GLOBAL EDUCATION NETWORK

Please click on the links below for further information on GLEN and how it can benefit your school:

What is the Global Dimension to Education in Devon?

Development Education

Global Citizenship

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CONFERENCE 2010

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The GLEN is part of a nationwide initiative funded by the Department for International Development and offers inset sessions tailored to individual schools, events and training session on the global dimension in education.

The Global Dimension to Education in Devon

The Global Dimension to education has gone by a number of names and terms over the years. Some of these terms are described below.

DDE provides advice and support to schools on a wide range of global dimension and global citizenship work.
The main global education terms that have been used over the years include: Development Education, Global Citizenship and Education for Sustainable Development, all of which are promoted through Devon Development Education's resources, teacher INSET and our partners and providers who offer workshops to primary and secondary schools in Plymouth.

Development Education involves teaching and learning the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and values that enable young people to become increasingly aware of issues related to development, environment and sustainability. The Development Education Association (DEA) defines Development Education as lifelong learning that:

• explores the links between people living in the "developed" countries of the North with those of the "developing" South, enabling people to understand the links between their own lives and those of people throughout the world
• increases understanding of the economic, social, political and environmental forces which shape our lives
• develops the skills, attitudes and values which enable people to work together to take action to bring about change and take control of their own lives
•  works towards achieving a more just and a more sustainable world in which power and resources are more equitably shared.

Global Citizenship, while similar to Development Education, is a more recent development and has emerged in the wake of the citizenship curriculum. Oxfam defines a Global Citizen as someone who:

• is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen
•  respects and values diversity
•  has an understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally
• is outraged by social injustice
• participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from local to global
• is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place
• takes responsibility for their actions

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) enables young people to develop the knowledge, values and skills to participate in decisions about the way we do things individually and collectively, both locally and globally, that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future. Sustainable Development is about:

• the interaction and interdependence of society, economy and environment
•  the needs of both present and future generations
•  the local and global; implications of lifestyle choices.

Education for Sustainable Development has identified seven key concepts:

• Interdependence
• Citizenship and Stewardship
• Needs and Rights of future generations
• Diversity - cultural, social, economic and biodiversity
• Quality of life - global equity and justice
• Sustainable change
• Uncertainty and precaution

For further details details on the key concepts involved in Education for Sustainable Development visit the QCA ESD website.

Devon Development Education seeks to promote Development Education, Global Citizenship and Education for Sustainable Development by offering opportunities for primary and secondary schools in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay to incorporate a global dimension to the curriculum. DDE seeks to do this through offering projects, teaching resources and teacher training/INSET (see below).

Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
DDE co-ordinates the Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. This is the 5th year of this EES (Enabling Effective Support for the global dimension of education in schools) DFID-funded work. We have been working with other Glens in the SW region to apply for another 5 year grant from DFID (Department for International Development).

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CONFERENCE 2010

This was the 8th annual conference was organised by the Global Education Network, part of the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Strategy for supporting Global Citizenship teaching in the South West.

 For further information and to book a place at the conference, please download this flyer

• Useful contacts: The GLEN booklet 2009

• List of providers

• Resources

• Conferences