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Epistemology from the South: A Decolonized Vision of the Objectives for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2016 Author: Javier Collado Ruano Corporate author: Universidade de Sao Paulo The research object of this article is to identify the different epistemological and methodological perspectives that have emerged from the global South. It also addresses the irruption of globalization and cross-border processes of climate change from the called “epistemology of the South” perspective. As a result, it claims the need for cross-cultural bridges between people from all over the world to overcome the paradigmatic crossroads at which we find ourselves as a world-system, with the aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations for the year 2030. 
Learning to live together: education for conflict resolution, responsible citizenship, human rights and humanitarian norms Year of publication: 2013 Author: Margaret Sinclair Corporate author: Education Above All (Qatar) Education cannot offer immediate remedies to the local and global problems that we see on the news screens every day, but it can contribute to solving them over the longer term. This book examines specifically the contribution that education for learning to live together can make, even in countries where teacher training and classroom resources are limited. Many countries have diverse populations (ethnic, linguistic, religious, etc) and seek to maintain harmony among the different groups. In some countries, however, especially where economic stress or climate change have intensified arguments over resources, tensions have led to armed conflict. This brings with it all the misery of death, injury, displacement and poverty, along with disruption of education systems. In some instances education itself has been a contributory factor to the outbreak of conflict, notably through unequal education opportunities for different groups, and through biased school curricula.Civil conflict has brought untold suffering in recent years, and in a globalised world it has negative spill-over effects to neighbouring and other countries. It is vital to develop education policies and curricular reforms that can help convey values and skills for learning to live together to young people, to help lessen tensions, within and between countries.Education policy-makers can help lay the foundations for a better future by adjusting the content and process of education to reflect skills and values for human rights, humanitarian norms, peaceful resolution of conflicts, sustainable development and other issues as elements of local, national and global citizenship.Education reform is not enough, of course, to resolve the numerous problems of our times. The focus of this volume is on the contribution that can be made through aligning the content of education to the goal of learning to live together. This work will have greater impact when it takes place within education systems and policies that are consistent with human rights values and of course when other sectors besides education make their respective contributions.This book shows that transformative education for conflict resolution and peace, for local, national and global citizenship, for human rights and humanitarian values can be implemented even under difficult conditions if there is a policy commitment to do so. Authors have provided examples and lessons learned from their own experiences as eminent practitioners in the field. The prospects of development education in African countries: building a critical mass of citizenry for civic engagement Year of publication: 2015 Author: Simon Eten Corporate author: Centre for Global Education (CGE) This article argues that development education is often framed in an African context within notions of national citizenship designed to engender support for public institutions and policies rather than develop critical thinking skills. This limited concept and application of development education often results in public apathy and disengagement from participation in community, national and global development initiatives. The author argues that recourse to the more radical, Freirean conception of development education practice in African states could potentially support more engaged public activism in issues underpinning poverty and injustice locally and globally. The author draws upon his knowledge and experience of the public sector in Ghana and general trends across Africa to propose potentially fertile areas of research that could support more effective DE practice that nurtures enhanced civic engagement. 
9th Collective Consultation of NGOs on Education 2030: Educating for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Campaign for Education (GCE) This includes proceedings and key messages of the 9th Global meeting of the Collective Consultation of NGOs on Education 2030 (CCNGO 2019) organized by UNESCO from 2-5 December 2019 in Hammamet, Tunisia and generously hosted by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), alongside the Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA) and the National Association of the Right to Education (ANDET). The CCNGO 2019 aimed to build on CSOs(Civil Society Organisations) experiences and strong commitments to strengthen collective initiatives towards the realisation of the SDGs and education related targets. The focus and major theme of the Meeting was the role and engagement of civil society organizations in supporting equity and inclusion in the implementation of SDG4-Education 2030 at national, regional and global level. 
Education for Sustainable Development Policy for the Education Sector Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Kenya. Ministry of Education | UNESCO Nairobi This ESD Policy provides for the incorporation of key themes of sustainable development such as poverty alleviation, human rights, innovation, health and environmental protection and climate change into the Kenyan education system. It promotes competencies such as critical thinking, crativity and making decisions in a collaborative way. 
Teacher Training for Multicultural Education in Favour of Democracy and Sustainable Development: the Territorial Approach Year of publication: 1995 Author: Raúl Galiardi | Paula Bernadini Mosconi Corporate author: UNESCO This publication is part of the book Teacher Training and Multiculturalism: National Studies. This book presents the outcomes concerning the initial training systems of teachers in eight countries at different levels of development in different regions of the world but who are faced with a common challenge to educate for cultural diversity. Both the conclusions of each particular study and the general outcomes demonstrate the complexity of the problems and the benefits of comparative analysis. Overcoming prejudices and stereotypes is not an easy task nor likely to be achieved in the short term. Mentalities change far more slowly than knowledge and, because of this, educational strategies need to be applied in the long term. This study also shows that it is necessary to improve the exchange of experiences as well as contacts between people and institutions who are confronted with the same problems in different contexts. The publication of the initial outcomes of this project is intended to enrich the quality of discussions between specialists and institutions who, in different parts of the world, are concerned by multicultural education as an instrument to promote understanding, respect and dialogue between cultures. World citizenship education and teacher training in a global context: Canada, India and South Africa Year of publication: 2011 Author: George Cappelle | Gary Crippin | Ulla Lundgren Corporate author: Children's identity and Citizenship in Europe (CICE) In this study we change our focus from a European setting to a global one. We were interested to see how our observations from the first study would be reflected in a more global context with focus on the cases of Canada, India and South Africa looking at both the models for world citizenship education and the influence of contextual factors.In choosing these countries we were interested in:Countries on different continentsCountries in different stages of national, social and economic developmentCountries in which there was considerable diversity in the populationCountries in which citizenship and world citizenship education was seen as an important priorityCountries, because of the limitations of researchers, which used English as a primary language.In addition to background research we asked for assistance from professors in the field of teacher education in the three countries to provide us with information on key questions related to citizenship education and teacher training. 
Our Forest, Our Future Corporate author: Scotdec This material helps teachers and pupils to explore the interdependence of people and forests and the vital role forests play in sustaining our environment – in the past, the present and hopefully the future. The Scots Pine forests in Scotland and the Congo Basin rainforest in Africa provide case studies through which pupils will begin to understand why our forests are under threat and the implications for our planet.In making connections between consumerism, people and the environment, pupils will be encouraged to see how they and their actions have an impact on the lives of others globally. It encourages reflection on the possible futures of the world's forests and ways of taking positive actions for a future where people and forests co-exist in a sustainable way. The resource is structured around a global citizenship framework devised by Oxfam. 
Education à la citoyenneté et aux droits de l'homme: manuel pour les jeunes en Mauritanie Year of publication: 2015 Author: Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Abdellahi | Bamariam Koita | Mohamed El Moctar Ould Sidina | Abdel Wedoud Corporate author: UNESCO Office Rabat | Mauritania. Ministère de la culture et de l'artisanat | Mauritanian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture Prepared by UNESCO in cooperation with the Mauritanian Ministry of Culture and Crafts, and with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), this manual aims to - with the active help of trainers and facilitators - sensitize young Mauritanians to the fundamental concepts of citizenship and human rights. This educational tool, which includes practical exercises adapted to a young audience, consists of 20 didactic cards that describe and explain Mauritania national legislation on human rights.Ce Manuel, composé de 20 fiches thématiques, offre de manière inédite des connaissances sur les conventions et standards internationaux en matière de démocratie et de droits de l’homme, ainsi qu’une contextualisation aux cadres normatifs nationaux de la Mauritanie. Des questions clés, des exercices interactifs, et des références pour aller plus loin sont autant d’outils pédagogiques pour familiariser les jeunes avec des notions fondamentales, dans le cadre de l’éducation aussi formelle que non formelle. Car Si l’éducation à la citoyenneté est rattachée à un territoire national dans la mesure où est citoyenne toute personne disposant de droits et de devoirs attachés à une nationalité, à un État, à une histoire sociale et culturelle, l’éducation aux droits de l’homme se réfère quant à elle à un cadre normatif universel et déterritorialisé : sa mission est de cultiver le sentiment d’appartenance de chacun(e) à l’humanité, caractérisée par une dignité propre. Dans une démarche éducative, ce Manuel conjugue les deux dimensions, les interpé- nètre et les met en perspective. L’objectif est de permettre aux jeunes, avec l’aide de formateurs et d’animateurs, d’approfondir et de mettre en perspective leurs connaissances relatives aux valeurs de citoyenneté et aux principes de droits de l’homme, à travers un va-et vient constant entre l’idéal universel et le contexte politique, social, culturel et environnemental dans lequel ils se trouvent.Fruit de la collaboration entre l’UNESCO et le Ministère de la Culture et de l’Artisanat de Mauritanie, et bénéficiant du soutien de l’Agence espagnole pour la coopération internationale pour le développement (AECID), ce Manuel propose des pistes pour explorer et interroger les conditions d’exercice de la citoyenneté, ainsi que des problématiques sociétales émergeantes. Mieux comprendre, pour mieux agir, c’est aussi cela être un agent de changement, de paix et de développement. Climate change education for sustainable development in small island developing states: report and recommendations Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: UNESCO This report summarizes the key outcomes of a three-day meeting of around one hundred climate change education (CCE) experts, primarily from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, representing a multi-disciplinary and diverse group of stakeholders. The meeting discussed and reflected on the challenges that climate change poses to education systems in SIDS, and on the role that education must play in adaptation to climate change. It was held from 21 to 23 September 2011 in Nassau, with the support of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Government of Denmark and the Government of Japan. SIDS in the Caribbean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean are among the most vulnerable countries with regard to climate change. SIDS are already confronted with the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and changes in weather and climate extremes such as droughts, floods and tropical cyclones/hurricanes. With current and future impacts of climate change representing a real danger to SIDS communities and livelihoods – whether based on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, tourism or trade – the need for SIDS to reduce their vulnerability to climate change by strengthening their adaptive capacity is a matter of urgency. Moving further along the path to sustainable development and achieving sustainable development objectives will depend on the ability of SIDS to strengthen this adaptive capacity. Adaptation to climate change requires individuals to be aware of potential changes in the climate and to understand the implications of changes for their lives. It requires them to assess the risks such changes hold for their identity and future, and to make informed decisions on how to adapt their livelihoods, homes and communities. Education plays an essential role in increasing the adaptative capacity of communities and nations by enabling individuals to make informed decisions. In particular, the education of girls and women has proven to have a significant impact on the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change and develop sustainably. Quality education designed for the purpose of empowering people to address climate change and live sustainably improves the adaptation capacity at the community level. This implies educational programmes that explicitly prepare communities for natural disasters. Climate change education for sustainable development (CCESD) needs also to incorporate indigenous knowledge, and promote sustainable lifestyles in which the importance of heritage is recognised as an integral part of community identity and a key asset that can help build resilience. Finally, CCESD should stress the unique cultural and natural heritage of SIDS, which plays a major role in the building of community resilience.