Global Education for Teachers

Incorporate global learning and global citizenship education into your teaching

Teachers today must prepare their students for a global future.

Young people will need to learn how to positively engage with people from all over the world and build the skills and knowledge to become a global citizen.

On this course, you’ll increase your confidence and ability to introduce global issues into your teaching. You’ll get CPD training in how to address global issues in your teaching and support global citizenship in your school.

This course is developed in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, which requires countries to develop global citizenship for all learners by 2030.

This course is designed for teachers around the world who want to encourage global citizenship amongst their students and work towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4.7.

This includes teachers in international schools and International Baccalaureate schools, as well as teachers in government schools with an interest in global learning and global citizenship education.

This course is designed for teachers around the world who want to encourage global citizenship amongst their students and work towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4.7.

This includes teachers in international schools and International Baccalaureate schools, as well as teachers in government schools with an interest in global learning and global citizenship education.

• Explore the concept of global education and related terms such as global learning and global citizenship education.
• Engage with key issues and debates in global education research and policy.
• Investigate the key elements of, and approaches to, global education in research and practice;
• Explore the opportunities and challenges global education can present for educational practitioners.
• Collaborate with peers around the world to develop an awareness of diverse perspectives on, and practices of, global education;.
• Assess the range of resources which are available to support educators to incorporate global education in their practice, including guides, learning activities and curriculum planning tools.
• Develop greater confidence, knowledge and skills to be able to incorporate global education into their teaching.
• Reflect on their current practice and identify how they might apply the learning from the course to their practice in the future.