Global Citizenship

Begin your journey to become a Global Citizen with this foundational course on Global Citizenship. You will learn how global citizens think and feel about the world’s urgent challenges, and how they approach these problems. You will also develop essential knowledge and skills that will empower you to understand and solve some of the local and global challenges that surround you.

Course Details

12 years +

Target audience

15 hours

Course duration

English

Languages available

Free Certificate

Upon course completion

Self Paced

Course direction

FramerSpace

UNESCO MGIEP Learning platform

Course Learnings

Competencies you will gain

Empathy

Compassion

Relationship skills

Conflict Resolution

About the course

The course aims to build the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for contributing to a more just, peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable world.
Through the course, learners develop knowledge of contemporary global challenges along with developing the social and emotional competencies that are needed to understand and solve them.

According to the 2020 Living Planet Report, published by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the world has lost 68% of monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish in the last 50 years.

Up to one-fifth of wild species are at risk of extinction this century due to climate change alone, even with significant mitigation efforts, with some of the highest rates of loss anticipated in biodiversity ‘hotspots’.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Course Modules

Module 1

Getting Curious: Beginning to Question

Module 2

Displacing homes: Movement and Separation

Module 3

Co-creating Governance: Active Citizens

Module 4

Blurring Boundaries: Citizens of the World

Module 5

Discovering Myself: Who am I?

Module 6

De-rooting Violence

Courses Outcome

Appreciate cultural, ethnic, and social diversity as a source of enrichment and learning and Demonstrate pro-social behaviour towards others, including those belonging to a different race, ethnicity, culture, colour, gender or nationality.

Develop an understanding of mindfulness, critical inquiry, empathy and compassion, and use these as tools to enhance one’s well-being, improve relationships with others and use it in service of global citizenship.

Recognize the interconnected nature of the world, where local actions have global repercussions.

Foster civic engagement and encourage individuals to participate actively in their communities and beyond.

Understand global challenges and threats like those of migration crisis, Governance, rights and duties, identity and violence.

Encouraging individuals to view themselves as global citizens with responsibilities that extend beyond national borders.

Towards SDG 4 and SDG 4.7

The course directly contributes to SDG 4.7 by fostering education for global citizenship, promoting human rights, and enhancing cultural awareness. It equips learners with critical thinking and social-emotional skills, enabling them to engage with and address global challenges, thus fostering responsible and informed global citizens.