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GCED101: Introduction to GCED (Certificate Course)

Application 04-01-2019 ~ 12-31-2026
Learning 04-01-2019 ~ 12-31-2026(405 Weeks)
Course ID 2025_80_CL005_1_0_

  • Take the course at your own pace

  • Downloadable Certificate
    Earn a certificate upon the course completion

  • 100% Free

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About the Course

  

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor

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Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO

 

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) was established in 2000 as a UNESCO Category 2 centre to promote education for a Culture of Peace. APCEIU is working in close collaboration with UNESCO Offices, National Commissions of Member States, related educational institutes, and civil society to promote global citizenship education (GCED) under the framework of education for international understanding (EIU) towards a Culture of Peace.

 

APCEIU has devoted itself to strengthening GCED/EIU capacities by pursuing its philosophy and policies through training teachers and teacher trainers; research and policy development; developing educational materials and programs; organizing different levels of workshops and conferences; and strengthening the network of teachers, educators, experts, civil society leaders and other stakeholders.

 

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Course Reviews

  • MYRRH SYNA CHEENE PALALISAN MYRRH SYNA CHEENE PALALISAN
    Global Citizenship Education (GCED) helped me see the world from a wider perspective and understand how my actions, even as a student, can create positive change. It taught me the importance of empathy, responsibility, and being aware of global issues like inequality and climate change. Overall, GCED inspired me to become a more active, informed, and compassionate global citizen.
  • Shaima Abdullah
    The lecture on global citizenship was insightful and impactful, emphasizing the importance of understanding our role in an interconnected world and highlighting how individuals are not just members of their local communities but active contributors to global outcomes. It aligned well with the principles of Global Citizenship Education (GCED) by encouraging empathy, responsibility, and awareness toward issues such as inequality, environmental challenges, and social conflict. The lecture effectively illustrated how informed and ethical decision-making can foster peace, inclusivity, and sustainability, using relevant examples to connect theory to real-life application and inspiring a sense of accountability and action in shaping a better future.
  • Jenny Bebs Garces
    Global Citizenship Education (GCED) empowers individuals to understand their role in an interconnected world, encouraging empathy, responsibility, and informed action toward global issues such as injustice, environmental degradation, and social conflict. It fosters a generation capable of making decisions that contribute to a more peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable future.
  • Sofia Panangin
    Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is crucial for sustainable development, as it equips learners with the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes needed to address interconnected global challenges like climate change, poverty, and inequality.
  • KRIS LAWRENCE LACDO-O
    this course enhance a new information to fulfill a holistic quality of education in all aspects. it gives a fountain of knowledge and to be inspired by any professions.
  • Sherub Dorji
    The course equipped me with the knowledge on Global Citizenship Education. On completion of course I understood the concepts, strategies and other important components which would enhance my implementation strategies to understand the world better and help in imparting knowledge of colobaration for the better world.
  • Princess Allysa Pedrano
    This course gave me a solid understanding of Global Citizenship Education, its key concepts, and how it fits into the UNESCO framework. I learned practical strategies to teach GCED and how to foster global citizenship in the classroom.
  • Tashi Gyeltshen
    effective and helpful for everyone and as educator one can inspire learners to be responsible citizen
  • Rommel Acio Rommel Acio
    his course enhance a new information to fulfill a holistic quality of education in all aspects. it gives a fountain of knowledge and to be inspired any professions.
  • ROMMEL ACIO
    this course enhance a new information to fulfill a holistic quality of education in all aspects. it gives a fountain of knowledge and to be inspired any professions.
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