Description of the space

The Education and Development Studies Office is a space based at the Viana do Castelo School of Education to support reflection on issues of Education for Development and Global Citizenship (ED/ECG), and the implementation and evaluation of programmes/interventions in this field.

Objectives

• To train (future) teachers to include DE/GCE in their educational practices in an integrated way in the various subject areas.
• To carry out research and disseminate knowledge on the integration of ED/GCE in the educational context, from the early years to higher education.
• Promoting and supporting actions in the field of ED/GCE (e.g. seminars, ongoing training, courses, free events, film cycles).
• Developing educational resources to support the integration of ED/GCE in formal education.

Description of the main equipment

The GEED Resource Centre consists of a bibliographic collection of more than 1,500 books on: Formal and Non-Formal Education, International Co-operation, Development Education, Volunteering, Citizenship.

Source of funding

Development Education funding line, Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language

Transforming Schools Project: contributions to social change through education for development and global citizenship at school (ref. CSO-LA/2017/388-124, Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language).

European Commission DEAR - Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme

It's Global Education Time! From School curricula to youth actions for Sustainable Development (DEAR Programme- EuropeAid/151103/DH/ACT/Multi).

Get Up and Goals! Global education time: an international network of learning and active schools for SDGs (ref. CSO-LA/2017/388-124).

Global Schools Project: EYD 2015 to embed Global Learning in primary education (ref. DCI-NSAED/2014/338-378).

Erasmus+ KA2

Global Learning for Sense of Belonging Project, GloBe
 

Contact person

Fátima Pereira – fatimapereira@ese.ipvc.pt

Teresa Gonçalves – teresag@ese.ipvc.pt