The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on

SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

Barbara Toepfer

Deputy of the Institute, Schulberatungsstelle Globales Lernen in der Einen Welt
Pädagogisches Institut Falkenstein Hessisches Landesinstitut für Pädagogik, Germany

Learning and Acting in a Worldwide Economic and Social Context:
Global Learning in Vocational Training and Adult Education

Abstract

Global education is a set of educational approaches that can be applied to meet the challenges of globalisation. Trainees and employees should be capable of dealing with existing and future changes and problems that will dominate the 21st century.

But how do we qualify trainees and staff to communicate adequately with clients and colleagues from a completely different cultural background? What is the significance of fair trade? How can we buy, produce and consume in such a way that we preserve the earth and existing resources and allow others an acceptable standard of living? How should we take human rights and ethic standards into consideration when we do business?

The purpose of the workshop is to reflect how didactics and methods of development education, peace education, intercultural education , human rights education, environmental education and ecumenical learning can contribute to professional attitudes and cross curricular competencies that qualify for a "better" (business) world according to the Agreements of the Rio Conference (Agenda 21).

Bionote

Qualified hotel assistant and hotel economist Various employments in Germany, France, England, Spain and Switzerland
Since 1989 vocational teacher for hospitality trade, tourism and nutrition
Since 1990 also adult education, primarily for teachers
Since 1991 Co-editor of "Zeitschrift für Internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik" ZEP
Since 1997 team-member of School Advisory Bureau on Global Education, State of Hesse, Germany; deputy of the Pädagogisches Institut Falkenstein
Since 1998 Specialist on global learning in vocational education. Various publications.

Presentation Type
60 min. Workshop

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Country
Germany