UNESCO MGIEP launches ‘Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A Guide to Embedding’

BANGKOK, July 5 (TNA) - UNESCO MGIEP on Tuesday launched ‘Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A Guide to Embedding’, an international guidebook on embedding concepts of peace, sustainable development and global citizenship in textbooks of core subjects at the 3rd Asia Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 (APMED III) in Bangkok. Commonly referred to as ‘The Embedding Guide’, the book was presented as a viable option to mainstream goal 4.7 (also the theme of APMED III) in education systems through the medium of textbooks. The book was released by Hannes Siege, Advisor, Engagement Global and Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO along with Dr. Anantha K Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP in the presence of the lead authors of the chapters of the guidebook. The guidebook is aimed at giving guidelines for governments and educational institutes worldwide to develop their textbooks, which is an important tool to cultivate young people to be a major force to help the world in the future, said Kobayashi. The Embedding Guide offers concrete guidance for authors of mathematics, science, language and geography textbooks on how to ‘embed’ peace, sustainable development and global citizenship in textbook content. There is a chapter dedicated to each subject. The guide has been written collaboratively by about 25 experts from all parts of the world. (TNA)