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Educate for Life: The Development of Socio-Emotional Skills and the Role of Teachers Year of publication: 2020 Author: Elena Arias Ortiz | Diana Hincapié | Diana Paredes Corporate author: Inter-American Development Bank This technical note presents a diagnosis on the incorporation of socio-emotional skills in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the training that teachers receive to develop these skills in students. Although progress has been made, we highlight the main challenges that must be faced to develop socio-emotional skills. 
The Status and Issues of Peace Education: Focussing on Its Interactions with Unification Education Year of publication: 2019 Author: Jeongah Cho | Ellie Kim | Ahyoung Moon | Boyoung Yoon Corporate author: Korea Institute for National Unification To lay the groundwork to explore the accessibility of peace education and unification education in an era of peace cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, this study takes a look at the history of peace education and the current situation and issues of both peace education and unification education. Against the backdrop of the division on the Korean Peninsula, unification education and peace education have been established as educational sectors of conflict resolution between the North and the South and of means of mediation for violence caused by the division. The two sectors have developed commonalities along the way. The origin of peace education and unification education is rooted on the division of the Korean Peninsula and the subsequent unification issues. In the current educational practices, there are different characteristics and emphasis in terms of the direction, contents, and subject of education between peace education and unification education. Efforts of creating “peace·unification education” are recently being made which focuses more on issues of peace than existing unification education. Peace education and unification education exhibit differences when it comes to the relationship between peace and unification in realizing a peaceful Korean Peninsula, whether unification is justified as an ultimate goal, how issues of ‘positive peace’ and security are handled, and how much initiatives the learners have. This study asserts that the issues between peace education and unification education should be clarified and that the two sectors should expand the overlapping areas under the principal of dealing with unification issues on the basis of value of peace. 
Peace Education Toolkit Year of publication: 2013 Author: Luz Marfa Chapela Corporate author: UNESCO The Peace Education Toolkit is made up of a series of recommended materials for basic education students and teachers. It includes books, stories and various pedagogical tools. 
Education, Identity and Rising Extremism: From Preventing Violent Extremism to Promoting Peace, Resilience, Equal Rights and Pluralism (PREP) Year of publication: 2017 Author: Sanam Anderlini Corporate author: International Civil Society Action Network In November 2016, during ICAN’s fifth annual Women, Peace and Security forum, members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) and other women-led organizations in over 30 countries analyzed the role of formal and informal education in contributing to enabling conditions and mitigating extremist violence. They also highlighted their own practical experiences and lessons learnt in providing education to prevent violent extremism by fostering peace, resilience, equal rights and pluralism (PREP) in formal and informal spaces, including through the teachings of alternative religious narratives. Their experiences, combined with desk research on the state of current policy and practice, and the first multi-stakeholder Global Solutions Exchange (GSX) meeting on the nexus of education, gender and extremism held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in March 2017, inform the findings of this report. 
Open Sesame: The Neighbors Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Ahlan Simsim A wonderful video clip that captures the importance of love between neighbors, and that companionship between them is the basis for a happy, sustainable life. 
The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12 : Canadian and World Studies Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Ontario (Canada). Ministry of Education In Canadian and world studies, students develop skills, knowledge and understanding, and attitudes that will serve them both inside and outside the classroom, including in the world of work and as responsible citizens in the various communities to which they belong.The focus of teaching and learning in the Canadian and world studies curriculum is the development of ways of thinking and of transferable skills that students need in order to acquire and apply knowledge and understanding. Students apply these ways of thinking and skills in a variety of contexts to examine information critically; to assess the significance of events, developments, and processes; to develop an understanding of and respect for different points of view; to reach supportable conclusions; and to propose solutions to, and courses of action to address, real problems.Citizenship education is an important facet of students’ overall education. In every grade and course in the Grade 11 and 12 Canadian and world studies curriculum, students are given opportunities to learn about what it means to be a responsible, active citizen in the community of the classroom and the diverse communities to which they belong within and outside the school. It is important for students to understand that they belong to many communities and that, ultimately, they are all citizens of the global community. 
Evaluating the Impact of Global Citizenship Education on Young People’s Attitudes Towards Equality, Diversity and Tolerance Year of publication: 2019 Author: Oakleigh Welply | Abderrahim Taamouti | Gabriel Bracons Font Corporate author: WISE | Durham University This research aims to address questions around the implementation, measurement, and success of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) as a response to the global challenges of the twenty-first century. GCE aims to foster peaceful, inclusive, tolerant, sustainable, and socially just societies; yet despite its centrality in international policy discourse and academic research, the impact of GCE on young people’s attitudes towards inequalities in society or human rights remains relatively unexplored. 
Stopping violence in schools: a guide for teachers Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO “Stopping Violence in Schools: A Guide for Teachers” examines various forms of violence that take place in schools, and offers practical suggestions as to what teachers can do to prevent them. Ten action areas are proposed, each with specific examples that teachers can adapt to address and prevent violence. Excerpts from relevant international normative instruments as well as a list of links to online resources for stopping violence in schools are annexed at the end of the book. 
EiE-GenKit: A Core Resource Package on Gender in Education in Emergencies Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) | Education Cannot Wait (ECW) | Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) When gender-responsive, quality education is available to all it has the potential to transform societies and build sustainable peace. A joint initiative from the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), the EiE-GenKit is a core resource package for gender in education in emergencies. The EiE-GenKit is the first resource of its kind, providing education practitioners with practical tools to promote gender-responsive programming from crisis to peace and sustainable development.The EiE-GenKit is based on extensive research and consultation with the latest resources, evidence, new tools and good practice available in one easy-to-use package. The EiE-GenKit builds on existing humanitarian processes for a streamlined approach to gender-responsive EiE. The EiE-GenKit offers tools for practical and immediate use including checklists, tipsheets and assessment templates supporting practitioners to ensure that each phase of an EiE intervention is gender-responsive. Bridging the gap between what we know about gender-responsive EiE and the tools we need to make it happen, the EiE-GenKit aims to promote improved gender and education outcomes of learners living in crises. 
Rethinking Learning: Exploring Different Pedagogical Approaches to Transform Education for Humanity (The Blue Dot Issue 7, 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) In the seventh issue of the Blue Dot, we focus on Rethinking Learning. The Issue includes a foreword by the Former Minister of Education of Mali, H.E. Adama Samassékou on how education systems need to be re-looked at to incorporate personalised learning and technology as an enabler and our Cover Story, which focuses on the importance of socio-emotional learning.Additionally, we feature opinions by specialists from academia, research, policymaking and the industry on the need to relook at education systems for the future. Amongst various experts, we hear from Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Anneli Rautiainen from the Finnish National Agency for Education as well as Pratik Mehta, Head of Education & Skills, Microsoft India.Further, we present short blogs from the youth about what future education systems mean to them and we hear from Nobel Laureate, Ms Tawakkol Karman on the importance of education for peace.