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The following links highlight different teaching and learning strategies and methods that can be adopted in Educating for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship.

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
A multimedia teacher education programme run by UNESCO.
There are sections on storytelling, values education, problem solving and assessment. www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_d/uncofrm_d.htm

Eco-Schools Programme
A whole-school environmental management programme, based up on the ISO 14001 standard.
www.eco-schools.org.uk

SAPERE, Communities of Enquiry
The society for advancing philosophical enquiry and reflection in education. It provides a guide for the programmes on Philosophy for Children and Philosophy for Global Citizenship.
www.sapere.net

Get Global - a skills-based approach to active global citizenship Key Stages 3&4 (Action Aid 2003) - Get Global! is a multi-agency teachers’ guide on how to facilitate and assess active global citizenship. A range of innovative and participatory activities promote a skills-based approach rather than a content-based approach, so they can be used within different subject areas and with all ages. A video, showing the five stage of Get Global is also available from Action Aid, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Cafod and Save the children www.actionaid.org.uk/schoolsandyouth/getglobal

Forest Schools
An overview of forest schools its principles and practices www.foresteducation.org.uk/forestschools/index.asp

Institute for Outdoor Learning
Covers how outdoor education can contribute to sustainability by Geoff Cooper
www.outdoor-learning.org/environment/

Most of the books, teaching packs and websites listed in the Resources section use the types of teaching and learning strategies discussed in this section