Global Dimension in Social Sciences Subjects in Formal Education

The Education Development Center (member of Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation LAPAS) has started to implement a project aiming at the integration of development education (DE) themes across the Social Sciences curriculum, the cooperation with national educational authorities to institutionalize DE in formal education, building a network among development education experts in Latvia, Estonia, the UK and other EU countries, and – the development of methodological materials and tools for measuring effectiveness.

In March 2013, the study on the presence of global education in social sciences has been started and is looking at the situation in Great Britain, Poland, Austria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia and Cyprus. The added value of the project is that it will not be limited to theoretical exercises only but will have activities at community level working with teams of teachers, students and other active community people.

The activities are implemented by the lead partner – the Education Development Center and project partners - LEEDS DEC (United Kingdom), Mondo (Estonia) un the British Council in Latvia. The duration of the project is 3 years, from January 2013 to December 2015 and it is implemented in the framework of the European Union Cooperation office „EuropeAid” with the financial support from the European Union.

For more information on the project , please visit this website.


Photo provided by IAC, in the picture: project team.
Information provided by Inese Vaivare, LAPAS