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Environmental Safety and Civil Initiative (Bulletin; no. 16) Year of publication: 2012 Author: D. Zaynutdinova | A. Zhavoronok | T. Tillyaev | J. Rasmussen | S. Sanginov | L. Shakhnazarova Corporate author: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) The articles included in the first section of the bulletin focus on issues of ensuring the safety of the population in emergency situations. The materials of the second section of the bulletin are devoted to the topic of multipurpose land use as an effective way to combat desertification processes. 
Roadmap for Integrating Global Citizenship and Liberation History in Teaching and Learning in SADC Member States Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO The Roadmap for integrating GCED and SALH in teaching and learning in SADC member states is grounded in two visions: Identify common values and learning outcomes that can be advanced by GCED and SALH, with a view of promoting the sense of belonging, solidarity, and regional identity and integration. Guide education planners and practitioners to mobilize the GCED and SALH contents to contribute to the SADC vision of reconciliation, social cohesion, resilience, peace, solidarity, development, and freedom for future generations through promoting an education that equips young people with skills, values, knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes that critically and creatively address today’s local, national, regional, and global challenges through an inclusive lens. The objectives of this Roadmap are to: Provide general guidance and steps for the integration of SALH and GCED in curricula and teaching and learning practices in SADC member states; Provide articulations between the regional and local philosophical concepts and the GCED core values, such as ubuntu, to support a contextualized teaching of GCED values; Support countries to identify priority topics and steps towards integrating GCED and SALH in education policies in a manner that highlights the regional dimensions of liberation history, as well as universal values; Propose learning outcomes and competencies as well as teaching and learning approaches for GCED and SALH; Provide guidance on integration of GCED and SALH in teacher education programmes, as well as possible assessment methods. 
Transformative Education: Bridging Education for Change Year of publication: 2021 Author: Jana Arbeiter | Maja Bučar Corporate author: Bridge 47 This publication suggests that improvements in the areas of coordination, cooperation, awareness raising and capability development are needed, as outlined in the recommendations below. Policies and strategies at national, regional and global level should adopt overarching visions for transformative education in the form of overarching strategies for SDG Target 4.7. Mechanisms for coordination and collaboration between the different components of SDG Target 4.7 should be established at national, regional and global levels. Awareness of the role of transformative education and SDG Target 4.7 in contributing to more just and sustainable futures should be raised jointly between the different components of SDG Target 4.7. Opportunities for capacity building and upskilling of practitioners and learners linked to transformative education should be enabled and created at national, regional and global levels. 
Transformative Competencies: How to Define and Implement Competencies for SDG Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Johanna Helin Corporate author: Bridge 47 This paper was commissioned to support advocacy for SDG Target 4.7 in European and global policies by exploring the concept of ‘Competencies for SDG Target 4.7’. This advocacy paper draws from a desk review of existing global and regional competency frameworks at national, regional and global levels. The aim is to get a clearer understanding of these transformative competencies and how they help the implementation and assessment of Target 4.7.This paper is divided in three sections. The first section provides background to the different world views that frame the discussion on competencies, before turning to presenting some of the competency frameworks for Target 4.7. The second section gives some examples of how these competencies are being introduced into national education policies, professional skills training and lifelong learning. The paper finishes with conclusions and policy recommendations. 
Indicators: The Need and Challenges of Tracking Implementation of Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Johanna Helin Corporate author: Bridge 47 This paper investigates the existing and proposed indicators and monitoring frame- works for 4.7. Examining efforts at national, regional, and global levels will identify the main challenges in measurement initiatives. The paper will start by looking at the context of SDGs and the special character of Target 4.7. Thereafter, it will discuss the process and limitations of defining the indicators at the global level. It will also review regional developments, tools, and ideas for national and local level assessment frameworks in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The paper ends with conclusions and policy recommendations. 
Resources: For SDG Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Sandra Oliveira Corporate author: Bridge 47 This paper is part of a series of publications commissioned to support advocacy for more space for SDG Target 4.7 of Agenda 2030 in European and global policies. In November 2019, Bridge 47 organised an event called Envision 4.7, which brought together civil society organisations, national governments, MEPs, European and global organisations, and together wrote a Roadmap for SDG Target 4.7 for Europe.Focusing on the key themes of this Envision 4.7 Roadmap and drawing on the Envision 4.7. policy papers as key references, this paper focuses on providing a global overview and identification of the types of resources re- quired to achieve this target.\ 
The Role of the School Environment in Stimulating Students' Creativity in the Schools of Northern Palestine from the Point of View of Teachers Year of publication: 2017 Author: Khalid Qarwani | Husam HarzAllah Corporate author: World Islamic Sciences and Education University This study aims at investigating the role of the school's environment in stimulating innovation among the students of the secondary level at the north of Palestine from teachers' viewpoint. To achieve the aims of the study and to test the study hypothesis, the researcher uses the analytical descriptive methodology along with a questionnaire that was distributed to the sample of the study which consisted of (250) teachers; forming (20%) of the study population. After analysing the collected data, the study reveals the following. First, the school's environment plays a large role at the statistical level (α=0.05) in stimulating innovation among the students of that level at the defined venue in spite of the variables of the place of residency. Second, there is no role for the school's environment at the statistical level (α=0.05) in stimulating innovation among the students of that level at the defined venue from teachers' viewpoint due to variables of gender, specialization in the Bachelor's degree, experience, and social status. 
[Video] Learning by Playing Strategy Year of publication: 2021 Author: Mama Fowzia The teacher of early education reviews the play-learning strategy used in kindergarten. The teacher begins by introducing the strategy. Then it presents the ways and methods of learning through play that the teachers can use. 
Learning by Playing Strategy Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Korea R. Ministry of Education The file is a PowerPoint slide, in which the strategy of learning by playing is demonstrated. The slides begin by mentioning the psychological underpinnings of educational and simulation games. Then the objectives of the educational games are detailed. The file reviews a group of types of educational games. 
The Effect of Transformative Learning on Developing Information Processing Skills and Autonomy among Faculty of Education Female Students at KKU Year of publication: 2019 Author: Hessa Muhammad Al Malaz Corporate author: Islamic University of Gaza The study aimed to identify the effect of using a strategy based on transformational learning to develop cognitive mental processing skills. The study used a sample of students from the College of Education for Girls at King Khalid University. The study revealed a positive and statistically significant relationship between cognitive mental processing and autonomy.