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8th International Conference on GCED

Unpacking GCED: Transformative Learning for Critical Empowerment
18-19 October 2023, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Outcome Report

Day 1
Time Programme Details
13:30–14:20 [Opening]
14:20-14:30 Break
PART I. GCED as Transformative Education in Times of Change
14:30 – 15:30

Plenary Session 1. Multidimensionality of GCED in the Face of Multiple Crises: A Moderated Conversation over Urging Issues of Violence and Climate Change

The first plenary session will highlight the multidimensional nature of the current crises, challenges, and solutions and discuss how GCED can/should amplify its interdisciplinary nature for more effective practice and pedagogy without overwhelming practitioners and learners. The discussion will revolve around salient current issues such as climate change, on the one hand, and the normalisation of violence, on the other, and how GCED should/could engender transformative learning and critical empowerment.

15:30 – 15:50 Break
15:50 – 17:00

Plenary Session 2. GCED “Competences” as Transformative Learning for Critical Empowerment

The second plenary session will problematize the conventional approaches to “competences” and rearticulate global citizenship “competences” anchored in the idea of transformative learning for critical empowerment and social engagement. This will involve discussions of the breadth of skills constituted by and through GCED and enabling conditions, as well as how GCED principles are converted into actual teaching-learning practice, without reducing them to a technical matter and while maintaining a holistic and contextualised approach.

17:00 – 17:20 Break
17:20 - 19:00

Plenary Session 3. Transforming Education for Transformative Learning (PANEL DISCUSSION)

This panel discussion will invite a range of key stakeholder groups working on/for GCED such as policy-makers, teacher education institutes, youth, educators, and civil society organizations to share their ideas and visions on the current efforts to ‘transform education,’ and on what needs to be done to ensure that education leads to transformative learning.

Day 2
Time Programme Details
PART II. Translating GCED into Practice and Pedagogy
10:00 – 11:30

Concurrent Sessions 1. GCED in Practice

The concurrent sessions will showcase programmes and cases on how GCED can be implemented in various domains, ranging from curriculum to lifelong learning to teacher education.


Session 1.1. Curricular Integration of GCED

Presenters
- Anoulom VILAYPHONE (Director General, Research Institute for Educational Sciences, Lao PDR)
- Edward APPIAH (Director-General, NaCCA, Ghana)
- Amber RAI (Curriculum Developer I, Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Bhutan)
Moderator
Călin RUS (Director of the Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania; WG leader of Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) by Council of Europe)


Session 1.2. GCED as Lifelong Learning

Presenters
- Nominmaa ULZIIBAT (Founder & Lead, Check-Check Project, Mongolia)
- IniOluwa ODEKUNLE (The Identity Project, Nigeria)
- Daegu Metropolitan City Suseong-gu Case (ROK)
Moderator
HAN, Geon-Soo (Professor, Kangwon National University)


Session 1.3. Interdisciplinary GCED for Tertiary and Pre-service Education

Presenters
- Natia NATSVLISHVILI (Expert on Democratic Citizenship; Member of the Bureau of Education Committee of the Council of Europe, Georgia)
- Serafin ARVIOLA Jr. (Director of GCED Cooperation Centre-Philippines, Philippine Normal University, Philippines)
- Marco PASQUALINI (UNESCO Beirut Office)
Moderator
Christopher CASTLE (Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO)

11:30 – 13:00 Break
13:00 - 14:30

Concurrent Sessions 2. GCED “Competences” for Social Engagement and Critical Empowerment: Beyond Individualistic Approaches

The concurrent sessions will discuss and showcase transformative learning and critical empowerment for and through GCED from various contexts and stakeholders. In so doing, they will explore “competences” GCED tries to nurture in learners and educators as well as enabling conditions. Some key implications for GCED monitoring in such discussions will also be explored.


Session 2.1. GCED Competences for Educators: Teaching Practice as Transformative Learning for Critical Empowerment

Presenters
- Lessons from APCEIU’s Capacity-building Programmes (Lea ESPALLARDO)
- Dylan WRAY (Global Director, High Resolves Learning at the Human Responsibility Accelerator)
- Rebecca Rosario O. BERCASIO (Professor VI and Director, Center for Teaching Excellence , Bicol University, Philippines)
Moderator
Faryal KHAN (Programme Specialist for Education, UNESCO Bangkok Office)


Session 2.2. Youth as Change Agents

Presenters
- Violeta RAMIREZ (Fundación Universitaria Sanita, Colombia)
- Umair MUSHTAQ (Senior Manager Development, The Little Art, Pakistan)
- Farayi Lindsay Nyabereka (Founder, GCED 4 Zimbos, Zimbabwe)
Moderator
Patrick DOLAN (UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement, and Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at the School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, Ireland)


Session 2.3. Rethinking GCED Monitoring

Presenters
- Aaron BENAVOT (Professor, University at Albany-SUNY, USA)
- Rachel PARKER (Senior Researcher, Australian Council for Educational Research)
- PARK Hwanbo (Professor, Chungnam National University)
Moderator
: Esther CARE (Professor Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia)

14:30 – 14:40 Break
14:40 – 16:00

Concurrent Sessions 3. Innovative Pedagogies and Resources for GCED

The concurrent sessions will showcase innovative teaching-learning methods and resources that educators can use to design and implement lessons integrating GCED, particularly towards critical empowerment and transformative learning.


Session 3.1. Storytelling for Transformative Learning (Workshop)

Facilitator
Lisa Van WYK (Global Communications Manager, World Wide Web Foundation, South Africa)


Session 3.2. Transformative Pedagogies of Empowerment

Presenters
- Yoke Pin CHEN (Senior Manager, Arts-Ed, Malaysia)
- Jefferson R. PLANTILLA (Researcher, Hurights Osaka)
- HWANG, Jimin (GCED Lead Teacher, Suwon Geumho Elementary School, ROK)
Moderator
Cristián Bravo ARAYA (UNESCO Santiago Office)


Session 3.3. Innovative Pedagogies and Resources

Presenters
- Călin RUS (Director of the Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania; WG leader of Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) by Council of Europe)
- LEE, Yangsook (Deputy Head, Institute of Global Citizenship Education, APCEIU)
- Libby GILES (Director, Education, Centre of Asia Pacific Excellence, New Zealand)
Moderator
Charles CHIKUNDA (UNESCO Harare Office)

16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:00 [Closing]