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Tools for a More Inclusive Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Chile. Ministry of Education This document presents a conceptual framework to help the different educational teams deployed at the national level to devise and implement inclusive practices in their daily management, in their ways of living together and in their teaching-learning processes. This, within the framework of the promulgation of Law 20,845, modifies the General Education Law (N°20,370/2009) in its article 4, adding that “It is the duty of the State to strive to ensure quality inclusive education for all people. 
Asia-Pacific Early Childhood Care and Education: Teacher Training Handbook for Social and Emotional Learning Year of publication: 2022 Author: Monisha Singh Diwan Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok The handbook was initiated by UNESCO Bangkok. This effort is in response to the widespread recognition of social and emotional learning (SEL)’s importance and the lack of robust and more contextually relevant and culturally sensitive SEL programme for teachers to effectively deliver SEL. With this, UNESCO Bangkok aims to support the Member States in the Asia-Pacific to equip their early childhood care and education (ECCE) teachers with SEL knowledge and skills, and to ensure that children develop pro-social and emotional skills and positive relationships within the early stage of the learning process, particularly in enhancing (1) knowledge about student SEL and classroom management; (2) strategies to apply in the classroom; and (3) teachers’ own social and emotional competence.The handbook provides the context and foundation for the programme. The background of the initiative that led to the regional handbook and training modules (Chapter 1), the introduction of the purpose and use of the handbook (Chapter 2), an overview of ECCE (Chapter 3), SEL (Chapter 4), teachers’ professional education, learning and development (Chapter 5), and APETT-SEL conceptual framework followed by an overview of the four themes and ten modules (Chapter 6). The Glossary provides definitions and/or explanations of key educational terminologies used to provide greater clarity. The ten comprehensive training modules aim to build capacity of pre-primary and early primary teachers, both pre- and in-service, across four themes. The first theme focuses on teachers and their well-being; the second equips teachers in building pro-social and responsive classrooms; the third focuses on diversity, inclusion, cultural responsiveness, and equity; and the fourth focuses on SEL measurement and assessment. Each training module consists of scripted sessions and activities, as well as reference materials included as handouts and additional readings. 
Folklore: Right to Own Culture; Teacher's Guide Year of publication: 1997 Author: William Tamayo Ángeles Corporate author: Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (IIDH) The traditional popular culture that we call folklore summarizes centuries of our history and the festive art that expresses it, through dance, music and words, is the bearer of a sensitivity that for a long time there has been an attempt to extinguish in the country, despite constitute one of those traits that best identifies us before the world and to be recognized as a nationalizing link of Peruvians. This document offers a guide for teachers and students to learn more about this expression of the continuous life of our people and identify in it their own daily effort of liberation and improvement. 
Basic Guide on Sexual and Gender Diversity Year of publication: 2020 Author: Miriam Solá García Corporate author: Navarra Institute for Equality This guide is a tool to learn about affective, sexual and gender diversity and reflect on why all of us have a key role in social change to achieve equality and recognition of LGTBI+ people. Respect for affective, sexual and gender diversity is an element of value and social wealth in whose promotion and experience all citizens are involved. 
Making Lifelong Learning a Reality: A Handbook Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This handbook provides education stakeholders with practical guidance on lifelong learning. With an overview of key concepts, policy issues, technical knowledge and practical approaches, it demonstrates how lifelong learning can be strengthened in policy-making and implemented at national, regional, local and institutional levels. The handbook supports those experts and professionals in the field of education who wish to develop their understanding of lifelong learning, and offers tips, information and examples targeted at learners, facilitators, institutional leaders, policy-makers and legislators. More broadly, it illustrates how lifelong learning can address complex political, social, economic and environmental issues affecting people around the world. 
An Educator’s Guide to Cyber-Bullying Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Media Literacy Council (MLC) Cyber-bullying is an increasingly worrying problem in schools across Singapore, affecting students of all ages. This Guide gives you supplementary materials - such as information about the issue and lesson plans for lower primary to pre-university - to help you teach and guide your students through this problem. 
The SDGs PlayBook Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Nigeria Youth SDGs Network Nigeria Youth SDGs Network is a coalition of youth lead and youth serving civil society organizations localizing the United Nations SDGs in Nigeria. Their mission is to amplify the voices of young Nigerians and enhance their participation in the developmental agenda of their country. NGYouthSDGs focuses on civic participation, livelihoods and employments, capacity development and education.The Youth SDGs Playbook provides the know-how for young to act towards ensuring the sustainable development of their community through their own personal and collective efforts. 
Education for Environmental Citizenship in Focus: A Booklet for Teachers With Practical Ideas for Implementation of Education for Environmental Citizenship Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) The European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) – funded as a COST Action (CA16229-Horizon 2020) – brings together more than 130 experts from 38 countries with the objective to improve the understanding, the practice and the assessment of Environmental Citizenship in Europe and the participating countries. Environmental Citizenship has been an influential concept in many different arenas such as economy, policy, philosophy, organizational and corporation management and marketing and could be better exploited and established furthermore in the field of education as well. The contemporary environmental crisis with climate change, biodiversity loss, air pollution and all other local and global environmental problems demand an education that is capable of empowering environmental citizens. Education plays a key role in shaping future environmental citizens. The Education for Environmental Citizenship pedagogical approach is a proposal that points in this direction. The approach recommends specific elements as stages and steps, but it is not mandatory to follow all of them, or to apply them in a particular linear order. Depending on the environmental problem under study, the level of education (e.g., primary or secondary) and the educational settings (e.g. formal or non-formal), the necessary differentiations and amendments can be made. 
Gender-Responsive Education: Toolkit for Teachers, Teacher Educators, School Managers and Curriculum Developers in Africa Year of publication: 2020 Author: Dawit Mekonnen | Haregewoin Cherine Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) This GRE Toolkit is intended to address gender equality in education through intervention across the whole education sector. More specifically, the toolkit contributes to the enhancement of institutional capacities to develop gender responsive curricula, evaluate teaching-learning materials, organize/create gender responsive classroom interaction, eliminate stereotypes in teaching and learning materials, support improvement of the teaching methods and learning assessment techniques in schools and Teacher Training Institutes.The Toolkit is a guide for educators who plan to facilitate gender-responsive education. As such it consists of activities, tools and notes to the facilitators in addition to presenting conceptual discussions and relevant data. 
Toolkit for Designing a Comprehensive Distance Learning Strategy Year of publication: 2021 Author: Emily Morris | Yvette Tan Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) The purpose of this toolkit is to provide practical guidance (tools, examples, and resources) for designing a comprehensive distance learning strategy that covers an entire education sector or system.