Promoting global citizenship education in schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

Promoting global citizenship education in schools

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

We are all living in an interconnected and interdependent world; technological advances have surpassed distance allowing the instant transfer of information, images, experiences from one corner of the globe to the other. Issues such as migration and climate change dictate actions that transcend the narrow nation-state boundaries and pose challenges that cannot be addressed unilaterally. As the devastating COVID-19 pandemic spreads it comes to manifest in bleak colours the fluidity of national frontiers and the inalienable bond of humans against a common threat.
As defined by UNESCO, Global citizenship refers to a sense of belonging to a broader community and a common humanity. It emphasizes political, economic, social and cultural interdependency and interconnectedness between the local, national and the global.
Despite its importance, global citizenship education is in its nascent phase and currently it is not introduced in schools. Teachers lack the initial training or CPD resources to integrate global citizenship issues in their teaching.
This project aims to address the evident gap in the provision of global citizenship education in secondary schools and to support teachers to promote and integrate global citizenship in their teaching.
To this end, the POLITEIA project seeks to build an innovative, tailored training course addressed to teachers to allow them to confidently bring global citizenship issues in the classroom, integrate its themes and values in the citizenship course or across curricula and ignite students interest in global citizenship.
Objectives:
• Enhance the competences of teachers to understand and integrate global citizenship education in their teaching
• Strengthen the provision of global citizenship education in schools with innovative methods, tools and resources
• Promote the inclusion of global citizenship education in school curricula
The project’s main target group is teachers of all subjects that are currently working in secondary education but it is also open to teachers in their initial training. The project will also benefit: school authorities and public authorities in charge of education, policy makers at all levels as well as civil society actors that are working in the field of non-formal education.
The project in its 24month duration expects to bring the following tangible results:
• A new course for teachers on global citizenship to contribute to their professional development
• A toolkit for integrating Global Citizenship education in the teaching process
• The Global citizenship education online platform where teachers can find resources, network and exchange experiences
• Guidelines for school authorities on how to incorporate Global citizenship in school curricula
• Recommendations and lessons learnt addressed to policy and decision makers at national and European level on integrating Global citizenship in formal education.
Ultimately, the POLITEIA project seeks to promote global citizenship in European schools by making the subjects and the issues more amenable to teaching and more accessible to young citizens and contribute to the development of concrete educational pathways for global citizenship education.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 219340 Eur

Project Coordinator

CANARY WHARF CONSULTING LIMITED & Country: UK

Project Partners

• DRUŠTVO HUMANITAS – CENTER ZA GLOBALNO UČENJE IN SODELOVANJE
• INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA
• KENTRO MERIMNAS OIKOGENEIAS KAI PAIDIOU
• CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD-CARDET