Accelerate your career by becoming a change agent and contributing to building peaceful, sustainable societies through education, policy, and community initiatives. Become a highly sought-after leader who can integrate conflict resolution and sustainable development into educational settings, operationalize peace-building projects, and influence policy at multiple levels.
Education for Sustainable Development and Peace
Hamad Bin Khalifa University via edX Professional Certificate
Overview
Syllabus
Courses under this program:
Course 1: Navigating Peace Education in Times of Conflict
Course 2: Education for Sustainable Development
Course 1: Navigating Peace Education in Times of Conflict
The first of its kind, this course develops leadership capacity for conflict resolution and social cohesion in the community and organizations as well as in the classroom. Participants will be able to plan, operationalize, and manage peace-building initiatives, assess impact, and contribute policy recommendations for sustainable peace.
Course 2: Education for Sustainable Development
An in-depth, interdisciplinary approach to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) – a fundamental pillar for achieving the ambitious UN 2030 Agenda. This course will equip you with tested global best practices, policies, and practical mechanisms to produce meaningful change wherever you are.
Courses
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Violent conflict, a common occurrence in many regions and social contexts, usually results in:
- Loss of valuable life and resources.
- Delayed economic development.
- Low human development.
Existing courses have tackled the role that religion plays in contemporary conflict, and the legal and historical frameworks shaping the professionalization of the humanitarian field. This unique six-module course is therefore timely as it brings multiple related perspectives in the peace education domain together.
While it highlights the importance of a peace-focused curriculum and the role of classroom teachers, this course will also benefit practitioners in the humanitarian field e.g., aid workers, policymakers, senior students (Masters and Ph.D.) in the field of education, as well as ordinary citizens, by inspiring participants to reflect on community-based responses to conflict and disasters and equipping them with the practical tools and strategies that they need to promote and maintain peace whatever their role and wherever they are.
The course exposes participants to peace trends and related global issues, and in particular, includes hands-on components to help them start building potential solutions to impact their own communities.
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Education for Sustainability (ESD) is an important part of UN SDG4, focusing on Quality Education. Yet, its success heavily depends on three aspects:
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First, understanding and learning from global best practices.
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Second, localizing the content.
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Third, creating holistic, inclusive pedagogical approaches and value-based frameworks.
Localizing promotes a bottom-up approach by allowing flexibility for local initiatives and a genuine engagement with relevant factors on the ground including community organizations, stakeholders, and institutions, both formal and informal.
Value-based, ethical frameworks are integral to nurturing the next generation of global citizens with the vision and determination to tackle the complex challenges ahead.
This course prepares all stakeholders involved in the SDG educational ecosystem, from policymakers, teachers, and community organizations and members, to design innovative, inclusive, and effective tools and platforms to instil in the next generation a sense of ownership, leadership, and responsibility for the future our world desperately needs to continue and flourish.
This MOOC has been partially supported by NPRP grant #12C-0804-190009 - SDG Education and Global Citizenship: Enhancing Qatar’s Nested Power in the Global Arena” from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation).
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Taught by
Dr. Esmat Zaidan, Dr. Evren Tok, Dr. Abdulfatah Said Mohamed, Dr. Kimberly Moloney, Dr. Anis Brik, Dr. Logan Cochrane, Dr. Mohammad Farhan, Ms. Rawan Tahboub, Ms. Zinat Hassan, Dr. Jennifer Bruder, Dr. Leslie Alexander Pal, Dr. Hira Amin, Dr. Logan Cochrane, Dr. Duygu Sever Mehmetoglu and Ms. Alina Zaman
