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UNESCO associated schools news infos: climate change education Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: UNESCO As the United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place on December 7 to 18 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, this special issue will focus on selected climate change education activities carried out by the ASP network around the globe. Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges of sustainable development and a key action theme in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). ASPnet schools around the world work on Climate Change Education in order to enable students to make informed and responsible decisions, turn passive awareness into behaviour change and make sustainable behaviours a daily habit. The development of good practices and innovative educational materials in climate change education is a key element in ASPnet’s strategy to meet the pressing educational needs of the future generation. This newsletter highlights only a few of the large number of activities of ASPnet worldwide.
Discours de M. Koïchiro Matsuura, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, à l'occasion du Forum International pour le dialogue sur l'Education au Service du Développement durable de 2008, destiné à être lu par Mark Richmond, directeur de la Division de la Coordination des Priorités des Nations Unies en matière d'Education, Tokyo, 3 Décembre 2008 Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 1999-2009 (Matsuura, K.) This address by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Forum on ESD Dialogue 2008 was delivered by Mr Mark Richmond, Director of Division for the Coordination of United Nations Priorities in Education.
Inequidad de género en los logros de aprendizaje en educación primaria ¿Qué nos puede decir TERCE?; resumen ejecutivo Year of publication: 2016 Author: Denisse Gelber, Ernesto Treviño, Pamela Inostroza Corporate author: UNESCO Santiago This premise of work clearly establishes that promoting learning opportunities for all will be one of the priorities in the Education 2030. Within this framework, UNESCO Santiago has its own instrument that allows delivering diagnosis and analysis in depth about the learning inequality within the region; the Thrid Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study, TERCE - carried out by the Latin American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education, LLECE, body bringing together 15 countries and coordinated by our Office.
EIU Best Practice Series No. 5: Peace and human rights education through education for sustainable development: lessons from four case studies in the Philippines Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: APCEIU The four case studies showed that EIU through peace and human rights education in the context of education for sustainable development can build a critical mass of Filipinos who will reject wars and promote social security. Education can play a role to direct the children, youth, and adults toward peace building and better understanding of cultural differences. It should also be noted that when institutions adopt a peace culture, establishing local and international organizations and putting up resources for various peace-building initiatives become possible. Educational intervention can effect changes in the minds of men and build a lasting and substantive foundation for peace based on justice and respect for human rights. 