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Textbooks pave the way to sustainable development (Policy paper 28)
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Paris | 2016 | 18 p.
Corporate author: 
UNESCO
Region: 
Global

This paper’s focus on textbooks is directly related to the global indicator established for Target 4.7, which seeks to measure the extent to which global citizenship education and education for sustainable development, including gender equality and human rights, are mainstreamed in national education policies, curricula, teacher education and student assessments. Textbooks are related mostly to policy implementation and curricular intentions but also to teacher preparation and student assessment.

Resource Type: 
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Human rights
Sustainable development / sustainability
Level of education: 
Secondary education
Keywords: 
textbooks
environmental education
peace education