Contents
Topics
Global education addresses topics such as:
- global justice
- human rights
- sustainability
- peace
- intercultural communication
Approach
Global education applies methodological approaches that are:
- learner-centred
- participatory
- partnership-based: the educator is not a teacher who transmits knowledge or skills, but is a learner as well it addresses, in the learning process, reflection (head), emotions (heart) and activity (hand)
- experience-based
- activating
- empowering
Values
Global education is based on values of:
- tolerance,
- solidarity, *fairness and justice,
- empathy,
- equality,
- responsibility,
- co-operation,
- non-violence,
- inclusion,
- diversity
Global education is a process, which begins with raising awareness of certain problems, then creates a deeper understanding of the complex underlying issues, encourages people to reflect on their own role in the problem, and therefore change their attitudes and behaviour. It motivates and empowers people to become active in a responsible way.
Reference
- Global Education Network of Young Europeans Online
- Global Education Guidelines. A Handbook for educators to understand and implement global education
The Everyday Beyond
This text was published in the handbook: The Everyday Beyond. European, international and global dimensions of learning processes:
Handbook
Global Education Guidelines
A Handbook for Educators to understand and implement global education. By the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe