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International Education Course
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Leioa | 2019 |
Author: 
Juan Ignacio Martínez de Morentin; Concepción Medrano
Corporate author: 
UNESCO Chair in Communication and Educational Values
Region: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

UNESCO understands international education as a process resulting from international understanding, cooperation, peace and global citizenship education. This results from combining three perspectives: the first, human rights--in a strict sense--the second, fundamental liberties--stressing its possibilities and requirements--and the third, the United Nations system--understanding the way in which it is committed to achieving peace.
International education is education for international understanding. This understanding must impregnate all of its educational systems, actions and materials. It is not a separate course. Instead, it must be present in all courses. International education or education for international understanding is the entire programme, the motivation behind any teaching & learning process. This course explains ideas and models that UNESCO has worked with in order to clarify what it aims for in education. This is seen through the resolutions of the general conferences and the Executive Board decisions, which are UNESCO´s framework in defining international education.

 

Resource Type: 
Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
Other
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Human rights
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Peace / Culture of peace
Sustainable development / sustainability
Transformative initiatives / Transformative pedagogies
Level of education: 
Higher education
Lifelong learning
Non-formal education