The course aims to provide an overview of the GCED (Global Citizenship Education) as well as its background, concepts under the framework of UNESCO, and guidelines for teaching and learning. The course will help participants gain an understanding of the key concepts and principles of GCED, recognize educational issues relevant to GCED, and identify pedagogical approaches to GCED.        Chapter 1  The World We Live in 1     Chapter 2  The World We Live in 2    Chapter 3  The Education We Need    Chapter 4  Emergence of GCED as Global Education Agenda    Chapter 5  Understanding GCED within SDG4    Chapter 6  Who is a Global Citizen?    Chapter 7  What is Global Citizenship Education(GCED)?    Chapter 8  Thematic Areas of GCED    Chapter 9  Learning Contents of GCED    Chapter 10    Teaching GCED to Transform: Pedagogical Principles of GCED    Chapter 11  How to Teach GCED Effectively: Teaching Strategies and Approaches    Chapter 12  GCED in Practice: Teaching GCED in Classroom    Certificates will be given to participants who fulfill the requirements; more than 80% of lecture attendance and submission of an assignment at the end of the course.          

By the end of this course, you will unlock the power of film to take your students beyond school walls, inspiring them to be media and information-literate global citizens and active contributors to a more equitable and sustainable world.  We'll be taking a closer look at documentary films to explore the impact of visual storytelling to communicate ideas and inspire change. And, we’ll be guiding you through activities that will make it seamless to integrate film into your lessons.   Session 1 Documentary Film For Media and Information Literacy Session 2 Curate a collection of Social Impact Films and Resources Session 3  Implement The SIMA Challenge: 2030 Impact Campaign Session 4 Report your Impact  Deadline: You need to submit your impact by Oct. 15, 2023.    

This 4-week course provides a basic introduction to the principles, conceptual underpinnings, and creative design of curricula relevant to transformative education, specially GCED in both formal and non-formal contexts. The goal of this course is to provide teachers/participants with the theoretical framework for analyzing, critiquing, and investigating curriculum so that they will be able to design GCED curriculum responsive to their own contexts.   The course will consist of four “classroom” weeks. The course will open with a lecture or PowerPoint presentation or video clips followed by Forum discussions. Participants are expected to check the course site at the beginning of every course week to be aware of the requirements for the week.

  WEEK 1 From Sustainability to Regeneration WEEK 2 From Fragmentation to Integration WEEK 3 Essential Skills and The Inner Development Goals WEEK 4 Redefining Success & New Leadership   - 4 weeks,  instructor-led online course starting June 5th, 2023 - Access recorded Master Classes, interactive live sessions, and participatory exercises, including a self-assessment and roadmap tool to advance   the Inner Development Goals. - Deep dive into highly curated resources including SIMA Academy films, hand-picked articles, and state-of-the-art references.     

The Gender Snapshot 2022 report  ALERTS us that at the current rate of progress, it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws related to women. In other words, it will take 286 years to achieve full Gender Equality! One of the main consequences gender inequalities isViolence against Women (VAW). VAW is both the cause &consequence of gender inequalities. Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence – is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women) There are 7 sessions in total whereby the 6th session will be an online event; a class performance of your knowledge, skills, and creativity. There is indeed an urgency in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls.  

This course provides key resources and guidance for teachers and people interested in education and culture on why and how to integrate living heritage in their lessons and extracurricular activities in the school. Such lessons and activities aim to make learning more contextualized, relevant and engaging for students while they help raise awareness about the importance of safeguarding living heritage.    By the end of the course, the participant will:  Understand the benefits of using ICH in school programmes and activities. Gain capacity to develop lessons or activities, with at least one lesson or activity developed as part of the course. Build synergy with other education programs such as Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship Education or Social and Emotional Learning, etc. Identify opportunities to develop more lessons or activities in her/his school context.   Whoever you are — policymaker, school director, teacher, student, parent, heritage practitioner — you have a vital role to play in this process. After finishing this online course, participants are invited to register for and attend one or both of the informative webinars. The webinars will provide you with opportunities to exchange information and ideas with curriculum developers, instructors, and fellow learners, and receive direct feedback from instructors on your newly developed lesson plan and activity. Register for the course now! Information about the launch and tutorial sessions will be sent directly to your email in due course. Sign up for the second three-hour webinar of ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific’ taking place on 1 December 2022 < https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP2 > You will receive a Certificate of Participation from UNESCO for attending the online seminar. If you can develop lesson plans using Living Heritage in your country by 31 December 2022, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement from UNESCO! THE SECOND SEMINAR (Register at https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP2)  Date: Thursday, 1 December 2022 Facilitators: Vanessa Achilles                   Kamila Kenzhetaeva With contexts relevant to Central to East Asia Time: 15.00–18.00 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) coinciding with other time zones, some of which are listed below:       i.         UTC+2: 10.00-13.00     ii.         UTC+4.30: 12.30-15.30    iii.         UTC+5.30: 16.00-19.00    iv.         UTC+5.45: 13.45-16.45     v.         UTC+6: 14.00-17.00    vi.         UTC+8: 16.00-19.00   vii.         UTC+9: 17.00-20.00 Tentative Programme Duration Line-up of activities 5 min. Welcome to the seminar 5 min. Introducing our UNESCO project 15 min. What is a ‘living heritage’? Why is living heritage important for schools? (Module 1) 10 min. Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project 20 min. Q&A and plenary discussion 20 min. 6 steps to create your own lesson plans (Modules 2-4) 10 min. Break 20 min. Idea-sharing by participants 15 min. Q&A and plenary discussion 20 min. Sustainable approaches to integrating living heritage into your classroom (Module 5) 10 mins. Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project 20 min. Q&A and plenary discussion; testimonies from participants 5 min. Closing   Total: 185 minutes