Teachers possess the power to make their classes more engaging than ever – Join a new initiative for Living Heritage and Education by UNESCO!
Are you a teacher looking to make the most of your local cultures in the classroom? If so, this is your chance to collaborate with UNESCO!
UNESCO is inviting teachers from across the Asia-Pacific region to participate in the online course ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific’, and to join the accompanying online seminars afterward to consult with UNESCO experts.
These activities will help the teachers build innovative lesson plans that use traditional wisdoms, craftsmanship, festivals and rituals in local communities as tools and materials for quality education.
So, what do we ask you to do?
STEP 1:Watch this introductory animation series, ‘Teaching and Learning with Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific’, on YouTube, which is available in 6 languages: English|Khmer|Korean|Nepali|Russian|Thai
STEP 2:Take this online course now (available only in English), and complete it before 28 September: https://bit.ly/GCEDclassICH
- You will receive aCertificate of Completionupon finishing the course.
STEP 3:Sign up to our webinar on ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific’ which takes place on Friday 30 September 2022 through this link: https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP
- You will receive aCertificate of Participationfrom UNESCO for attending the online seminar.
- If you can develop lesson plans using Living Heritage in your country by 31 December 2022, you will receive aCertificate of Achievementfrom UNESCO!
Our Webinar Schedule
THE FIRST SEMINAR
(Register now: https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP)
Date:Friday, 30 September 2022
Facilitators:Vanessa Achilles, Sharareh Bajracharya, Manantuna Jyapoo
With contexts relevant to South to South-East Asia
Time:17.30–20.30 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) coinciding with other time zones, some of which are listed below:
- UTC+2: 12.30-15.30
- UTC+4.30: 15.00-18.00
- UTC+5.30: 16.00-19.00
- UTC+5.45: 16.15-19.15
- UTC+6: 16.30-19.30
- UTC+8: 18.30-21.30
- UTC+9: 19.30-22.30
THE SECOND SEMINAR
(Open for registration on 1 October 2022)
Date:Thursday, 1 December 2022
Facilitators: Vanessa Achilles, Kamilla Kenzhetaeva
With contexts relevant to Central to East Asia
Time:15.00–18.00 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) coinciding with other time zones, some of which are listed below:
- UTC+2: 10.00-13.00
- UTC+4.30: 12.30-15.30
- UTC+5.30: 16.00-19.00
- UTC+5.45: 13.45-16.45
- UTC+6: 14.00-17.00
- UTC+8: 16.00-19.00
- UTC+9: 17.00-20.00
Preliminary Programme
| Duration | Line-up of activities |
| 5 min. | Welcome to the seminar |
| 5 min. | Introducing our UNESCO project |
| 15 min. | What is a ‘living heritage’? Why is living heritage important for schools? (Module 1) |
| 10 min. | Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project |
| 20 min. | Q&A and plenary discussion |
| 20 min. | 6 steps to create your own lesson plans (Modules 2-4) |
| 10 min. | Break |
| 20 min. | Idea-sharing by participants |
| 15 min. | Q&A and plenary discussion |
| 20 min. | Sustainable approaches to integrating living heritage into your classroom (Module 5) |
| 10 mins. | Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project |
| 20 min. | Q&A and plenary discussion; testimonies from participants |
| 5 min. | Closing |
| Total: 185 minutes |
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