Updating Global Education Across Subject Areas (GEASA)

The modules will function as a tool for continuous professional development, bridging the gap between the still very discipline-oriented teacher education and the transdisciplinary needs of today’s students. The modules will emphasize 4 key approaches - the use of debate as a cross-curricular method, the necessity of adopting a transdisciplinary view, global education, and the use of digital tools in school education.

We will develop a methodological framework for implementation of the

pedagogical strategy and topics covered by this project. While our training modules represent a training framework for teachers, the methodological framework directs our focus to their classrooms. This will provide teachers with practical solutions, such as lesson plans and exercises, leading them through the process of implementing the developed pedagogical strategy in curricular subjects and activities, as well as extra-curricular ones.

This result is intended as a toolkit for teachers and students containing case analyses of contemporary issues having to do with the 5 focal topics of this project - Globalization, wealth, and poverty; Sustainability and climate; Global health; Identity, culture, religion, and border crossings; Noise, News and neutrality). The toolkit will highlight and illustrate the interconnections between these areas and emphasize the necessity of transdisciplinary thinking about global issues. 

In order for project-developed content to be readily available and maximally inclusive, we will create an e-learning platform making our content into a flowing e-learning tool with specific individualized learning plans for users.