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[Policy Brief] YOUTH WAGING PEACE: A Youth Led Guide on Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The #YouthWagingPeace guidebook is a document for anyone interested in understanding Violent Extremism and exploring the relationship between Education and Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE). Led by 2 dynamic Coordinating Lead Authors and 5 Lead/Chapter Authors, the guide garnered over 2000 youth submissions/case studies, and finally integrated over 150 case study submissions from young educators and practitioners from 50+ countries. #YouthWagingPeace guidebook provides a set of actionable guidelines for PVE to teachers, school administrators, policy makers, family, religious leaders and other informal influencers. 
Rethinking Learning: A Review of Social and Emotional Learning for Education Systems Year of publication: 2020 Author: Nandini Chatterjee Singh | Anantha Duraiappah Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) This publication titled ‘Rethinking Learning: A Review of Social and Emotional Learning for Education Systems’, published by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) reviews the latest research on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), its impact on student health and school climate and its transformative role in building happier classrooms. It seeks to inform and impress upon Member States the urgent need to mainstream social and emotional learning in education systems. 
Minding Our Minds during COVID-19: Helping School Going Children Manage Their Mental Health Year of publication: 2020 Author: Huma Masood | Cynthia Saxena Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi This guide provides an outline of how teachers and parents can address the issue of mental health amongst students. The sections in this guide cover basic information about coronavirus, explanation of anxiety in school going children, as well as ways by which students can take care of their mental health during this crisis. The sub-sections of the guide comprise guidelines outlining the duties and responsibilities that teachers and parents/ caregivers must follow to ensure students’ mental health is not negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, sub-sections of the guide provide activities and exercises that teachers and parents can utilize to engage children with to ensure their wellbeing during these difficult times. 
[Summary] Rethinking Learning: A Review of Social and Emotional Learning for Education Systems; Summary for Decision Makers Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The publication, titled “Rethinking Learning: A Review of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for Education Systems” was worked upon from 2018 to 2020. The purpose of this publication was to review the latest research on SEL and to present scientific evidence for why SEL is key to education, and by that corollary, to achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 4, Target 7 that focuses on building peaceful and sustainable societies through education.This summary, aimed at decision makers, synthesises and integrates the main findings, challenges and recommendations from the eight chapters of the full Review. The key questions that guided the Review were: (i) What constitutes an SEL intervention; (ii) Why and when SEL interventions are necessary; (iii) The science and evidence supporting SEL interventions; (iv) How can SEL be implemented; and (iv) The cost and benefits of SEL interventions. 
Action: Guidelines for Prevention of Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2018 Author: Carolyn Nash | Yulia Nesterova | Kenneth Primrose | Wing Yu Alice Chan | Raul A. Rios | María José Velásquez Flores | Aniqah Zowmi Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The UNESCO MGIEP #YouthWagingPeace guidebook was launched by Director General of UNESCO at its 39th General Conference, 2017. The guidebook was a culmination of reaching out to 2000+ youth, and integrating 130+ submissions from 57 countries.After analysing these voices and experiences, and supplemented by the literature, the guide put forth a set of tangible action guidelines for education stakeholders.In this abridged version, stakeholders will find a curated set of critical ideas and lessons gleaned from the full guide, designed to be as accessible as possible. The hope is that teachers, parents, mentors, school administrators, policymakers, and anyone else committed to realizing positive change will find these Action Guidelines an effective resource for guiding immediate and effective actions in their communities.The Action Guidelines for Prevention of Violent Extremism is designed to identify engagement opportunities for all stakeholders. Some require time, preparation, and resources. Others are small steps that will help create safer societies and stronger communities. No action is too small to contribute to building a more resilient and just world. 
Vocational Education First: State of the Education Report for India 2020; Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Leena Chandran Wadia | Neela Dabir Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi This report aims to capture the intense activity of the vocational education and training sector and highlights achievements and promising practices in India. The report makes important recommendations for reforms and for the use of TVET to empower youth to adapt to the post-COVID world. 
Life in the Times of Covid 19: A Guide for Parents of Children with Disabilities Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the widespread closure of schools and universities. The radical changes and ensuing stress brought about by COVID-19 and the lockdown may also result in different sorts of difficulties among these children.Hence, parents and caregivers of such children must know how to manage and guide their children during this pandemic.This guideline explains the different aspects that a parent/ caregiver must take into account while taking care of children with special needs. This guideline also addresses the need to maintain the mental health of the parent/ caregiver of children with special needs. The eleven sections in this guideline explain the duties and responsibilities that parents/ caregiver must follow. 
Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A Guide to Embedding Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO | Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) This guidebook introduces the approach of embedding education for sustainable development into core subjects, building on the German initiative as well as consolidating other existing efforts. This ambitious work began when the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), with support from Engagement Global gGmbH, brought together 30 international experts in mathematics, sciences, languages, geography and education for sustainable development in Bangalore, India, in June 2016. These experts co-drafted this guidebook. This publication is designed as a guide for stakeholders in textbook development – education ministries, national curriculum authorities, textbook writers and publishers – to help them produce a new generation of textbooks. Such textbooks will make a clear departure from the mechanistic transmission of information and procedural knowledge devoid of meaning and contextual relevance. They will also advocate a new vision of learning and contribute to fostering young people’s competencies and capabilities to shape more peaceful and sustainable societies. Competencies such as critical and systemic thinking, appreciation of diversity, empathy and commitment to change are the key goals of this ambitious publication. Учебные пособия по устойчивому развитию. Руководство по внедрению Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация Объединенных Наций по вопросам образования, науки и культуры (UNESCO) | Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Данное руководство представляет подход по внедрению образования для устойчивого развития в учебные дисциплины, основываясь на опыте Германии, а также объединяя другие существующие усилия. В июне 2016 года Институт Махатмы Ганди по образованию в интересах мира и устойчивого развития ЮНЕСКО, при поддержке Engagement Global gGmbH, собрал в г. Бангалор, Индия, 30 международных экспертов по математике, естественным наукам, языкам, географии и образованию для устойчивого развития. Эти эксперты участвовали в разработке данного руководства.Данная публикация разработана в качестве руководства для заинтересованных сторон – министерств образования, органов, разрабатывающих государственные образовательные стандарты и учебные планы, авторов и издателей учебников в помощь и поддержку в создании ими учебных материалов нового поколения. Такие учебники станут очевидным отступлением от механической передачи информации и методических знаний, лишенных смысла и контекстуальной значимости. Они также поддержат новое видение обучения и будут способствовать укреплению компетенции и возможностей молодежи в создании более мирных и устойчивых обществ. Ключевыми целями этого амбициозного руководства являются развитие таких компетенции, как критическое и систематическое мышление, правильное восприятие разнообразия, сопереживание и приверженность изменениям. 
Backtalk: The Participatory Film and Its Residency in the Space of Cultural Violence and Creative Education towards a Conceptual Understanding of Peace Year of publication: 2017 Author: Ruchika Gurung Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Cultural violence is defined as the beliefs, attitudes and values that justify structural and direct violence (Galtung 1990). It dulls us into seeing exploitation and repression as normal or in not actively witnessing it, and the media plays a vital role in its dissemination. Media and in particular film studies occupies a space through which notions of culture, ideology, peace and violence are negotiated.While the observational approach to film is well established in education, participatory filmmaking as an educational tool is what this paper addresses, with reference to concepts of cultural violence and peace education.This paper uses Brantmeier’s (2011) five stage model, that encourages social and cultural change towards a future that is nonviolent, sustainable and renewable, and Bery’s (2003) conceptualisation of empowerment to propose that participatory film functions as a transformative creative process and challenges notions of identity and culture while helping learners describe the world around them (Zembylas & Bekerman 2013).Through analysing existing cases in the field of participatory video (Schwab-Cartas & Mitchell 2014), the author argue that participatory film functions as a tool for creative education practices that promotes a more hands-on approach to raising awareness about cultural violence and engaging with identity formation, and as a creative tool for knowledge creation and dissemination.