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A Review of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education in Teacher Education Year of publication: 2017 Author: Douglas Bourn, Frances Hunt, Phil Bamber Corporate author: University College London. Institute of Education This paper has been produced to inform UNESCO in its preparation for the 2017 Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) Report. Its purpose is to examine the current preparation of teachers in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 4.7.The literature for this study is based on looking not only at material that makes direct reference to ESD and GCED, but also broader themes that have a potential bearing on these areas such as a sense of global, social and environmental responsibility and a commitment to social justice.In this paper teacher education includes the initial and in-service continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers. 
Girl Rising Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: Girl Rising Suma's is one of Girl Rising's 9 remarkable stories. Though her brothers went to school, she was forced into bonded labor at age 6, like many other Nepali girls. Watch this chapter of Girl Rising to see how Suma gained her freedom and how she uses her education in a fight to free other girls. Written by Manjushree Thapa and voiced by Kerry Washington. 
Methodological Guide for the Development of Social Skills Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Mind the Gap This guide establishes some parameters to prevent the social exclusion of adolescents. It includes methods, techniques and activities to teach social skills and facilitate the social and labor inclusion of young people, as well as their social participation as European citizens in a democratic society. 
Leaving No One Behind: Impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Flagship Publication Year of publication: 2021 Author: Babatunde Abidoye | Joanna Felix | Serge Kapto | Laurel Patterson Corporate author: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures This report by UNDP, in partnership with the Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver, is part of a series examining the impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a potential pathway for socioeconomic recovery from the effects of the pandemic. The analysis explores a range of possible future effects of COVID-19 on different aspects of development while also highlighting the benefits of bold choices that can power the global recovery effort, accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, and support investments that reap long-term benefits for sustainable development.This second flagship report extends the analysis to the People and Prosperity pillars of the 2030 Agenda and focuses on 69 countries in the low and medium human development groups. Pre-existing structural limitations and systemic challenges in their health and education systems, combined with porous safety nets and fiscal constraints, put low and medium human development countries at risk of being disproportionately impacted by the regressive effects of the pandemic and left further behind in SDG achievement. 
When Schools Shut: Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO School closures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have caused unprecedented disruption for nearly 1.6 billion learners across the globe. Beyond alarming effects on learning loss and school dropout, they pose an immediate and long-term threat to gender equality, with gender-specific effects on health, well-being and protection. This publication exposes these impacts and calls for effective strategies to ensure education continuity, promote gender equality and improve lives and futures. Through a review of published research, a global survey of actions taken by organizations in favour of gender equality in education, and in-depth data collection in five countries, UNESCO and its partners underline the challenges faced by children and young people to continue learning, and to return to school safely. When schools shut also showcases the efforts made by governments and the international community to mitigate harm and safeguard progress towards gender equality in and through education. While it is too soon to grasp the full scope of the impact of school closures, the publication sets out early evidence from across different contexts globally on how girls and boys have been participating in remote learning, planning for the return to school, and coping with mental and physical health challenges during the closures. It is a call to governments and their partners to put gender at the centre of education recovery to tackle declining participation and low return-to-school rates. When schools shut is a timely reminder that schools are essential sites not only for learning, but also lifelines when it comes to health, well-being and protection of all learners. 
Building Bridges: Peace Education and Dialogue for Conflict Resolution Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: International Falcon Movement-Socialist Educational International (IFM-SEI) This toolkit addresses young people and educators who work with children and youth, in order to provide them with tools and resources on peace and conflict resolution. The activities of this toolkit are designed for young people who are active and willing to build their skills and knowledge on the topic. This toolkit will also provide resources for educators to share their knowledge on the topic and train young people to become peace advocates in the future. 
Experiences of Education for Sustainable Development in the Further Education and Training Sector Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Education and Training Foundation The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) recognises the vital role the further education and training (FE) sector has to play in combating climate change and achieving sustainability and social justice, both nationally and globally. Not only does our sector provide the technical and vocation skills required to help transition to a sustainable future, it also reaches millions of learners from all walks of life, spread across diverse communities.This report provides the results and an analytical narrative of findings from a survey carried out among the FE and training sector workforce about their experiences of education for sustainable development (ESD). 
SDG 4 Data Digest 2020: Using Household Survey Data to Monitor SDG 4 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The 2020 edition of the SDG 4 Data Digest by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics focuses on household surveys as an important and underutilized tool to collect the data needed to track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 and to ensure that no one is left behind. The Digest describes existing survey programmes and offers advice on the design and implementation of new surveys. The Digest identifies a number of advantages to using household surveys and describes the categories of indicators best suited for monitoring with survey data. Data from household surveys complement administrative data collected in schools and can be disaggregated to a greater extent than administrative data to facilitate the monitoring of exclusion in education. The definitions and calculation methods of selected indicators are laid out and the combination of household survey data with data from other sources is explained. This issue of the Digest is aimed at government officials, national planners, donors and others who make decisions about the implementation of nationally representative household surveys. It describes the requirements for conducting a household survey and the steps that must be followed from questionnaire design to data collection and analysis, and it gives advice on presentation of the findings. A section on COVID-19 summarizes the impact of the current pandemic on data collection. Additional resources, with suggested survey questions for the collection of education data through household surveys, are also included. 
Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals in a World Reshaped by COVID-19: Foundational Research Report Year of publication: 2021 Author: Barry B. Hughes | Taylor Hanna | Kaylin McNeil | David K. Bohl | Jonathan D. Moyer Corporate author: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures This report advances existing monitoring and forecasting initiatives in three ways. First, it provides, for selected goals and targets, especially those related to human development, projections for the path of progress that the world seemed to be on prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, despite the still very high levels of uncertainty around the ultimate course of the pandemic, it considers the possible impact on longer-term progress. Third, it explores the potential impact of a broad and integrated program of initiatives intended to move us more quickly toward achieving the goals.The SDG Push scenario successfully increases the rate of progress toward the targets sufficiently to overcome the global losses of even the High Damage COVID scenario before 2030 for most target variables. On top of the baseline COVID scenario it greatly increases the number of countries reaching target levels by 2030 and 2050. 
Mpanga Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Îles de Paix This 15-minute report allows you to discover the life of rural populations in the Kabambiro areas in Uganda, but also the challenges these people face. This report shows how solutions are put in place to overcome these various difficulties, in particular by addressing the issue of sustainable family farming.