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Panel Discussion III: Socio-Cultural Trends and Impli-cations for Education
Revisiting the Aim of Education and Main-streaming of EIU
Regional Experts Meeting on EFABangkok, Thailand, 9-11 May 2012 LEE Seunghwan
DirectorAPCEIU
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ UK tuition increases spark student riot. (2010.11)
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ Students in Croatia organized actions to express soli-darity with their colleagues in UK and Italy who are protesting against tuition fee hikes and education cuts.(2011.01)
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ California Students Protest, Riot Over Tuition Gouging (2009.11)
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ Montreal (2011.03.31)
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ South Korea (2011.06)
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Protests against rising cost of education
▲ 2011 student protests in Chile (2011.6.13)
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▲Students from the University of Puerto Rico take to the streets to protest recent tuition hikes. Over 100 students have been arrested so far during daily demonstrations. (2011.01.30)
Protests against rising cost of education
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Protests against rising cost of education
• Students of the Lagos State University, Nigeria, barricaded Lagos-Badagry expressway to protest proposed hike in tu-ition fees (2011.10.20)
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Image of Education
Symbol of Hope
Symbol of Problem
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Problems of Education
New Ones
•Tuition hike
•High unemployment rate
•School violence and “bullying”
•“Teachers in Crisis”
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Problems of Education
Old Ones
•High illiteracy rate remains (794m)
•Many children still cannot reach schools
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Why?
•Commercialization of education
•Degradation of the aim of education
•ICT revolution
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Suggestions 1. Revisiting the aim of education
• To build a better future• To breed a better human-being
UNDHR, Article 26“Education shall be directed to the full devel-opment of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.”
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2. Reducing the illiteracy rate as top priority
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(as of 2 May 2012)http://www.ppu.org.uk/indexStuff/indexmilex.html
3. Transferring resources from war to
education
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• Global military spending in 2011: $1.74 trillion• Estimated costs to eliminate ALL illiteracy: $ 5 billion
(1/340 of global military spending)
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4. Mainstreaming of EIU in education
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Brief Introduction to APCEIU
Establishment •The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for
International Understanding (APCEIU) was established in 2000 to promote EIU for Learning to Live Together in the Asia-Pacific region according to the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and UNESCO.
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What is EIU?•The most representative UNESCO educa-
tional program launched since its begin-ning in 1946
•Priority has been changed, but three core principles are still effective: 1) Respect of diversity2) Respect of Universal Values – Human
rights, Peace, Environment 3) Non-violent way of conflict resolution
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Main Activities 1. Training for educators2. Development of teaching and learning
materials
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Key Features of APCEIU
•Asia-Pacific initiatives
•Respect for diversity
•Respect for neighbors
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• 10 Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on EIU (01-10), 565 participants from 45 countries
• 25 Sub-regional and National Workshops, 2500 participants
EIU Capacity Building of Educators (2001-2010)
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GeographicalScope Programme Title Dates/Venue Participants Partners
Regional(Asia-Pacific)
Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on EIU (APTW)
13 - 22 July Korea
Teacher Educators in the Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific Leadership Academy for School Principals (APLASP)
12 - 19 OctoberKorea
School Principals in the Asia-Pacific
Sub-regional
Sub-regional Workshop on EIU NovemberBhutan
Teacher Educators (alumni) & Teachers from Bhutan,India and Sri Lanka
Bhutan National Commis-sion for UNESCONew Delhi Office
National/Local
The 11th Training Workshops for Korean Educators
8 - 12 August Korea
Korean School Teachers
Bhutan National Capacity-build-ing Workshop
NovemberBhutan
Educators in Bhutan
Study Visit Programme to the Republic of Korea
Srilanka 5 days / study visit in the Republic of Korea , custom-ized according to requests from institute(s) and self-sponsored by the requesting institute(s)
Inter-regional(Asia-Pacific & Africa)
UNESCO/ROK Co-sponsoredFellowships Programme
23 June - 22 AugustKorea
Teacher Educators, Curriculum Developers, and Education Admin-istrators (2 months / residence-type programme)
UNESCO HQsKOICA
UNDP-APCEIUSouth-South Cooperation
Training Workshop on MDGs in view of EIU
23 - 27 OctoberIran
Teacher trainers, educators of the Central & West Asia
Iranian National Commis-sion for UNESCOUNESCO Tehran Office
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• Title: Regional Workshop on Education for Cultural Diversity: Learning to Live Together in Asia and the Pacific
• Dates: 14-19 January 2010
• Venue: Hotel Academy House, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Partner organization: UNESCO Bangkok Office
• Participants: 24 secondary school principals from 19 countries in the Asia-Pacific
Examples of APCEIU’s Training Workshops
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Resources for Teachers
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• 29 Issues of English Magazine SangSaeng
• 8 Multimedia Learning Materials on “Understanding Asia”
• 5 Peace Stories developed under the UNESCO-APCEIU Fellowship Programme
• More than 38 Learning Materials published in Korean, Chinese, Persian, Japanese, Vietnamese with the coop-eration from various partners in the region
• 4 Photo Exhibition and 4 Photo Classes
Dissemination of Information on EIU (2001-2010)
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• No. 12: Internet Debate and Deliberation for High School Students (Japan)
• No. 13: Waste Management-Composting of Organic Solid Waste (Fiji)
• No. 14: Cultural Diversity/Intercultural Dialogue (Kyrgyzstan)
• No. 15: EIU In-Service Teacher Training in Beijing (China)
• No. 16: A School for Sustainable Development of an Agricultural Village in the Area (Republic of Korea)
• No.17 : Climate Cool Schools Project in Malaysia: Creating Awareness and Understanding of Climate Change (Malaysia)
• No.18 : Education for All in Pakistan - “World in Young Hands (Pakistan)
• No.19 : Culture-based Education Programme for Indigenous Children & Youth in the Philippines (Philippines)
• No.20 : Education for International Understanding through In-Service Training (Uzbekistan)
• No.21 : EIU School-based Initiatives in Bhutan (Bhutan)
EIU Best Practices published in 2009-2010
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www.unescoapceiu.org