Global Education in Europe Revisited - Strategies and Structures. Policy, Practice and Challenges

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Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgements

Global Education in Europe: European Policy Development. Growing Access in Europe for Global Education (Helmuth Hartmeyer, Liam Wegimont)

1. Introduction

2. Europe-wide Global Education Congress (Maastricht 2002)

3. Conference “Learning for a Global Society” (London 2003)

4. European Conference on Public Awareness and Development Education, “Education for North-South Solidarity” (Brussels 2005)

5. The Helsinki Conference on European Development Education (2006) – The European Consensus on Development: The contribution of Development Education and Awareness Raising (2007)

6. DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) in Europe (Study of the European Commission 2010)

7. The Espoo Finland Symposia (2011, 2014)

8. Lisbon Congress on Global Education (2012)

9. The Hague International Symposium on Global Education (2012)

10. More recent initiatives

11. Progress made and now to build on this

References

Global Education in European Countries: National Strategy Development. Overview: Strategy Development in Europe

Developing and Implementing a National Strategy for Global Learning in Austria (Helmuth Hartmeyer)

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Global Learning in Austria from early beginnings to the present

3. Developing a national strategy

4. The impact of engaging with the strategy

5. Concluding

References

A National Strategy for Global Development Education in the Czech Republic. An Initiative from Below Meeting Development from Above (Petra Skalická, Lenka Sobotová (revised by Zuzana Hlavickova))

Abstract

1. From the Velvet Revolution to reforms

2. European Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Civil Society: GDE – Move to Quality

3. National strategy for GDE in the Czech Republic: the value of the process and a common understanding

4. Towards the sustainable development goals

5. The benefits: cooperation, partnership, networking

6. From theory to practice

References

A Portuguese Strategy for Development Education. From Recent Experience to New Challenges (Luísa Teotónio Pereira)

1. Introduction

2. Fundamental decisions

3. New challenges

Global Education in European Countries: National StructuresGENE Overview of National Structures. (Jean-Marie Krier)

Global Education in Belgium (Dirk Bocken)

1. Introduction

2. DGD

2.1 Vision and mission

2.2 Budgetary matters

2.3 Objectives and guidelines

2.4 In-house education programmes

2.4.1 Programmes on Global Citizenship Education (GCE)

2.4.2 Other in-house programmes coordinated by BTC

3. Development education by third parties

3.1 Support for civil society

3.2 NGOs

3.3 Others

3.3.1 Media and audio-visual sector

3.3.2 Other partners

4. Regional governmental structures

4.1 DIV: Departement International Vlaanderen – Development Cooperation of the Flemish community

5. Education

5.1 “Education and Society” commission

5.2 Revision of the curriculum

6. Local authorities

6.1 The provinces

6.2 The communes and cities

6.2.1 Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG)

6.2.2 Union of Walloon cities and municipalities (UVCW)

6.2.3 Association of the city and municipalities of Brussels(AVCB-VSGB)

6.2.4 Municipal Council for Development Cooperation (GROS)

7. Challenges

References

Germany: Global Education for a Sustainable Future for Everybody (Anita Reddy)

1. Main political guidelines

2. Learning about sustainable global development

3. Global education programmes

3.1 ENSA – School Exchange Programme for Global Education

3.2 The cross-curricular framework for Global Development Education

3.3 School contest “All for One World – One World for All”

3.4 ESD Expert Net

3.5 Education meets Development

3.6 Global Education in the regional offices of Engagement Global

3.7 Funding Programme for Development Education in Germany (FEB)

3.8 African-German Youth Initiative – Youth exchange for global partnerships and education for sustainable development (AGYI)

4. Municipal development policy

5. Prospects

5.1 Content and the people involved

5.2 Methodological considerations

Reference

Global Education in Poland (Janina Moryc, Patrycja Szewczyk)

1. Institutional context: key ministries and coordinating bodies

2. Development Cooperation Act

3. Multi-stakeholder process on Global Education

Global Learning in Education Systems Overview: Moving from “Targeting” to Integration, Coordination, Engagement and Change

Short History of Global Education in Finland. From the Perspective of a Curriculum Developer (Liisa Jääskeläinen)

Abstract

1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the ethical foundation of the 1960s school reform

2. UNESCO Recommendation Concerning Education for International Understanding of 1974 and the curricula of the early 1980s

3. Early 1990s: Focus on Europe and the environment

4. National core curricula of 2003 and 2004 and the collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Internationalisation covers all aspects of social development

5. Cooperation with GENE

6. Finland’s new Basic Education Core Curriculum – towards the competences of a global citizen

References

The DICE Project in Ireland. Development Education and Intercultural Education (Maeve Martin, Aoife Titley, Siobhán Sleeman)

1. Introduction

2. Governance and support structures

3. Concepts and themes explored by DICE

3.1 Development Education

3.2 Intercultural education

4. Allied DICE activities

5. Current DICE priorities

6. Conclusion

Reference

Sustainable Implementation of Global Awareness in Educational Systems. A Dutch Contribution (Frans van den Boom, Jos Zuylen)

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Global awareness defined

3. Global awareness in Dutch society, a paradigm shift

4. A review of global awareness in the Dutch educational system

5. The work of the NCDO in the Netherlands

6. An analysis of the educational system in the Netherlands

7. Conclusions and Recommendations

7.1 Government level

7.2 School level

7.3 Educational learning level

References

The Global School in Sweden. Educating Schools for Global Sustainability (Victoria Palmgren)

1. Introduction

2. What can the Global School offer?

3. How does the Global School operate?

4. Global journeys

5. Who can take part in the programme?

Reference

Pan-European Perspectives in Global Education – Differing Stakeholders and Sectors. Overview: Shifting European Perspectives

NGOs in Global Education. From Promoting Aid towards Global Citizen Empowerment for Change (Johannes Krause)

Abstract

1. NGOs in Global Education – local, national and European level

2. Campaigning/Advocacy and Global Learning – achievements of and challenges for NGOs

3. Trapped in the aid industry?

4. Towards “Global Citizenship – Empowerment for Change”

References

Developing a Research Culture for Global Learning (Doug Bourn)

1. The impact of the journal

2. Moving from evaluation to research

3. Promoting a culture of research

4. Raising the profile

5. Relationship of Theory and Practice

6. Contribution to educational and development goals and objectives

7. Challenges and priorities

References

Progress and Development through the European Global Education Peer Review Process (Eddie O’Loughlin, revised by Helmuth Hartmeyer)

Abstract

1. Background to the European Global Education Peer Review Process

2. Sharing learning through the European Global Education Peer Review Process

3. Steps in the Global Education Peer Review Process

4. Specific National Review Processes

4.1 Cyprus

4.2 Finland

4.3 The Netherlands

4.4 Austria

4.5 Czech Republic

4.6 Norway

4.7 Poland

4.8 Slovakia

4.9 Portugal

4.10 Ireland

4.11 Belgium

5. Key benefits of the process

6. Summary overview of a decade of developments in Global Education as reflected in the Peer Reviews

7. Conclusion, future challenges and going forward

References

Global Education in Europe – Challenges in Practice, Policy and Theory. Overview: Practice, Policy and Theoretical Challenges

Whose Reality Counts? On Southern Perspectives in Global Education in Europe (John Y. Jones, Arnfinn Nygaard)

1. From Rio to the MDGs

2. The South Evaluation of the RORG-network in Norway

3. Enlightening or blindfolding?

3.1 Understanding history

3.2 Understanding development

4. From paternalism and good will to new global realities

References

Global Education and Social Change. The Imperative to Engage with Different Discourses (Vanessa Andreotti)

What Do We Know about Global Learning And What Do We Need to Find Out? A summary of empirical evidence (Annette Scheunpflug, Rainer Mehren)

1. Review of the research

2. A model of factors influencing the effects of global learning

3. Factors on the user side

3.1 Parents

3.2 Youth

3.3 Non-formal education

3.3.1 The role of the media

3.3.2 The role of youth work

4. Factors on the supply side

4.1 Conceptual frameworks

4.2 Curricula, schoolbooks and teaching materials

4.3 Teachers

4.4 Teaching and learning processes

5. Learning outcomes

6. Outlook

References

Global Education. Paradigm Shifts, Policy Contexts, Conceptual Challenges and a new Model of Global Education (Liam Wegimont)

1. Advances in Global Education in a decade, and a paradigm shift

2. Global Education terminology; moving from consensus to divergent discourse and dissensus

3. Broader policy context, research and conceptual challenges

3.1 Voices critical of GERM (the Global Education Reform Movement)

3.2 Voices critical of “the false promise of global learning”

3.3 Influential figures in the field of education, globally, who have reached the same conclusions as those involved in GE did sometime ago

4. The need to return to foundational understandings, and a proposed new model of Global Education

References

Global Education in Europe. Looking Back, Looking Forward (Liam Wegimont, Helmuth Hartmeyer)

Looking back

Policy and strategy

National Structures

Global Education in education systems and among differing stakeholders

Looking forward

Notes on the Authors