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The Education We Want: An Advocacy Toolkit Year of publication: 2014 Author: James Edleston | Dan Smith | Sumaya Saluja | David Crone | Chernor Bah | Emily Laurie Corporate author: A World at School | UN Global Education First Initiative - Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) | Plan International Developed by Plan International, A World at School and the Youth Advocacy Group of the Global Education First Initiative, this toolkit was made for and by young people to advocate for quality education.Packed full of ideas, tools and inspiring stories, it helps children and youth to effectively carry out their own advocacy campaign.Although this advocacy toolkit focuses on education, its tips and ideas are applicable to young people advocating for a variety of development and rights issues. 
The Education We Want: Workshop Facilitator Guide For the Advocacy Toolkit Year of publication: 2014 Author: Daniel Smith | James Edleston | Tom Burke | Emily Laurie Corporate author: A World at School | UN Global Education First Initiative - Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) | Plan International This guide is intended as a resource to accompany the ‘Education we want: An Advocacy’. It aims to provide a wide range of workshop activities for those who intend to Understand, Plan or Do their education advocacy using workshop based approaches.Workshops are an effective way of involving others in advocacy. They can support you in carrying out research, drafting a plan and building skills for action.The successful delivery of workshops relies on effective preparation, good facilitation skills and a commitment to support people’s learning and development. 
Solution Fluency Quickstart Skills Guide Corporate author: Global Digital Citizen Foundation What is Solution Fluency? What are the specific skills it develops? Why are they important? The answers are right here in the Solution Fluency Quickstart Skills Guide.In this free guide, we’ll introduce you to the basics of Solution Fluency. You'll learn about the 6Ds process, the skills each phase develops, and why Solution Fluency skills are a crucial part of modern learning.With this free Quickstarter Guide you can: Get to know Solution Fluency skillsets Develop them with students Cultivate critical thinking Give students problem-solving superpowers 
Los dos primeros años del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de la Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible (2005-2014) Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO The implementation of the DESD has made considerable progress since its international launch in March 2005. Apart from regional and national launches, progress has been achieved in both institutional and programmatic areas at international, regional and national levels. The objective of this report is not solely to highlight and showcase to Member States all that has been achieved in the two years since the international launch. The report also takes stock of on-going UNESCO initiatives, established prior to the Decade, which are providing major contributions to the implementation of the DESD, and thus cannot be by-passed. Equally important are the recommendations to remedy problems in the implementation of the DESD and strengthen those measures that are working efficiently. Décennie des Nations Unies pour L'Education au Service du Développement Durable (DEDD 2005-2014): les deux premières années Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO The implementation of the DESD has made considerable progress since its international launch in March 2005. Apart from regional and national launches, progress has been achieved in both institutional and programmatic areas at international, regional and national levels. The objective of this report is not solely to highlight and showcase to Member States all that has been achieved in the two years since the international launch. The report also takes stock of on-going UNESCO initiatives, established prior to the Decade, which are providing major contributions to the implementation of the DESD, and thus cannot be by-passed. Equally important are the recommendations to remedy problems in the implementation of the DESD and strengthen those measures that are working efficiently. 
The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD 2005-2014): the first two years Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO The implementation of the DESD has made considerable progress since its international launch in March 2005. Apart from regional and national launches, progress has been achieved in both institutional and programmatic areas at international, regional and national levels. The objective of this report is not solely to highlight and showcase to Member States all that has been achieved in the two years since the international launch. The report also takes stock of on-going UNESCO initiatives, established prior to the Decade, which are providing major contributions to the implementation of the DESD, and thus cannot be by-passed. Equally important are the recommendations to remedy problems in the implementation of the DESD and strengthen those measures that are working efficiently. 
Good practices in education for sustainable development: teacher education institutions Year of publication: 2007 Author: Rosalyn McKeown Corporate author: UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability | International Network of Teacher Education Institutions The case studies in this document reflect individual and institutional efforts to reorient curriculum, programs, practices, and policies to address sustainability at institutions of teacher education. The studies come from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America. The case studies deal with professional development for in-service teachers, curriculum revision at the pre-service level, research with students in a local school, greening of a building and its garden, creating a network of universities, starting a journal, and creating new undergraduate and graduate programs. The diversity of efforts is broad; the impact is deep. The dedication of teacher educators around the world is evident on every page of this document. Les bonnes pratiques en matière d'éducation pour le développement durable: institutions de formation des enseignants Year of publication: 2007 Author: Rosalyn McKeown Corporate author: UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability | International Network of Teacher Education Institutions Les études de cas présentées dans ce document reflètent les efforts individuels et institutionnels pour réorienter le curriculum, les programmes, les pratiques et les politiques de lutte contre le développement durable dans les établissements de formation des enseignants. Les études viennent d'Afrique, d'Asie, des Caraïbes, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord. Les études de cas portent sur le développement professionnel des enseignants en service, la révision des programmes au niveau pré-services, la recherche avec les étudiants dans une école locale, l'écologisation d'un bâtiment et son jardin, la création d'un réseau d'universités, à partir d'un journal, et la création de nouveaux programmes de premier cycle et des cycles supérieurs. La diversité des efforts est large; l'impact est profond. Le dévouement des formateurs d'enseignants à travers le monde est évident sur chaque page de ce document. 
´Holocaust Fatigue': Teaching it today The review "Research & Practice", established early in 2001, features educational research that is directly relevant to the work of classroom teachers. Here, I invited Simone Schweber to examine teaching and learning about the Holocaust in light of alternative approaches, current politics, and popular culture. (By the publisher) 
Status of water education in the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: International Hydrological Programme (IHP) This document reports on the thematic programme “Education for Sustainable Water Management” of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which is to be implemented under the leadership of UNESCO-IHP. As a follow-up to 166 EX/Decision 3.6.1 of the Executive Board of UNESCO and Resolution XVII-12 of the Intergovernmental Council of IHP, an intersectoral Working Group on Water Education was constituted and is operational. The Working Group developed a draft Work Plan, which is presented in Annex V for the endorsement of the Bureau.