6 Steps for 60 Million Teachers and their Students
Mareike Hachemer
As introduced in a blog post here in March, 60 million teachers and their over 1 billion students can make this world a better place. In this second part of the blog we focus on the six steps teachers can take to get started through the infographics below and the author’s inspirational TED talk.
As many readers will know, in 2015 the United Nations published the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. They defined aims like fighting poverty and hunger, providing good health care and quality education for all and achieving gender equality worldwide. Other goals included clean water and affordable, clean energy, decent work and economic growth, progressive innovation and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable communities as well as responsible consumption and production. Deep inside we probably all know that if we do not actively work on these goals, the environment will be even more polluted, many animals will become extinct, living conditions will spiral downward, and the number of conflicts around the world will increase.
Here is a six-step plan of what we can do even in the most restrictive learning environments.
As a final step, create a culture of appreciation and growth that will foster further development and positive change. And if this is not enough to make us change our focus, attitudes and methods at school, here is an inspirational TED talk delivered by the author if this blog:
Fellow educators, get on board!
The world needs you!
When you join Learn to change you benefit in many ways:
- You join a group and become more powerful.
- You support our common goals and empower yourself to change.
- You join a community of committed people who want to change education and the way we learn.
- You get regular resources for lessons, training and advocacy.
About the Author
Mareike Hachemer is a high school teacher for German, English and Drama at a secondary school in Wiesbaden, Germany and a delegate of the International Department at the Ministry of Education in Hesse, Germany. It is her mission to empower teachers and encourage them to connect learning to activities that help achieve the Global Goals. She is a UNESCO delegate for the role of teachers in Peace and Sustainable Development, a member of TeachSDGs and the Pestalozzi Programme, the Council of Europe’s programme for the professional development of teachers and education actors. Her ideas are published in articles and public speeches such as “Teaching – The Most Important Profession in the World”, given at TEDxHeidelberg. In 2015 she was chosen as a finalist for the Global Teacher Prize and has since been working on Education for Global Citizenship with distinguished international educators and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
www.mareikehachemer.jimdo.com
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