Towards a Global Community: Educating for Tomorrow's World (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Book 7)

This book is the outcome of a global study undertaken on behalf of the World Education Fellowship (WEF) in collaboration with UNESCO. It begins with an analysis of the views of leading thinkers from 36 countries about the type of global community needed to ensure a peaceful and sustainable future, and the attributes that education programs need to develop in learners to develop their unique potentials and to be responsible members of a "diverse and restless global community." The second part the book focuses on the curriculum and pedagogical implications of the WEF study, including basic education, education for sustainable development, values education, conflict resolution and peace, and educating world citizens. Front Matter....Pages I-XII INTRODUCTION....Pages 1-12 TRANSNATIONAL VISIONS OF DESIRABLE FUTURES....Pages 13-38 TRANSNATIONAL JUDGEMENTS OF REQUIRED HUMAN ATTRIBUTES....Pages 39-68 Front Matter....Pages I-XII BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL....Pages 71-80 EDUCATING TO MEET DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS....Pages 81-93 INTRODUCING ‘THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT’ INTO A CURRICULUM....Pages 95-107 EDUCATING FOR CAPABILITY FOR INCLUSIVE WELL-BEING....Pages 109-123 A SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDY: BRAZIL....Pages 125-138 EDUCATING FOR CARING AND HUMANE CONNECTIONS....Pages 139-155 EDUCATING FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE....Pages 157-178 CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN A TROUBLED REGION: DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALS FOR INTERACTION....Pages 179-198 EDUCATING WORLD CITIZENS: A CURRICULUM FOR CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION....Pages 199-207 EDUCATING FOR CITIZENSHIP IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: WORLD KIDS, WORLD CITIZENS AND GLOBAL EDUCATION....Pages 209-226

This book is the outcome of a global study undertaken on behalf of the World Education Fellowship (WEF) in collaboration with UNESCO. It provides education policy makers with evidence to support programs that address the major challenges faced by education systems in the next decade. It contains case studies, and it expands on the work done by UNESCO’s International Commission on Education for the 21st Century (the Delors Report).

Provides an analysis of the views of leading thinkers about the type of global community needed to ensure a peaceful and sustainable future, and the attributes that education programs need to develop in learners to develop their unique potentials and to be responsible members of a "diverse and restless global community