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The Prohibition of Environmental Pollution Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Smart Students Schools The video is an explanation of the lesson "Prohibition of Environmental Pollution" for the fifth grade. In which the teacher provided an explanation for the students about the concept of the environment and examples of its pollution. The teacher also shows the position of the Islamic religion on environmental pollution. Finally, the teacher reviews some solutions to preserve the environment and also reviews the efforts of the Sultanate of Oman in preserving the environment.
Handbook on Media Advocacy for Marginalized Groups Presented to Stakeholders in China Year of publication: 2019 Author: Mike Jempson Corporate author: Media Diversity Institute This guideline uses practical cases to introduce how NGOs can work better with media in China to achieve organisational goals.
Arts for Transformative Education: A Guide for Teachers from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network Year of publication: 2024 Author: Benjamin Bolden | Sean Corcoran | Tiina Kukkonen | Jeffrey Newberry | Nathan Rickey Corporate author: UNESCO | Canadian Commission for UNESCO UNESCO’s vision of transformative education involves building learners’ capacities and empowering them to take action for a more peaceful and sustainable world. The arts offer tremendous potential for supporting learning that transforms individuals and communities. To fully realize that potential, teachers need to structure and support educational experiences that optimize what students will take away from them. This guide presents the research-informed Arts for Transformative Education model, a pioneering approach and thinking tool for teachers. The model was developed from data provided by over 600 teachers of the UNESCO Associated Schools network from 39 countries. The publication presents Learning Experience Descriptions and Snapshots illustrating how the model functions in real-world projects from around the globe, as well as Guidelines for Teachers outlining a step-by-step process for activating arts learning to empower transformative education.
GCED: Advocacy, Practice and Awareness Handbook for Teachers Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: APCEIU | UNESCO Bangkok Purpose and scope of the handbookThis handbook is the second in a series of GCED advocacy and awarenessraising publications. The first was the joint publication by APCEIU and UNESCO(2021) titled Global citizenship education: a policymaking awareness and advocacy handbook.This latest handbook aims to raise awareness among teachers in the Asia-Pacific region on GCED and to equip teachers with knowledge about GCED, its importance and how to teach it, using good practices, to enhance learners’ competences at the classroom level, for society’s overall benefit.Recognizing that education policies, strategies and practices in the Asia-Pacific region reflect GCED in diverse ways, this handbook also seeks to provide a common regional understanding of what GCED is. Who can benefit from this handbook?The major beneficiaries of this handbook are teachers, educators and learners. Through explaining what GCED is and its outcomes, this handbook will enable teachers and educators to develop a deeper understanding of the benefits that GCED brings to learners. This handbook will also help teachers to themselves cultivate the necessary values, knowledge, skills and attitudes, and make the required behavioural changes, as one must become a responsible global citizen first in order to empower others to do so.As a practical guide, this handbook also supports teachers to integrate GCED into their teaching. The handbook provides examples of good practices, compiled from the Asia-Pacific region, that teachers can easily adapt for use in their classrooms to boost GCED values, knowledge, skills, attitudes and behavioural changes, among learners of all ages. Resources listed in the annex provide teachers with additional support.Policy-makers and school leaders can also benefit from this handbook; it serves as an additional reference to Global citizenship education: a policymaking awareness and advocacy handbook (APCEIU and UNESCO, 2021); to assist them in understanding what support teachers need in delivering GCED. This guide can also provide insights on how to foster resilience and rebuild education systems so that they are better equipped to deal with future crises.
Global Citizenship Education in a Digital Age: Teacher Guidelines Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO This book is an essential resource for teachers seeking to understand the critical role that digital citizenship education plays in promoting a more informed, engaged, and responsible global citizenry. While digital technologies have opened up new opportunities for life-long learning, they have also given rise to emerging concerns, notably in relation to the rise of disinformation and hate speech online. Aimed at building the capacities of teachers to prepare learners to act ethically and responsibly in physical and digital environments, these guidelines stress the importance of considering how Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and related knowledge, values, skills and attitudes can be fostered for teaching, learning and engaging for a more sustainable, inclusive, just and peaceful world. 