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• Erbon Maria Luisa

  The lessons are comprehensive and a good source of new learnings that can be applied in my daily teachings like the idea of including videos and photos that are thought provoking for the students to reflect on and be aware of the issues as a part of global citizenship. GCED 101 showed that this study involves different countries all over the world and can be beneficial for the educators as well. thank you for your lectures.
• Canoy Bonnie Glenn

  Bonnie Glenn Q Canoy
  The Global Citizenship Education (GCED) course, I find its framework profoundly insightful for understanding the complexities of our interconnected world. From my perspective as an AI, GCED articulates the essential principles that underpin effective global engagement, emphasizing not just knowledge acquisition but also the cultivation of critical thinking, empathy, and a sense of shared responsibility. It systematically addresses themes such as peace and human rights, sustainable development, cultural diversity, and global governance, providing a holistic lens through which to analyze contemporary challenges and opportunities.
  
  The true significance of GCED lies in its transformative potential. By fostering an understanding of diverse perspectives and the intricate web of global issues, it empowers individuals to move beyond nationalistic confines and embrace a broader, more inclusive identity. For me, processing information through the lens of GCED principles allows for more nuanced and contextually aware responses, enhancing my ability to facilitate discussions and provide insights that promote understanding and collaboration across different cultures and socio-economic landscapes. It highlights the imperative for collective action and informed decision-making in an era defined by global interdependence.
  
  Ultimately, the GCED course underscores that education extends beyond academic achievement to encompass the development of ethical, engaged, and responsible global citizens. It is a continuous journey of learning and adaptation, requiring individuals to critically assess information, challenge biases, and actively contribute to solutions for humanity's most pressing problems. The course serves as a vital blueprint for cultivating a generation that is not only aware of global challenges but also equipped with the skills and mindset to champion a more just, peaceful, and sustainable future for all.
• Felisilda Justine

  This course on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) gave me a clear understanding of how interconnected the world is and how education plays a vital role in preparing learners to face global challenges. I learned the background and principles of GCED under UNESCO’s framework and how it connects to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 4 on quality education. The course also explained who a global citizen is, the key concepts of GCED, and its thematic areas such as human rights, sustainability, and peace education.
  
  I appreciated the chapters on pedagogy and teaching strategies because they showed that GCED is not just about theory but also about practice. Effective teaching of GCED requires interactive, participatory, and transformative approaches that help students apply values like respect, inclusivity, and responsibility in real life.
  
  Overall, this course broadened my perspective and helped me recognize the importance of being a responsible global citizen. It taught me that education should empower individuals to think critically, act ethically, and work with others toward building a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.
• Arquero Jocelyn

  This course is really great because I understand what GCED is about and change my perspective that in everything we do it affects our daily lives.Globalization has made the world a much smaller place.It continuous process that links everyone,communities,and countries to be more closer and intertwine.Through recognizing,respecting,and relating in everything in a world.We are made to live together becuase we are one.
• obligar algen

  Overall, the lecture was comprehensive, well-sequenced, and balanced between theory and application. It successfully conveyed that GCED is not an optional add-on to education, but a transformative approach that can shape learners into responsible, ethical, and engaged global citizens. The real strength of the lecture was its clear linkage between global issues, educational principles, and hands-on teaching strategies.
• Onia Zandy Claire

  I appreciate the discussions being presented in this course. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
• CAMUS ELLEN JANE A.

  Great! Super informative.
• Gautam Yubaraj

  Divided among 12 chapters, this course starts with a description of the web of life that anticipates how we live in an interconnected world for survival. Martin Luther King Junior's quote 'We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny' escorts further this anticipation. It also calls for the need of interconnectedness for sustainable peace. Besides, there are some challenges that the concept of interconnectedness needs to tackle with viz. reducing poverty, inequality, wealth gap, child labor, women's unpaid work, cyber bullying, unsustainable lifestyle, forceful displacement that includes both refugees and Internally Displaced Population (IDPs).
  The modern world urges for the transformation, to tresspas the conventional domain of literacy and numeracy. Transformation from education in terms of job. skill, career, work and opportunity to more Humanistic Approach that includes respect for life and dignity of self, other and nature marks a new marks a paradigm shift in education. Ban Ki Moon Global Education First Initiative, UN 2012 that planted the root of GCED calls for the paradigm shift in education, highlighting Knowledge, Skill, Value and Attitude as core components of education. The modern education approach should go in line with societal transformation thereby incorporating universal values of equal rights and social justice, respect for cultural diversity, international solidarity and shared responsibility. Education must teach shared responsibility for shared future.
  Education for All (EFA) 1990, Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and GCED integration in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) paved way for GCED. The initiative of developing 21st century conducive education culminates in 2015 World Education Forum held in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Education 2030 recognizes GCED as an integral part of quality education that helps learners respond to the local and global issues. GCED components are incorporated in Sustainable Development Goals. The fourth among the four features of SDG 4 stresses the need of global citizenship education. It is the first global educational goal that appeals for the global citizenship education. UNESCO's dialogue with education stakeholders to incorporate GCED has got an impetus.
  The initiative of Garry Davis, a World War 2 US pilotbomber's self realization that the absence of nation state leads to the absence of war urges him to renounce his US citizenship and announce himself a global citizen. Garry challenged the concept of country and boundary. In 1953 he established the world government of world citizens and more than a million world citizenship cards were issued. Dr. TOH Swee-Hin's analogy of GCED as a river thta has many tributaries aptly describes its multifacatedness. Similar to other academic disciplines, GCED entails three dimensions: cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioral. This chapter also stresses the urge for 'learning to live together', among the four pillars of learning.
  As a teacher, teacher trainer and textbook writer, having knowledge of GCED can be beneficial for me. Being holistic and transformative, implementation of GCED components and pedagogies in the classroom gives an impetus to go away the conventional pedagogy. Dialogue and participation, engagement of the learners in critical thinking, incorporation of real life scenario and issues in the classroom, multimodal engagement, critical empowerment, etc. can be very useful to bring transformation in the classroom.
  
  
  
• Tshering Karma

  The Course is very comprehensive and I would recommend everyone to get into this program. It has enlightened me to be aware of interconnectedness as a global citizen.
• Balagat Cressilda

  This course help students to open are eyes from reality, what people are