Preparing Teachers for Global Citizenship Education : A Template

Abstract

Global Citizenship Education is important. To understand the reasons why, we only need to look at all the persisting conflicts, social unrests, injustices and cases of inequality and unsustainable uses of resources, as well as natural and human-made disasters around the world. This publication provides useful information on integrating GCED concepts, principles and activities into curricula and teaching practices covering a broad spectrum of issues and pedagogies. It contains exemplars illustrating how GCED can be integrated into various subject areas. Diverse resources and materials listed in the document also offer readers a wide range of references. Underscoring the pragmatic objective of this work is the need for teachers to become global citizens themselves. How can we transform vision into practice? The answer lies in an education that brings about changes and personal transformations through actions and practices. The statements below, gathered through meetings and workshops organized under the auspices of the project, summarize the key messages of this book: GCED is about dialogues and not about the impositions of one’s views or ideas on others, GCED is for learning together, GCED is student-centred, GCED is transformative education and GCED is multi-disciplinary and can be integrated into existing curricula and subject areas.