A design thinking approach for your higher education institution

DAD - Global competence frameworks

  Professionals        Multiple levels
 
€ 615
 
A design thinking approach for your higher education institution

DAD - Global competence frameworks

   Professionals

   Multiple levels

    615

 

 

 

 

 

When we look at the myriad of nested crises afflicting our planet and humanity, it is not difficult to build an argument for why we need to embed global competence into higher education or, in fact, all stages of education. For professionals seeking to operationalize a global competence framework within their own educational institution, this workshop uses a design-based thinking methodology to help you establish and implement your own roadmap.
Guest faculty

Prof. Sarah-Louise Jones

Why participate

Although recent data shows how many universities now include the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of their strategic plans, it is much harder to see how many incorporate global competence (GC). In part, this is because there is no single accepted term to encapsulate the types of competences needed to deal with the interconnected issues and challenges that we face. 

Even when looking at SDG uptake, most studies only demonstrate where these have been included in universities’ strategic plans. Little research exists around how these are operationalized or enacted within the context of everyday life on campus. 

Therefore, the purpose of this workshop is to move beyond terminological differences towards a model for developing and integrating global competence — and its relatives (whatever they may be called) — as an integral part of the learning process within universities. Learn how to operationalize strategy to make GC a reality, not just a nice sentiment on a website or brochure.

To do this, you will engage in a design-based thinking-approach. Design-based thinking comes from the field of Educational Participatory Design Research (EPDR), a human-centric, egalitarian, and emancipatory approach — the very values that underpin global competence — making it an excellent method for operationalizing GC frameworks.

This course is led by Dr. Sarah-Louise Jones, Professor of Global Education at the University of Hull (UK). A recognized leader in global competence research and practice, her work includes extensive publications and internationally funded projects focusing on integrating GC into diverse educational settings. In addition to leading the University of Hull’s GC framework development, she holds prominent positions in professional organizations such as the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) and the Education Futures Collaboration (EFC), which she founded to promote collaborative, evidence-based research for improving education quality globally.


Participant profile/requirements

This course is for you if you are — or are helping those who are —

  • A higher education leader / professional / change-maker charged with helping your institution incorporate global competence (or its variants),
  • Education consultant or advisor, 
  • Academic or research practitioner studying the field.

Contact us if you have questions about the suitability of this course for your circumstances.

Learning outcomes

In this course, you will learn how to help yourself and those you work with so that you/they can better: 

  • Co-construct and assemble a definition of global competence for your institution / organisation.
  • Design a customised global competence toolkit for implementation.
  • Develop a theoretical and practical understanding of design-based thinking which can be applied within your context for future workstreams.

Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a Certificate of Participation listing 6 contact learning hours. 

For course additional details see the Institute for Developing Across Differences website. 

Help yourself and those you work with:

  • Co-create a definition of global competence for your institution
  • Develop a custom global competence toolkit
  • Learn design-based thinking and how to apply it to your work
€ 615
 

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