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Educating for global citizenship: an ETFO curriculum development inquiry initiative Year of publication: 2010 Author: Alice Assor-Chandler | Mali Bickley | Jim Carleton | Antonino Giambrone | Janice Gregg | Jennifer Hunter | Laura Inglis | Leigh-Anne Ingram | Angela MacDonald | Miyuki (Erica) Moizumi | Carol Peterson | Carrie Schoemer | Nadya Weber | Tonia Wojciechowski Corporate author: Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Attention to educating for citizenship continues to expand and deepen worldwide. Many countries now include citizenship education as an important feature of their official curriculum, albeit in variant forms. Numerous research studies, policy reforms, and curriculum initiatives have been undertaken, as teachers, policy makers and researchers attempt to understand the intricate processes by which young people learn about democratic citizenship, and where and how citizenship education should be located and represented in school curricula.Educating for global citizenship has been a critical dimension of these discussions and investigations. Recent shifts in the speed and global reach of information and communication technologies, an increasingly interdependent global economy, challenges in human rights and social justice, and the impact of international tragedies and emergencies have, for example, created tensions and conditions that require more integrated, worldwide responses. Not surprisingly, understandings of global citizenship are being explored with increased intensity and, as might be expected, there has been a corresponding – and growing - interest among educators in various parts of the world to strengthen the global dimension of citizenship education in school curricula at all levels.In Canada, there has been increasing attention to what it means to educate for the global citizenship and provincial curriculum policy developments in recent years. A host of useful ideas in the form of new resource materials and websites to inform and guide teachers’ work have also emerged. The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) in the global classroom initiative, Classroom Connections’ Cultivating Peace in the 21st Century and Taking Action, Larsen’s ACT! Active Citizens Today: Global Citizenship for Local Schools, and UNICEF Canada’s Global Schoolhouse are a few examples of the many resources that have recently been developed. Despite this growing interest, there has been less attention devoted to examining practices of global citizenship education within Canadian classrooms, leaving a limited understanding of how it is applied in schools.A wide range of perspectives and practices has emerged, reflecting a considerable growth of interest in this dimension of education. In an effort to clarify the multiple dimensions of global citizenship education, below are two “working” frameworks that provide an overview of core learning goals and key teaching and learning practices associated with global citizenship education from the literature. They reveal both complexity and multidimensionality and provide a lens to analyse and reflect upon the breadth and depth of what it means to educate for global dimension of citizenship. Ecopedagogy and citizenship in the age of globalisation: connections between environmental and global citizenship education to save the planet Year of publication: 2015 Author: Greg William Misiaszek Corporate author: Wiley‑Blackwell Teaching the connections between environmentally-harmful acts and social conflict is essential but is often ignored in education. This article presents two ways in which these are not taught because of the policies of those who benefit from the ignorance of these connections: first, the avoidance of teaching global-local connectivity and second, the devaluing of non-dominant cultures. Ecopedagogy is a democratic, transformative pedagogy centred on increasing justice by critically teaching the politics of environmental issues. I argue that global citizenship education (GCE) must be an element of ecopedagogy to contextually learn globalisation's effects upon local communities. In addition, GCE's goal is to increase students' understanding of diverse cultures to respect them. Ecopedagogy is also essential to GCE to fully teach social conflicts resulting from environmentally harmful acts. I offer policy and pedagogical changes to disrupt reproductive environmental pedagogies that help to sustain environmental ills for ecopedagogy-GCE models to emerge. 
Video sketch: Global Youth Advocacy Workshop on GCED Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: APCEIU APCEIU produced a video on the Global Youth Advocacy Workshop on GCED held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 30 March to 4 April 2015. The workshop invited 45 youth participants from 34 countries around the world, who are actively engaged with and committed to advocating and educating youth for GCED in their local contexts.This short video sketch of the workshop provides an overview of the activities carried out during the workshop and also includes the interviews of the participants, who shared their expectations, impressions, and reflections on the workshop.The workshop was co-organized by APCEIU, UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP); and sponsored by Educate A Child and the Geum-jeong District of Busan Metropolitan City. 
GCED Meets Teachers: GCED Teacher Workshop Guidebook Year of publication: 2015 Author: 김종훈 | 이양숙 | 엄정민 | 정경화 | 이지홍 | 이대훈 | 자넷 필라이 | 우딤 수바 | 박상용. Corporate author: APCEIU APCEIU published the GCED teacher workshop guidebook “GCED meets teachers.” This guidebook will be used at GCED workshops for teachers of 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education carried out by GCED Lead teachers. The contents include the concept and the background of GCED, main contents, implementing methods at school. This GCED workshop manual provides teachers with opportunities to search for the ways to implement GCED at the schools, experience learning methods, and understand the main issues and themes of GCED through workshops. This guidebook is composed of 7 workshop sessions(refer to list below). Teachers and teacher educators planning GCED workshop can use this guidebook which includes the contents of the sessions, consultation to help plan and implement workshops based on participation and communication of the participants. “Global Citizenship Education meets teachers” GuidebookSession 1. Importance of World Education Forum and Global Citizenship EducationSession 2. Concept of GCED and its backgroundSession 3. Learning the contents and the theme of GCEDSession 4. Understanding the complexity and interrelationship of the issuesSession 5. Discussion class for cooperative communicationSession 6. Implementing GCED through Project Based LearningSession 7. Setting GCED action plans Global citizenship education: the school as a foundation for a fair world Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: Conectando Mundos Consortium (Cidac, inizjamed, Intermon Oxfam, Ucodep) This publication is based on an initiative about the development education, intercultural education, popular education, the education of values, human rights education, education for sustainability, education for peace, education for gender equality, etc. The pedagogical proposal of Global Citizenship Education aspires to integrate in a coherent and challenging vision all these themes, keeping them in a close relationship with one another and taking into consideration the (increasing) interdependence of human beings living in a planet whose sustainability is under threat. This book is the fruit of a process that was triggered off by the joint effort of four European development NGOs, namely Cidac, Inizjamed, Intermón Oxfam and Ucodep within the frame of a project co-financed by the European Commission. These organisations set for themselves the objective to promote the acknowledgment and the inclusion of the contents and the methodology of Global Citizenship Education in the formal educational contexts in their respective countries, in order to kick-start a process of change in attitudes, values, and the beliefs of the pupils. Thanks to the initiative and efforts of the above-mentioned four organisations, and through various meetings and seminars carried out over the last three years in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Malta, groups of educators have been able to come face-to-face with each other, exchange experiences and reflect on the role of formal education with respect to the challenges of our times. Among the other experiences, the publication contains that of a key moment in the process. This took place in July 2008 in Cortona, a small and beautiful Tuscan city close to the border with Umbria, and in which many educators shared the benefit of what was the first international encounter of educators for global citizenship. The Cortona experience, in which around ninety teachers coming from Spain, Portugal, Malta, Italy, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica have participated, was one of the stages – the starting point, in fact – of a process and a relationship that it is our aim to develop at the regional, national and international levels. In this publication, therefore, one can find theoretical cues put forward at Cortona that encourage educators to share their experiences and to compare the work done by different groups.This publication has two parts. The first part contains contributions of a theoretical type, whereas the second part concentrates on the educational experiences of the participants in the Cortona meeting. 
The Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Teachers Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Oxfam GB This guide supports teachers and educators working with young people to deepen their understanding of education about and for the SDGs and to see how global citizenship education (GCE) approaches and methodologies can underpin good practice. The guide also explores the benefits and challenges of using the SDG framework with learners in schools. Global Citizenship Education in Hong Kong and Shanghai Secondary Schools: Ideals, Realities and Expectations (Citizenship Teaching and Learning vol 2, no. 2) Year of publication: 2006 Author: Wing On Lee | Sai Wing Leung Corporate author: Intellect The world has become increasingly interdependent with the ongoing trend of globalization. Preparation for citizenship obviously needs to extend beyond students’ national boundary, such as understanding the impact of citizenship behaviors in one region upon the other parts of the world, and the promotion of peace and justice across nations. This paper reports a study on global citizenship education (GCE) in secondary schools in Hong Kong and Shanghai conducted from December 2002 to June 2003, organized by the Centre for Citizenship Education of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, the Department of Education of the Shanghai Teachers' University, and the Love Outreach Education Academy and Oxfam Hong Kong, with funding provided by the latter. The study aimed at understanding (1) teachers’ knowledge, skills and values toward GCE, (2) GCE curriculum available in schools and its implementation; (3) difficulties in implementing GCE in schools; and (4) the kind of change and support that teachers expected for enhancing the development of GCE. The study also provided data for comparing the similarities and differences in the two major international cities in China. The study finds that that teachers in Hong Kong and Shanghai both support global citizenship education in their schools, but they have encountered problems and difficulties such as pressure from the exam-oriented curriculum, lack of training, lack of support from the school and government, and also a lack in self-efficacy, not feeling that personal efforts can bring about changes in the world. There are interesting contrasts between Hong Kong and Shanghai teachers. Shanghai teachers are comparatively more interested in global affairs, whereas Hong Kong teachers are relatively more interested in local affairs. Shanghai teachers tend to focus on knowledge and skills in global citizenship education, whereas Hong Kong teachers tend to focus on values. Preparing teachers to educate for 21st century global citizenship:envisioning and enacting Year of publication: 2014 Author: Linyuan Guo Corporate author: Centennial College The changing educational landscape in the global context and the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of the world have placed unprecedented demands on teacher education programs in preparing teachers to educate for 21st century global citizenship in K-12 schools. To chart the course of preparing global educators for an interconnected world, the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and UNICEF Canada have collaboratively developed an undergraduate course, entitled Educating for Global Citizenship. It focuses on preparing educators to teach for 21st century global citizenship and has been integrated into UPEI’s teacher preparation program as a compulsory course. This paper is based on a three-year study examining teacher candidates' experiences in learning to educate for global citizenship, the changes of their perceptions on global citizenship education, and the challenges and achievements they experienced in educational practices. Findings from this study indicate the unique opportunities and challenges teachers face in learning to educate for global citizenship and suggest the necessity of integrating global citizenship education in teacher education programs through a holistic approach. 
Strengthening Teaching in Higher Education: New Approaches to Improving Student Learning Year of publication: 2012 Author: Peter Hartley | Amanda Woods | Martin Bell Corporate author: Al-Obeikan Publishing This book includes a collection of motivational ideas and challenging reports from the lecturers and practitioners of higher education who use research methods and repeated to improve learning and teaching.In presenting a realistic and accessible description of new developments, it summarizes how to apply learning theory and best practice in the daily teaching process, and provides advice on overcoming implementation problems. 
EIU Best Practice Series No. 35: Nurturing global citizens through experiential learning Year of publication: 2013 Author: Ildar Yusupov | Feruza Ahmedova Corporate author: APCEIU The following case is set in Uzbekistan where evidently diverse social groups live in harmony despite their differences. Among the schools in the country, the Sirdarya Regional Foreign Languages Boarding School in Gulistan City is arguably an exceptionally unique school due to the close engagement of parents with the boarding school’s EIU-themed activities. Activities range from extra-curricular activities including artwork and sports, to classroom-based activities such as role plays and international awareness events. Each activity is carefully designed to arouse the interest of the students in EIU-related themes such as tolerance, understanding and sustainable development. In the process, the students become highly motivated to take leading roles as responsible global citizens in creating a more peaceful world.