Description
Global learning is a pedagogical approach that encourages active engagement with a diverse, interdependent and fragile world, which encompasses approaches such as education for sustainable development and global citizenship education. This online module encourages critical engagement with current and diverse theoretical perspectives underpinning these approaches, and reflection by students on the links between these perspectives and their educational practice.
By the end of the module students will be able to:
· identify, discuss and develop a deep understanding of a range of theoretical perspectives that underpin approaches to global learning, education for global citizenship and education for sustainable development;
· critically assess the contribution of these theoretical perspectives to research, policy and practice in the field;
· critique a wide range of professional and academic articles and other publications in the field
· identify and re-assess their own theoretical position in relation to global learning, education for global citizenship and education for sustainable development
· reflect critically on the value of these theoretical perspectives for understanding their own practice
Indicative Topics:
The landscape of the field
Approaches to pedagogy
Content in global learning
Individual and social action
Global learning research methods and approaches
Teaching Delivery
This module is taught fully online, asynchronously over 10 weeks, with individual, pair and group activities organised in 2-week blocks.
This module is assessed formatively by a visual representation, plus written rationale (1000 words) and summatively by a written coursework assignment (4000 words).
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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