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Thinkpiece: Are We Changing the World?; Reflections on Development Education, Activism and Social Change Year of publication: 2015 Author: Stephen McCloskey Corporate author: Centre for Global Education (CGE) This article has been published as part of a one year development education project delivered by the Centre for Global Education and funded by Trócaire. It aims to support reflection and debate on how development educators engage the public on international development issues. The article comes on the back of recent research, most notably Oxfam’s Finding Frames report, which suggests that the development sector is struggling to enhance and sustain citizenship engagement on the structural causes of poverty and inequality. The article probes some of the factors that may underpin this lack of engagement both within the development education sector specifically and the wider development sector more generally. It examines some of the challenges involved in engaging learners in actions on global issues. Some of these challenges relate to the sectors and environmental pressures in which development educators operate which can thwart in-depth engagement with learners. 
Teaching and Learning about Child Rights: A Study of Implementation in 26 Countries Year of publication: 2015 Author: Lee Jerome | Lesley Emerson | Laura Lundy | Karen Orr Corporate author: Queen’s University Belfast | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This research contributes to the global debate on child rights education (CRE). It explores implementation of CRE in early childhood education, primary and secondary schools in 26 countries with a UNICEF National Committee presence. It includes a literature review, results from an on-line survey completed by national experts, seven country case studies and a series of benchmarking statements for CRE implementation. 
Well-Being and Safety of Women: OSCE-Led Survey on Violence Against Women Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) This report presents the cross-regional, comparable findings of the OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women, which was implemented in 2018 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, Moldova3 and Ukraine. The research was also conducted in Kosovo.The OSCE-led survey included a quantitative and qualitative component and was undertaken with the goal of providing comparable data on different forms of violence women experience in their childhood and throughout the course of their lives. The research examined violence that women experience in conflict and non-conflict settings, as well as the impact violence has on women, including its lasting consequences. Questions on norms and attitudes connected to violence against women were asked to better understand the underlying causes of violence.The area covered by this research is diverse and has different historical, social and economic contexts. Rather than focusing on the findings from particular locations, the report aims to provide an overview of women’s experiences and to highlight the issues – often similar – that persist and continue to hamper the well-being and safety of women throughout the area covered by the research. 
From Volunteers to Active Citizens Year of publication: 2015 Author: Grainne O’Neil Corporate author: Comhlámh This is a practical guide for volunteer sending-organisations, which aims to build capacity to support and deepen volunteers’ ongoing learning and critical engagement with international development issues, and to help volunteers “to address the structural and underlying causes of inequality and injustice to participate in social change making.” 
When Mandela Danced in the Square: Lessons for Young Citizens from the Scottish Anti-Apartheid Movement Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: West of Scotland Development Education Centre (WOSDEC) | Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation This resource aims to understand the context of apartheid South Africa, the life of Nelson Mandela and the connections to the Scottish anti-apartheid movement. The activities in this resource support second and third level learners within Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence to explore Scotland’s connection with Nelson Mandela and feel empowered to take action on issues of importance to them today. 
Teaching about Climate Change in Irish Primary Schools Year of publication: 2017 Author: Fionnuala Flynn Corporate author: Trocaire | Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education (CHRCE) | Global Schools This resource is a useful and practical tool for educators and policy makers on climate change education that puts forward a whole school approach. It sets out some of the key elements of climate change education and offers practical tips and tools for teachers and schools. 
Curriculum development and review for democratic citizenship and human rights education Year of publication: 2015 Author: Felisa Tibbitts Corporate author: Council of Europe Education for democratic citizenship and human rights education (EDC/HRE) are educational areas that contribute fundamentally to our ability to live together in communities, in countries and as neighbours across national borders. They also help to enable a flourishing global community. The wider aim of EDC/HRE is the establishment of sustainable and participative forms of democracy based on respect for human rights and good governance. As such, EDC/HRE is a public good and an ongoing investment for producing societies characterised by human rights principles such as non-discrimination, inclusion and participation, and the rule of law. The central purpose of this resource is to support the development of education policies and curricula in schools that support and promote young people’s participation in democratic life. As such, EDC/HRE is inevitably in an ongoing state of development and review. This resource aims to support the work of education leaders and curriculum developers in integrating EDC/HRE within curriculum systems and to encourage the engagement of stakeholders in supporting such efforts. 
David Livingstone: Global Citizen Year of publication: 2015 Author: Kate Simpson | Megan Ward Corporate author: Livingstone Online This material urges students to explore the term global citizenship and what it means to them. Students can use Livingstone’s letter to practice their deep reading skills, finding out what the letter reveals about nineteenth-century perspectives on global life. 
Pour vivre ensemble à 10 milliards, changeons l’éducation: Manifeste pour une éducation à la citoyenneté planétaire Corporate author: Le collectif Paris-éducation 2015 | Les Amis de Circée 2050, c’est demain. Nos enfants et petits-enfants seront alors, sans doute, 10 milliards sur la Terre. D’ici là, quelles que soient les décisions qui seront prises par les gouvernants et les engagements de millions de citoyens dans le monde, la température du globe aura monté, comme le niveau des océans. Selon ce que notre génération aura entrepris plus ou moins résolument pour réduire nos émissions de CO2, ce sera entre 2° C ou 4° C à l’horizon 2100, voire davantage. Il faudra donc, de toute façon, vivre autrement. Face à l’ampleur, l’urgence, la diversité et la complexité des problématiques engendrées par le modèle de développement de nos sociétés contemporaines, nous sommes donc obligés, dans l’urgence, de nous pencher sur les questions d’éducation et de formation des générations futures qui devront affronter des réalités biophysiques, économiques et politiques inédites, dont nous commençons à peine à entrevoir l’ampleur. Ce qui est dès lors en jeu, avec l’avenir de l’homme et de la Terre, c’est l’humain, ce qu’il deviendra, ce qu’il sera capable de porter comme projet pour l’humanité. Quelles qualités d’humains devons-nous faire advenir pour que ces réalités inédites puissent être rencontrées demain, sans que l’humanité bascule dans la violence et le dépeçage égoïste de la planète? Quels enfants voulons-nous laisser à notre Terre?Cette urgence impose un changement d’échelle dans la transformation des systèmes éducatifs, des contenus et des méthodes d’enseignement. Malgré la volonté et la compétence de nombreux acteurs de l’école, force est de constater que les actions menées pour une éducation plus en cohérence avec les enjeux climatiques et, plus largement, sociétaux restent à la marge. Elles sont réalisées par des individus clairvoyants. Il est temps d’enclencher la vitesse supérieure. 
Global citizenship education: citizenship education for globalizing societies Year of publication: 2015 Author: Werner Wintersteiner | Heidi Grobbauer | Gertraud Diendorfer | Susanne Reitmair-Juárez Corporate author: Austrian Commission for UNESCO This text reflects the work we have been doing for many years in the area of Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in Austria. Two endeavors particularly stand out: first, the continuing Masters programme GCED at the Alps-Adriatic University (Alpen-Adria Universität) in Klagenfurt, which is a specialized course of study for educationalists, teacher trainers, NGO associates and teachers (participants may either graduate with a certificate after two years or an MA degree after three years respectively), and second, our cooperation with the Austrian UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network. This was the originally intended audience for the German version of this brochure, which constitutes the programmatic basis for our training programs. We understand GCED as a concept that is located at the interface between civic education, global education and peace education, as well as education for sustainable development and intercultural learning. Our approach is characterized by these four features:* theoretical grounding and a particular focus on terminology in order to foster competence of judgment regarding political concepts* investigating the historical dimension of GCED in depth in order to account for colonialism and neocolonialism* socio-critical orientation in order to set us apart from strands of GCED that ultimately perpetuate concepts of Western hegemony* didactic implementation that is systematic and based on appropriate theoretical work in order to avoid pragmatismWith this English edition (the section specific to the Austrian context was omitted) we wish to initiate a dialog with colleagues in the whole world and hope to engage in lively exchange.