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التعليم من أجل الناس والكوكب: بناء مستقبل مستدام للجميع Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO The GEM Report provides an authoritative account of how education is the most vital input for every dimension of sustainable development. Better education leads to greater prosperity, improved agriculture, better health outcomes, less violence, more gender equality, higher social capital and an improved natural environment. Education is key to helping people around the world understand why sustainable development is such a vital concept for our common future. Education gives us the key tools – economic, social, technological, even ethical – to take on the SDGs and to achieve them. These facts are spelled out in exquisite and unusual detail throughout the report. Yet the report also emphasizes the remarkable gaps between where the world stands today on education and where it has promised to arrive as of 2030. 
Journalism, Fake News & Disinformation: Handbook for Journalism Education and Training Year of publication: 2018 Author: Julie Posetti | Cherilyn Ireton | Claire Wardle | Hossein Derakhshan | Alice Matthews | Magda Abu-Fadil | Tom Trewinnard | Fergus Bell | Alexios Mantzarlis Corporate author: UNESCO This handbook seeks to provide an internationally-relevant model curriculum, open to adoption or adaptation, which responds to the emerging global problem of disinformation that confronts societies in general, and journalism in particular. Serving as a model curriculum, the publication is designed to give journalism educators and trainers a framework and lessons to help students and practitioners of journalism to navigate the issues associated with ‘fake news’.The contents draw together the input of leading international journalism educators, researchers and thinkers who are helping to update journalism method and practice to deal with the challenges of misinformation and disinformation. The lessons are contextual, theoretical and in the case of online verification, extremely practical. Used together as a course, or independently, they can help refresh existing teaching modules or create new offerings.It is part of the “Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education”, which is a focus of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The Initiative seeks to engage with teaching, practising and researching of journalism from a global perspective, including sharing international good practices. 
Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers Year of publication: 2011 Author: Carolyn Wilson | Alton Grizzle | Ramon Tuazon | Kwame Akyempong | Chi Kim Cheung Corporate author: UNESCO We live in a world where the quality of information we receive largely determines our choices and actions, including our capacity to enjoy fundamental freedoms and the ability for self-determination and development. This Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers is an important resource for UNESCO Member States and a pioneering publication.First, it is forward looking, drawing on present trends toward the convergence of radio, television, Internet, newspapers, books, digital archives and libraries into one platform. Second, it is specifically designed for integration into the formal teacher education system.UNESCO believes that, ultimately, this curriculum will contribute to innovation and improvement in all levels of education. 
Anytime, Anywhere Learning for Improved Education Results in Russia: Case Study by the UNESCO-Fazheng Project on Best Practices in Mobile Learning Year of publication: 2019 Author: Alexander Uvarov | Julia Varlamova Corporate author: UNESCO The Harmony School in Izhevsk is a regular municipal school located in one of the city districts of the capital city of the Udmurt Republic in Russia. Students come to Harmony school from different cultural and social environments, with various physical and mental abilities, and the school is eager to create the best conditions for learning and developing for each of them. In 2012, Harmony School took a part in the School of Digital Age project supported by the federal Skolkovo project and the Russian branch of Microsoft. The mobile technologies in the school are implemented as a tool for anytime and anywhere learning to differentiate and individualize learning to improve education results.According to the school vision, mobile learning technologies should provide all students and teachers anytime and anywhere access to a variety of teaching and learning materials and digital instruments and students who are unable to attend classes should be able to continue their systematic studies. The mobile learning model should enable every student to experience independent learning activities in the digital educational environment and improve their educational results with new methods and organizational forms of teaching and learning. To implement this vision, the new school-wide teaching and learning practices including online/blended learning, mobile learning in the classroom and outside-classroom learning have been developed and used actively. The new in-school teachers’ professional development model has become a crucially important element for the project’s success. 
Action for Climate Empowerment: Guidelines for Accelerating Solutions through Education, Training and Public Awareness Year of publication: 2016 Author: Leslie Paas Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is the popular term adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for its Article 6, pertaining to education, training, public awareness, access to information and participation, and international cooperation.Country-driven implementation of these interrelated elements is increasingly recognized as crucial for meeting the objectives of the Convention, and for achieving sustainable development in general.This publication is designed to help national decision-makers better understand the components of ACE and how they can be bolstered by the principles and methods of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). It also aims to provide guidance on engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders, establishing cross-sector partnerships, and mobilizing technical and financial support for ACE implementation. 
Education about the Holocaust and Preventing Genocide: A Policy Guide Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO This Guide provides policy-makers with solutions to introduce education about the Holocaust, and possibly broader education about genocide and mass atrocities, into education systems and curricula. It is the first of its kind, focusing on matters that are relevant to policy, rather than on teaching practices alone.The publication addresses a wide range of essential questions, including: Why teach about the Holocaust? What learning outcomes can be expected from such educational endeavours? How do they relate to global education priorities? How to introduce the subject in the curriculum, train teachers, promote the most relevant pedagogies, and work with the non-formal sector of education?Based on UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education work, the Guide draws on years of research and experience in the fields of Holocaust and genocide education. Numerous academics, educators and other experts offered insights and suggestions throughout the process. Multiple Holocaust and genocide related organizations – including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – contributed to the content. This creation benefited from the time and expertise of many. This Guide raises challenging questions for education stakeholders. It also provides concrete solutions regarding how educators can deal with deeply troubling histories, to build a better future for all. Enseignement de l'Holocauste et prévention du genocide: guide à l'intention des décideurs politiques Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Le present document a pour objectif de guider les responsables politiques qui souhaitent organiser ou renforcer l’etude de l’Holocauste et, plus generalement, du genocide et des crimes de masse, dans le systeme educatif de leur pays. Il y est explique pourquoi et comment l’enseignement et l’apprentissage relatifs a l’Holocauste peuvent contribuer a la realisation des priorites strategiques mondiales par l’education, notamment en cultivant la citoyennete mondiale, en promouvant les droits de l’homme et en instaurant une culture de paix et de prevention du genocide.Le document est principalement axe sur l’enseignement de l’Holocauste, et s’appuie sur des decennies de recherches, d’allocations de ressources et de pratiques pedagogiques qui en demontrent l’efficacite. Il prodigue des conseils sur la maniere de fixer des objectifs d’apprentissage clairs, realistes et adaptes au contexte, afin de promouvoir un enseignement de qualite dans ce domaine. Educación sobre el Holocausto y la prevención del genocidio: Una guía para la formulación de políticas Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO La presente guía proporciona a los responsables de la formulación de políticas diversas soluciones para la introducción de la educación sobre el Holocausto, y posiblemente una educación más amplia sobre el genocidio y las atrocidades masivas, en los sistemas educativos y los planes de estudios. Es la primera obra de este tipo, al hacer hincapié en asuntos que atañen a las políticas, más que en la mera enseñanza de las prácticas. En la publicación se aborda una amplia gama de cuestiones, entre las que figuran: ¿Por qué conviene impartir enseñanza sobre el Holocausto? ¿Qué resultados de aprendizaje cabe esperar de estas iniciativas educativas? ¿Cuál es su relación con las prioridades educativas a escala global? ¿Cómo introducir el tema en los planes de estudios, formar a los profesores, promover las pedagogías más pertinentes, y trabajar con el sector no formal de la educación? 
Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles Year of publication: 2020 Author: Darla K. Deardorff Corporate author: UNESCO This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different contexts and focused on a variety of different issues. It, therefore, can be considered an important resource for anyone concerned with effectively managing the growing cultural diversity within our societies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development.The book serves as a tool to develop those competences, presenting an innovative adaptation of what could be considered an ancient tradition of storytelling found in many cultures. Through engaging in the methodology, participants develop key elements of intercultural competence, including greater self-awareness, openness, respect, reflexivity, empathy, increased awareness of others, and in the end, greater cultural humility.This book will be of great interest to intercultural trainers, policy makers, development practitioners, educators, community organizers, civil society leaders, university lecturers, and students – all who are interested in developing intercultural competence as a means to understand and appreciate difference, develop relationships with those across difference, engage in intercultural dialogue, and bridge societal divides. Manuel de développement des compétences interculturelles: les cercles d’histoires Year of publication: 2020 Author: Darla K. Deardorff Corporate author: UNESCO Le présent ouvrage propose une méthode structurée mais flexible de développement des compétences interculturelles qui pourra être utilisée dans les contextes les plus divers, formels ou informels. Mise en oeuvre à titre expérimental par l’UNESCO dans plusieurs pays du monde, cette méthode, qui aborde une grande diversité de thèmes, a apporté la preuve de son efficacité dans des situations très variées. Elle constitue donc un outil capital pour tous ceux qui ont à coeur d’appréhender efficacement la diversité culturelle grandissante qui est devenue la marque de nos sociétés, et ce afin de parvenir à un développement inclusif et durable.Ce manuel consacre l’adaptation innovante d’une tradition très ancienne, celle du récit, que l’on retrouve dans un très grand nombre de cultures. À l’aide de cette méthode, les participants apprennent à renforcer certains aspects clés des compétences interculturelles comme la conscience de soi, l’ouverture d’esprit, le respect, la réflexivité, l’empathie, la conscience d’autrui, en manifestant, en fin de compte, une plus grande humilité culturelle.Cette publication présente un grand intérêt pour les formateurs interculturels, les dirigeants politiques, les praticiens du développement, les éducateurs, les responsables des communautés et de la société civile, les universitaires et les étudiants – pour tous ceux qui s’intéressent au développement des compétences interculturelles comme moyen de comprendre et d’apprécier la différence, d’approfondir les relations indépendamment des différences, de participer au dialogue interculturel et de surmonter tout ce qui divise les sociétés.