Carlos Alberto Torres, distinguished professor of education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, recently delivered the keynote to the first-ever Global Capacity-Building Workshop on Global Citizenship Education.
Organized by Asian Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding, the conference was held in Seoul on June 19 and addressed topics including education on peace, human rights and sustainable development education as well as the prevention of violent extremism.
Torres’ presentation, “Education 2030 and Fostering Global Citizenship Education,” focused on three basic propositions of the global commons: Earth is humanity’s only home — it needs to be protected; global peace is an intangible cultural good; and it is important to find ways for equal people to live in a diverse world, seek individual and cultural interests, and maintain the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
“Global citizenship education proposes an alternative to racist and xenophobic models of citizenship, as global commons invite dialogue across lines of difference, the promotion of a culture of peace and solidarity, and the universal protection of human rights, the environment, and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said Torres.
Torres has been invited to provide research on violent extremism at the international meeting presented by UNESCO in New Delhi in September.
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