Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development

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Beschrijving

The UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development for 2030 outlines urgent global challenges and emphasizes a framework to enhance education’s role in fostering a just and sustainable world. A toolbox offers resources for Member States, and regional and global stakeholders to develop activities, supporting the SDGs through five priority action areas. The resource we present here focuses on Transforming Learning Environments encouraging schools to take action.

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Hoe gebruik je deze bron

Under the topic “Schools in action: global citizens for sustainable development”, there are two guides: one for teachers and one for students.

“Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development: a guide for teachers” emphasizes the importance of learners becoming global citizens. It offers strategies for educators to help students contribute to sustainable development through diverse classroom activities. This guide includes ideas for classroom activities aimed at secondary school students, designed to develop knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and behaviours that promote Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). It also showcases selected activities from schools around the world, highlighting effective ways to integrate global citizenship and sustainability concepts into the curriculum.“Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development: a guide for students” provides an overview of what it means to be a global citizen and how students can contribute to sustainable development. The guide offers various activities to encourage students to take action at home, school, in their community, country and globally. It also presents selected activities from schools around the world.

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De middelen

A guide for teachers PDF:

A guide for students PDF:

A Guide for Teachers: French; Spanish; Arabic

A Guide for Students: French; Spanish; Arabic

The complete toolbox “Education for sustainable development for 2030” can be found here.

While the guide does not include specific assessment suggestions, teachers may find it useful to complement the activities with rubrics from the ASSESS resource —particularly those aligned with the GreenComp framework—as they are well-suited to evaluating the competencies targeted by the proposed activities.

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Learning Outcomes (Teachers)

• Eliciteren van voorkennis en verder ontwikkelen van kennis en begrip van de belangrijkste concepten van Duurzaam Burgerschap, waarbij gevestigde wereldbeelden en waarden in twijfel worden getrokken.
• een reeks geschikte hulpmiddelen en kaders toepassen om duurzaam burgerschap bij studenten te bevorderen
• Reflecteren op de praktijk en nationale curricula onderzoeken om mogelijkheden te identificeren om Duurzaamheidsburgerschap op interdisciplinaire manieren te bevorderen en samen te werken met externe belanghebbenden.
• Door middel van workshopactiviteiten en praktijkgemeenschappen capaciteit en agency opbouwen als docenten en leiders op het gebied van duurzaam burgerschap.

Leerresultaten (Leadership)

• Een reeks geschikte instrumenten en kaders toepassen om duurzaam burgerschap binnen hun scholen en gemeenschappen te bevorderen.
• Door middel van workshopactiviteiten en praktijkgemeenschappen capaciteit opbouwen als docenten en leiders op het gebied van duurzaam burgerschap.

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Groene competenties

• Duurzame waarden belichamen: Duurzaamheid waarderen; eerlijkheid ondersteunen
• Complexiteit omarmen in duurzaamheid: Systeemdenken; kritisch denken; probleemopstelling
• Duurzame toekomstvisies: Futures Literacy; Adaptability; Exploratory Thinking
• Handelen voor duurzaamheid: Collectieve actie; individueel initiatief

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Creative Commons

This  publication  is  available  in  Open  Access  under  the  Attribution-ShareAlike  3.0  IGO  in the UNESCO Digital Library.

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