🌎公民教育是培養支持終身學習文化、促進學會共同生活的關鍵。
聯合國教科文組織副總幹事/教育總幹事兼聯合國秘書長特別顧問是最近參加聯合國教科文組織終身學習研究所（UIL）公民教育智庫會議的高級代表之一。
2023年10月3日
聯合國教科文組織終身學習研究所（UIL）與聯合國亞太教育國際理解中心（UNESCO APCEIU）於2023年8月31日在其總部德國漢堡舉辦了一場智庫會議。
以「將公民教育置於終身學習的視角：從研究到行動」為題，會議邀請了28名與會者，包括國際組織和學術界的代表、個別專家和實踐者，旨在就促進公民教育以 推動教育新社會契約展開深入辯論，其中既有現場參與者，也有線上參與者。
在開場致詞中，聯合國教科文組終身學習研究所教育總幹事，斯特凡尼婭·詹尼尼女士（Ms Stefania Giannini）強調了公民教育在「創造支持學會共同生活的終身學習文化」中的關鍵作用。 她強調了激發各年齡層和各領域的公民，不僅有變成見多識廣、具批判性思維之個體的必要性，還要積極參與塑造一個民主、和平、永續和公正的社會。 她也提到了聯合國教科文組織對1974年關於國際認識、合作與和平以及與人權和基本自由有關，針對教育建議的當前修訂。
聯合國教科文組織關於教育權利問題的特別報告員法麗達·沙希德（Ms Farida Shaheed）女士進一步發表了演說，她將公民教育描述為一個應在一生中行使的基本人權，聯合國秘書長變革教育峰會的特別顧問，萊昂納多·加尼爾·里莫洛先生（Mr Leonardo Garnier Rímolo）則將公民教育定義為「不是提供正確答案，而是學會如何尋找答案」。
討論涉及一系列主題，包括公民教育的概念化、它在終身學習中的角色、將其納入成人學習和教育課程的必要性、建立教育者的能力以促進公民教育，以及數位化對公民教育的影響以及反之亦然。 也分享了非正式公民教育計畫的最佳實踐例子，以進一步突顯終身學習中多種形式學習的相互關係。
與會者一致認為公民教育對於重塑教育格局至關重要，並強調在成人學習和教育中更廣泛地推廣它的重要性。 為此，他們呼籲制定具體策略，促進在家庭、教室、社區以及所有相關參與者中推動公民教育的發展。
基於這些討論，UIL正在製作一份宣傳簡報，將在未來幾週內發布。
展望未來，UIL計劃舉辦公民教育的智庫會議，探討其監測和評估的策略，以及與幸福關係的問題。 更多關於這些會議的資訊將在未來幾個月內分享。
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Citizenship education is key to creating a lifelong learning culture that supports learning to live together
2 October 2023
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (UNESCO APCEIU), hosted a think-tank meeting on 31 August 2023 at its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Titled ‘Placing citizenship education within a lifelong learning perspective: From research to action’, the meeting welcomed 28 participants, both on-site and online, comprising representatives of international organizations and academia, individual experts and practitioners to engage in a thought-provoking debate on the merits of promoting citizenship education for advancing a new social contract for education.
In her opening remarks, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Ms Stefania Giannini reflected on the instrumental role citizenship education plays in ‘creating a lifelong learning culture that supports learning to live together.’ She emphasized the need to inspire citizens of all ages, and in all spaces, to not only become well-informed, critical thinkers but to actively engage in shaping a society that is democratic, peaceful, sustainable and just. She also referred to the current revision of the UNESCO’s 1974 Recommendation concerning education for international understanding, co-operation and peace and education relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Further remarks were provided by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Ms Farida Shaheed, who described citizenship education as a human right to be exercised throughout one’s life, and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General for the Transforming Education Summit Mr Leonardo Garnier Rímolo, who defined citizenship education as ‘not about providing the right answer but about learning how to search for the answer.’
Discussions covered a range of themes, including the conceptualization of citizenship education, its role within lifelong learning, the need to include it in adult learning and education curriculum, building the capacities of educators to facilitate citizenship education, and how digitalization impacts citizenship education and vice versa. Best practice examples of non-formal citizenship education initiatives were also shared to further highlight the interconnectedness of multiple forms of learning throughout life.
Participants agreed on the centrality of citizenship education for reshaping the educational landscape and on the importance of promoting it more widely within adult learning and education. To this end, they called for concrete strategies to advance the development of citizenship education within families, classrooms, communities and among all relevant actors.
An advocacy brief based on these discussions is in development and will be published by UIL in the coming weeks.
Looking ahead, UIL plans to host additional think-tank meetings on citizenship education to explore strategies for its monitoring and evaluation, as well as its relationship to well-being. More information on these meetings will be shared in the coming months.
