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The Connotation and Implementation of the Teaching Method of the UN Global Citizenship Education Initiative Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Eastern Education In response to increasingly complex global challenges and the development of a new generation of future citizens with world values, UNESCO published Global Citizenship Education: Topics and Learning Objectives in 2015. This guide makes a detailed distinction and description of the connotation, teaching objectives, teaching methods, and assessment methods of global civic education according to the age level of the learning objects, and summarizes relevant recommendations after inputting field tests. This article will give a brief introduction and interpretation of this guide, and point out the implications for the development of global citizenship education in China. 
Cultivating "Global Citizens": Relevant Photographs of Current Curriculum Construction: Rational Thinking and Practical Exploration of International Understanding Education Year of publication: 2018 Author: Pan Guowei The international understanding of education has quietly emerged. Its purpose is to enable students to grow into “global citizens” and promote human harmony. Based on this aim, schools should make a difference in the experience of students experiencing foreign languages, so that students can gradually form the necessary qualities of “global citizenship” in expanding international knowledge, enhancing the common prosperity of the world, and improving the ability of foreign activities. 
Mudança climática em sala de aula: curso da UNESCO para professores secundários (fundamental II e ensino médio) sobre educação em mudança climática e desenvolvimento sustentável (EMCDS) Year of publication: 2014 Author: David Selby | Fumiyo Kagawa Corporate author: UNESCO Brasilia This course has been created with the goal of bringing climate change education outside the science classroom into the many other subject areas upon which climate change now has an impact, or will impact in the future, such as ethics, social studies, economics, political science, among others. The course materials are organized into four parts: 1. Course Framework and Overview, 2. Teachers’ Education Course daily materials, 3. Regional Resource Packs, 4. Daily Classroom Materials for teachers. These materials are all described in more detail and can be accessed from the Start Menu found on the following pages. This course is designed to enable teachers at the secondary level from diverse subject areas to introduce climate change education for sustainable development (CCESD) across the curriculum. UNESCO has identified the professional development of teachers in education for sustainable development as the top priority in recognition of the transformative role that teachers and teacher educators need to play in re-orienting education to help realize a sustainable future (UNESCO, 2005, p. 19). But good intentions for the professional development of teachers have fallen short in practice. Although taken up by enthusiasts, teacher education for sustainable development has rarely been mainstreamed, and, where there are courses, is often approached within a disciplinary as opposed to an interdisciplinary frame (Wals, A., 2009). If professional development in education for sustainable development is at an adolescent stage, teacher education in climate change education for sustainable development is in its infancy. For instance, according to a 2009 international comparative study on climate change education and sustainable development in ten countries, climate change education has peripheral status in educational research and practice, and when it is addressed it is only within science education (Læssøe,J. Schnack, K., Breiting, S. & Rolls, S., 2009). There is a clear and present need to respond to climate change challenges through systematic teacher education programmes that are not restricted to a single subject area. This teacher education course is an attempt to fill the current gap and is in line with one of UNESCO’s key objectives for climate change education for sustainable development, that is, to support teacher training on climate change for sustainable development (UNESCO, 2010, p. 9). The programme has four distinctive features: 1. It helps teachers to understand the causes, dynamics and impacts of climate change through a holistic approach. 2. Teachers are exposed to, and experience, a range of pedagogical approaches and techniques, that they can use in their own school environment. This includes engagement of themselves and their students in whole school and school-in-community approaches. 3. Teachers will develop their capacities to facilitate students’ community based learning. 4. Teachers will develop future-oriented and transformative capacities in facilitating climate change mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction learning. 
Learning Through Play: Increasing Impact, Reducing Inequality Year of publication: 2021 Author: Amy Jo Dowd | Bo Stjerne Thomsen Corporate author: LEGO Foundation This study explores the role of play in contributing to the effort to promote learning and reduce inequality. Reviews of play’s importance for learning present mostly correlational evidence from small samples in high-income, developed contexts, most often the United States, and often under laboratory conditions. This review expands both the geographic breadth and the scale of this evidence and explores the use of play in early childhood classroom and home-based educational interventions that have demonstrated causal impact on learning and the closing of achievement gaps. By doing so, it aims to understand whether and how the evidence about play and learning relates to tackling the learning crisis, especially in terms of inequality in learning outcomes around the globe. 
Best Practices of Online Learning in COVID-19 Year of publication: 2020 Author: Odelia Younge | Kristen Franklin | Dan Foreman | John Seylar | Angela Hardy | Windy Lopez-Aflitto | Missy Bellin | Cricket Fuller | My Nguyen | Vicky Masson | Wrendi McDavid | Jordana McCudden | Karin Bradley | Rachael Wilcox | K. D. Meucci | Jessica Bibbs-Fox | Kristy Carter | Grace Angel | Jiyeon Hong | Sanghyeon Choi | Kwonyoung Lee | Seokhyeon Seo | Seungyeon Kim | Gahyeon Jeon | Yooncheol Shin | Myungwoo Cho | Jiwon Lim | Junyoung Kim Corporate author: Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) | Digital Promise This book introduces teaching strategies that developed as a response to the pandemic and provides some example cases from classes in both U.S. and Korea. 
Rethinking Pedagogy: Exploring the Potential Of Digital Technology In Achieving Quality Education Year of publication: 2019 Author: Lorena Alemán de la Garza | Alessandra Anichini | Péter Antal | Aurélie Beaune | Éric Bruillard | Diane Burke | Pedro Henrique Cacique Braga | Ruma Chakravarti | Sriya Chakravarti | Deng Chen | Lidiya Chikalova | Helen Crompton | Ilana De Almeida Souza Concilio | William Cope | Lorenz Denks | Matthew Farber | Giovanni Fonseca | Pintér Gergely | Marcela Georgina Gómez Zermeño | Russell Hazard | Laura Hosman | Mary Kalantzis | Kojanitz László | Xavier Levoin | Kristen Linzy | Arnab Mandal | Yoko Mochizuki | Ariam Mogos | Tünde-Lengyel Molnár | Matthew Montebello | Sadaqat Mulla | Sandra Gudiño Paredes | Christelle Pauty-Combemore | Boyka Parfitt | Réka Racsko | Irais Monserrat Santillán Rosas | Khitam Shraim | Jisoo Song | Avgoustos Tsinakos Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) With the exponential growth of digitally mediated communication, digital media and gaming, the landscape of what we understand as learning environments is changing significantly. Today the use of digital technology in education is attracting considerable public and policy attention as
well as private investment. With a rise in discourses both heralding and cautioning against the use of digital technology in education, there is a need to pool the expertise and experience on the use of technology in education from around the world to advance public debate and evidence-informed policymaking. Based on the literature review, mapping of digital education resources in circulation, and examples of implementation of digital education initiatives from around the world, this report aims to provide insights that would help lead to the wise, innovative and ethical use of digital technology in education as a new dimension in achieving SDG 4 — inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. By so doing, it also attempts to contribute to a rethink of teaching and learning in the face of enormous opportunities and challenges brought about by digital technology in the times of change and turmoil. 
Learning & Behaviour Support: Enabling Inclusive Learning; Edukans Manual for Facilitators Year of publication: 2021 Author: Hendrien Maat | Judith Pietersma | Aniek Santema Corporate author: Edukans This Edukans training manual is intended as a guide to train people in how to respond to the needs of students with learning and behavioural problems, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, lack of motivation, aggression and anxiety. Troubled behaviour is often a child's way of communicationg distress and, in these cases, the right kind of response can make all the difference. Behavioural and learning difficulites are well-recognized problems all over the world, and inclusive learning is on top of the educational agenda. When a person has more knowledge about learning & behavioural difficulties, he or she can understand the situation that the child is facing and offer suitable suport. This manual aims to help programme managers and trainers to give training to their staff in: understanding the diverse needs of vulnerable students, the origins of learning and behavioural problems, their implications, and a variety of effective support strategies and interventions. The manual is meant to be used by master trainers who can further train teachers, social workers, NGO staff, mentors, relief workers, government officials, mental health workers, and counselors. 
Mindfulness in the Context of Education Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Campus Virtual MIMI This podcast deals with the concept of mindfulness, understood as an Eastern tradition that in recent years has been adapting to Western culture from different contexts to work on its own well-being. It is also defined by the author Jon Kabat-Zinn, who has brought to the West is practical, as the possibility of paying attention in a determined way to the present moment, without judgments. It has 3 components: attention, the intention to be present and attitudes individuals. It shows to be an inherent quality of the human being, as well as a capacity and ability that is trained, a practice that helps the brain in terms of its predispositions and has scientific bases that strongly relate it to mental health, due to its intervention in the nervous system , which generate a balance in the activation of this system. Therefore, the objective of mindfulness is to generate a possibility to balance emotions and learn to regulate them. It allows thoughts to connect with the body, which impacts on affective symptoms by strengthening the immune system. The video shows the ways to use it in everyday life in the academic context. 
Global Citizenship in the Classroom: A guide for teachers Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Oxfam GB A practical and reflective guide full of practical tools and ideas that can be applied to almost any topic to develop learner participation and global learning. 
Teaching Controversial Issues Year of publication: 2006 Corporate author: Oxfam GB Young people frequently face making decisions about a wide range of issues on which there are many different views. Issues like sexuality, religion, bullying, and war can evoke complicated emotions, both in and out of the classroom.Young people need to develop skills that allow them to discuss and come to their own views about these types of issues. Having a chance to engage with controversial topics in a constructive environment will help young people to develop as global citizens, and teachers have a key role to play in enabling this.This guide explores what controversial issues are, why they should be taught, and includes classroom strategies, existing guidance and practical teaching activities.