HI-GLOBE Project: Study Report on English Teachers' Approach to Global Education Methodologies and Purposes Published

The HI-GLOBE team has shared Intellectual Output 1 of the project, a report based on the analysis of a survey distributed in five partner countries in the first half of 2020 and answered primarily by English teachers, educators and trainers working in adult education.

To download the report, click below:

http://hi-globe.eu/article/details/35 

The project "Highlighting the Potential of English Language Learning for Global Education Purposes" (acronym HI-GLOBE, project number 2019-1-TR01-KA204-077591) is carried out under the Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, and is funded by the European Union. The project runs for 30 months, from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2022. The consortium consists of six partners from five European countries: Türkiye, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria and Italy.

The project is coordinated by Bahçeşehir University and is carried out by the BAU Project Team of Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Polat, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Samur and Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Aydemir. You can find more information about the project and access the project website below.

HI-GLOBE Website: http://www.hi-globe.eu/ 
HI-GLOBE Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HiGlobeProject/ 

Start Date: 1 October 2019
End Date: 31 March 2022
Description:
We are undeniably living in turbulent times. Poverty, inequality, socio-political conflicts and climate change are among the most significant challenges we face today as members of European society and as global citizens. Under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 17 SDGs and 169 targets have been set for the end of 2030, aiming to bring together the resources of all public, private non-profit and civil society organizations to contribute to the targets set for the successful management of these global challenges.
The HI-GLOBE partnership emphasizes that language learning holds great potential for supporting education for sustainable development in the search for solutions to the challenges defined as the SDGs.
Global Education (GE) is defined as an approach that enables people to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed for a just, sustainable world in which everyone has the right to fulfill their potential. GE encompasses Development Education, Human Rights Education, Education for Sustainability, Education for Peace and Conflict Prevention, and Intercultural Education, as the global dimension of Education for Citizenship (Global Education Guidelines, 2008).

Project Objective:
To enhance the potential of English language learning for Global Education (GE) purposes.

Expected Outcomes:
- Increasing awareness of Global Education approaches and methodologies in partner countries,
- Improving the competencies of English teachers in adult education in how to use English language teaching,
- Enhancing adult learners' competencies as global citizens,
- Developing adult learners' English speaking skills in a real intercultural context,
- Increasing the intercultural competencies of participants in the joint staff training,
- Raising awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals among a wide range of stakeholders

Outputs:
- An analysis of the approaches of English teachers in adult education to Global Education methodologies in language teaching,
- Organizing a 5-day joint staff training course with 18 participants to develop the HI-GLOBE modules,
- Developing the HI-GLOBE modules as learning courses at two levels (A1-2 and B1-2) of 40 hours each, serving Global Education purposes and based on CLIL, TBL and the use of interactive technology,
- Delivering a total of 3 pilot HI-GLOBE courses at A1-A2 and B1-B2 levels with a total of 60 adult English learners in the partner countries,
- Developing 1 HI-GLOBE learning platform (OER) including 2 learning modules

Target Groups:
- Adult learners of English
- English teachers, trainers, educators and instructors

Partnership:
Bahçeşehir University Foundation (Türkiye)
Pelican Language School (Czech Republic)
Promozione Internazionale Sicilia-Mondo (Italy)
FRAME (Poland)
European Quality Center (Bulgaria)
Promimpresa (Italy)