe sont limitées.De nombreux pays ont des populations diverses (ethniques, linguistiques, religieuses, etc.) cherchent à maintenir l'harmonie entre les différents groupes. Dans certains pays, cependant, en particulier lorsque le stress économique ou les changements climatiques ont intensifié les arguments sur les ressources, les tensions ont conduit à des conflits armés. Cela apporte avec elle toute la misère de la mort, les blessures, le déplacement et la pauvreté, ainsi que la perturbation des systèmes éducatifs. Dans certains cas, l'éducation elle-même a été un facteur contributif à l'éclatement du conflit, notamment grâce à des possibilités d'éducation inégales pour les différents groupes, et à travers les programmes scolaires biaisés.La guerre civile a causé des souffrances indicibles au cours des dernières années, et dans un monde globalisé, il a des effets négatifs de débordement vers les pays voisins et d'autres pays. Il est essentiel d'élaborer des politiques de l'éducation et la réforme des programmes qui peuvent aider à transmettre les valeurs et les compétences pour apprendre à vivre ensemble pour les jeunes, pour aider à réduire les tensions, à l'intérieur et entre les pays.Education décideurs politiques peuvent aider à jeter les bases d'un avenir meilleur en ajustant le contenu et le processus de l'éducation afin de refléter les compétences et les valeurs des droits de l'homme, des normes humanitaires, la résolution pacifique des conflits, le développement durable et d'autres questions comme éléments de local, national et citoyenneté mondiale.Réforme de l'éducation ne suffit pas, bien sûr, de résoudre les nombreux problèmes de notre temps. L'objectif de ce volume est sur la contribution qui peut être faite par le biais d'aligner le contenu de l'éducation à l'objectif d'apprendre à vivre ensemble. Ce travail aura un plus grand impact quand il a lieu au sein des systèmes et politiques d'éducation qui sont conformes aux valeurs des droits de l'homme et bien sûr, quand d'autres secteurs en dehors de l'éducation font leurs contributions respectives.Ce livre montre que l'éducation transformatrice pour la résolution des conflits et la paix, à la citoyenneté locale, nationale et mondiale, des droits de l'homme et des valeurs humanitaires peut être appliqué même dans des conditions difficiles, s'il y a un engagement politique de le faire. Les auteurs ont fourni des exemples et les enseignements tirés de leurs propres expériences en tant que praticiens éminents dans le domaine. 
Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2012 Author: Vanessa Andeotti | Lynn Mario T. Menezes de Souzz This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of case studies and conceptual issues. The contribution of "study abroad" programs to Japanese internationalization Year of publication: 2009 Author: Takako Asaoka | Jun Yano “Study abroad” needs promoting, as it is an effective alternative for many Japanese university students to enhance their international experience and cross-cultural understanding, thus contributing to the internationalization of Japanese universities. To consider what has to be done to promote “study abroad” programs, this research attempts to ascertain (a) the characteristics of the “study abroad” program of Japanese university students, (b) what Japanese university students think about the “study abroad” program, (c) the factors discouraging them from studying abroad, and (d) suggestions made by university staff to promote “study abroad” programs. Online survey results of 173 Japanese university students, interview answers and monthly reports of 20 Japanese university exchange students, opinions of 15 JAFSA members, and the JASSO symposium reports from 2005 to 2007 were used as data for this study. Suggestions are made to enable Japanese university staff to further promote “study abroad” programs among their students. 
Learning to live together Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok The importance of LTLT has increased in recent years. Indeed, relevant competencies appear to be gaining focus in international frameworks and educational initiatives across countries. This is all the more necessary as Voogt and Roblin (2012) argue, given the demands of our increasingly knowledge-based society in which “ideas and knowledge function as commodities” (p. 299 –300) and to which effective social and emotional skills are critical. It is perhaps all the more critical given the multivariate global challenges in the 21st Century and the need for unified global commitment to effectively combat these challenges. In this context, the significance of LTLT is reflected in both the rise of and growing interest in Global Citizenship Education (GCE), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Education for International Understanding (EIU) as well as peace and human rights education. The UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative, which lists ‘Fostering Global Citizenship’ as one of its three global priorities, also implicitly recognizes the significance of LTLT as a precursor to the building of a more peaceful society, one in which discrimination is intolerable and common challenges such as climate change and abject poverty are tackled together.Yet despite the significance of LTLT in the 21st Century, and despite numerous international initiatives to foster LTLT competencies, there is a large gap of evidence identifying how this supposition is translated into effective policy and curricula, and eventually into the reality of schools, teachers and learners. This report is a response to this gap, and attempts to understand how ten selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region – Afghanistan, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, The Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand – have reflected and integrated LTLT into their education policies and initiatives. This variety of countries aims to reflect their diverse experiences in terms of reflecting LTLT through their education systems. By exploring a number of areas, namely policy, curricula, teachers and assessment, this study aims to identify what has so far been achieved in education systems of the Asia-Pacific region in the area of LTLT.This report is therefore targeted predominantly at education policy makers, researchers, academics as well as education practitioners of the Asia-Pacific region. Given its connection to Global Citizenship Education and other relevant international initiatives around sustainability and peace education, this report is also relevant to UNESCO’s partner organizations and the broader educational development community.This report will first present the research framework for the study, before exploring the social and economic contexts in the ten selected countries and wider regional factors in the Asia-Pacific in relation to global challenges in Chapter Two. Chapter Three will then examine national policy frameworks, including the vision of those policies in defining LTLT in education. Chapter Four focuses on the national curriculum in selected countries and the extent to which they incorporate learning objectives, subjects, and extra-curricular activities reflecting the concept of LTLT and related skills and competencies. In Chapter Five, teaching practices are examined, including the role of teachers and teacher education, as well as teaching methods and application of media and information literacy (MIL) in the classroom. Chapter Six then looks at assessment, and how far countries have attempted to develop assessment frameworks that measure the skills and competencies related to LTLT. Finally, Chapter Seven provides reflections and conclusions based on the main findings of the study, while also identifying trends across policy domains, shortcomings and some policy considerations. Global school partnerships programme impact evaluation report Year of publication: 2011 Author: Juliet Sizmur | Bernadetta Brzyska | Louise Cooper | Jo Morrison | Kathryn Wilkinson | David Kerr Corporate author: National Foundation for Educational Research The overarching aim of this evaluation is to assess the impact of DFID‟s Global School Partnerships (GSP) programme on levels of global awareness and attitudes to global issues in pupils attending GSP schools in the UK.This main aim can be broken down into four subsidiary aims, namely:1. to measure levels of global awareness and attitudes to global issues amongst pupils taking part in GSP programme activities2. to compare awareness levels and attitudes among pupils in GSP schools with those of pupils in non-GSP schools3. to evaluate whether the impact of GSP on global awareness and attitudes to global issues differs depending on pupils‟ ages and educational stages (e.g. at primary versus secondary level)4. to assess whether levels of awareness and attitudes amongst participating pupils change as the GSP programme becomes more embedded in schools (i.e. whether, over time, the programme has a positive, neutral or negative impact on pupil levels of development awareness). Programme mondial de partenariats scolaires et Rapport d'évaluation d'impact Year of publication: 2011 Author: Juliet Sizmur | Bernadetta Brzyska | Louise Cooper | Jo Morrison | Kathryn Wilkinson | David Kerr Corporate author: National Foundation for Educational Research L'objectif principal de cette évaluation est d'évaluer l'impact de partenariats scolaires internationaux(PSI) et le programme de DFID sur les niveaux de prise de conscience globale et attitudes aux enjeux mondiaux chez les élèves fréquentant les écoles PSI au Royaume-Uni. Cet objectif principal peut être décomposé en quatre objectifs subsidiaires, à savoir: 1. pour mesurer les niveaux de prise de conscience globale et attitudes à l'égard des enjeux mondiaux entre les élèves qui participent aux activités du programme PSI 2. pour comparer les niveaux de sensibilisation et les attitudes des élèves dans les écoles du PSI avec ceux des élèves des écoles non-PSI 3. afin d'évaluer si l'impact du PSI sur la sensibilisation et les attitudes envers les problèmes mondiaux global diffère selon les élèves «âges et niveaux d'enseignement (par exemple, au primaire ou au secondaire) 4. d'évaluer si les niveaux de sensibilisation et attitudes parmi les élèves participants changent à mesure que le programme PSI devient plus intégré dans les écoles (à savoir si, au fil du temps, le programme a un impact positif, neutre ou négatif sur le niveau des élèves de sensibilisation au développement). 
Educación para la ciudadanía mundial: temas y objetivos de aprendizaje Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO This publication, titled Global Citizenship Education: Topics and learning objectives, is the first pedagogical guidance from UNESCO on global citizenship education. It is the result of an extensive research and consultation process with experts from different parts of the world. This guidance draws on the UNESCO publication Global Citizenship Education: Preparing learners for the challenges of the 21st century and the outcomes of three key UNESCO events on global citizenship education: the Technical Consultation on Global Citizenship Education (September 2013), as well as the First and Second UNESCO Fora on Global Citizenship Education, organized in December 2013 and January 2015 respectively. Before it was finalized, the guidance was field-tested by education stakeholders in selected countries in all regions to ensure its relevance in different geographical and socio-cultural contexts. Following the foundational work of UNESCO to clarify the conceptual underpinnings of global citizenship education and provide policy and programmatic directions, this document has been developed in response to the needs of Member States for overall guidance on integrating global citizenship education in their education systems. It presents suggestions for translating global citizenship education concepts into practical and age-specific topics and learning objectives in a way that allows for adaptation to local contexts. It is intended as a resource for educators, curriculum developers, trainers as well as policy-makers, but it will also be useful for other education stakeholders working in non-formal and informal settings. Herritartasun globalerako hezkuntza: Eztabaidak eta erronkak Year of publication: 2009 Author: Miguel Argibay | Gema Celorio | Juanjo Celorio Corporate author: Hegoa This publication is divided in four parts. The first part is a summary of the history of global citizenship and its role in education. It focuses on the education strategies put forth by the European Union to promote internal cohesion and responsible citizenship. The second part deals with education for development. It briefly describes the evolution of the concept and how in its last stage is a key element in the promotion of global citizenship. The third part presents an analysis on the specific requirements for Education for Global Citizenship, examples of experiences and implementation methods of pedagogical material on the subject. The last part proposes a regional study on formal, non formal and informal education in the Basque region. Éducation à la Citoyenneté Mondiale: Controverses et Défis Year of publication: 2009 Author: Miguel Argibay | Gema Celorio | Juanjo Celorio Corporate author: Hegoa Cette publication est divisée en quatre parties. La première résume l'histoire de la citoyenneté mondiale et son rôle dans l'éducation. Il met l'accent sur les stratégies d'éducation mises en avant par l'Union européenne pour promouvoir la cohésion interne et la citoyenneté responsable. La deuxième porte sur l'éducation pour le développement. Il décrit brièvement l'évolution du concept et dans sa dernière étape est un élément clé dans la promotion de la citoyenneté mondiale. La troisième partie présente une analyse sur les exigences spécifiques pour l'Éducation à la Citoyenneté Mondiale, des exemples d'expériences et la mise en œuvre du matériel pédagogique sur le sujet. La dernière partie propose une étude régionale sur l'éducation formelle, non formelle et informelle dans la région basque.