Towards a Global Community [electronic resource] : Educating for Tomorrow's World /
Campbell, Jack.editor.
Baikaloff, Nick.editor.
Power, Colin.editor.
This book is the outcome of a global study undertaken on behalf of the World Education Fellowship (WEF) in collaboration with UNESCO. It begins with an analysis of the views of leading thinkers from 36 countries about the type of global community needed to ensure a peaceful and sustainable future, and the attributes that education programs need to develop in learners to develop their unique potentials and to be responsible members of a "diverse and restless global community." The second part the book focuses on the curriculum and pedagogical implications of the WEF study, including basic education, education for sustainable development, values education, conflict resolution and peace, and educating world citizens.
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Includes bibliographical references.
I -- TRANSNATIONAL VISIONS OF DESIRABLE FUTURES -- TRANSNATIONAL JUDGEMENTS OF REQUIRED HUMAN ATTRIBUTES -- II -- BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL -- EDUCATING TO MEET DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS -- INTRODUCING ‘THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT’ INTO A CURRICULUM -- EDUCATING FOR CAPABILITY FOR INCLUSIVE WELL-BEING -- A SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDY: BRAZIL -- EDUCATING FOR CARING AND HUMANE CONNECTIONS -- EDUCATING FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE -- CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN A TROUBLED REGION: DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALS FOR INTERACTION -- EDUCATING WORLD CITIZENS: A CURRICULUM FOR CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION -- EDUCATING FOR CITIZENSHIP IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: WORLD KIDS, WORLD CITIZENS AND GLOBAL EDUCATION.
This book is the outcome of a global study undertaken on behalf of the World Education Fellowship (WEF) in collaboration with UNESCO. It begins with an analysis of the views of leading thinkers from 36 countries about the type of global community needed to ensure a peaceful and sustainable future, and the attributes that education programs need to develop in learners to develop their unique potentials and to be responsible members of a "diverse and restless global community." The second part the book focuses on the curriculum and pedagogical implications of the WEF study, including basic education, education for sustainable development, values education, conflict resolution and peace, and educating world citizens.
Education.
Education, general.
Education in the Asia-Pacific region