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Introduction. An innovative program in local High Schools to educate students about key topics of Sustainable Development.

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  1. Introduction An innovative program in local High Schools to educate students about key topics of Sustainable Development.

  2. Young people in urban China are not fully aware of the sustainability challenges their country, and the World, face. They are used to living unsustainable lifestyles and are still developing their values: hopefully values that supports a sustainable society. They are generally not used to thinking independently, thinking of solutions, or taking account of sustainability in their decision making or life decisions.

  3. Schools do not provide education covering topics of sustainable development; those which do only focus on knowledge and a few topics, which have no long term impact on young people. Schools do not provide such information in interactive ways which challenge the students, develop their thinking or help them even retain the knowledge (unless it is examined).

  4. There is not a supportive environment for students who want to make a difference and limited opportunities for students to do anything on a sustained basis within the current school framework.

  5. Foreign youth are increasingly interested in China, its place in the World, its future and its impact on the Earth. However their knowledge is not accurate and is distorted by the biased Western media, and there are few opportunities, even for those in China, to interact with Chinese people in a suitable environment. There is a clear desire, with recent China-West tensions, for greater understanding between Chinese and Western youth.

  6. Companies are increasingly interested in giving back to communities but struggle to find suitable, meaningful, volunteer opportunities which help society and help volunteers.

  7. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What is the program? not just a lecture Aim: To inspire action towards a sustainable future, through facilitating an educational experience amongst students helping them understand key values which a sustainable society is based upon. not just knowledge

  8. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What is the program? Objectives: • Chinese students learn more about Sustainable Development in China and globally, and improve their English • International students come to China and learn more about Sustainable Development in China • Chinese students and International students learn more about each other’s culture and perspectives • Introduce interactive forms of learning into schools • Company employees learn, develop their skills and give back

  9. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Raise awareness so students know WHAT the issues are

  10. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Increase this knowledge (see here for list of topics) beyond the basics so students understand WHY the issue exists

  11. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Relate the knowledge to the students lives and the real world, so students understand HOW these issues affect them and wider society

  12. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Explore WHICH behaviours and actions create and solve the issues. Promote these values: • Explore WHICH behaviours and actions create and solve the issues.

  13. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Students become WILLING to create a sustainable society

  14. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • Create opportunities to ACT and make society more sustainable

  15. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program make an impact? • This is important because this is not just a ‘normal class’. • The content is designed to look at issues from different perspectives; to look at ‘why’ problems exist, ‘how’ solutions can help etc. For example, promoting the values: • Respect: for different people, environment etc • Interdependence: how things are connected and depend on other things etc • Equality: why people suffer/benefit and others don’t • Responsibility: how individuals (the students) can help, now or in the future • This is not difficult, but it is a different approach to just teaching students information that they learn. Students need to THINK –as do the volunteers running the classes!

  16. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How does the program work? AIESEC recruits participating schools AIESEC recruits volunteers from overseas Company volunteers confirm availability Schools confirm timetables: 1 lesson per day for 2-3 wks in each school (total of 8+ classes per day: 4 volunteers, each doing 2 classes a day) (repeated 2 more times over next 4-6 wks) Plan and other NGOs provide training to volunteers as and when required Schools and volunteers are matched Up and volunteers give classes Program impact is measured and stakeholders participate in an Impact day at the end of the semester to evaluate the program and prepare for the next semester

  17. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? Who’s involved? AIESEC • The international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society • Cultural understanding + skills + social responsibility = impact • Project relevance: Generating opportunities to increase cultural understanding and to make a positive impact on society • Bring in Foreign students to China to teach this program (Creating life-changing internship opportunities) • Have Local students volunteering to organize it (skill development opportunities for them)

  18. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? Who’s involved? Plan • Vision is of a world in which all children realise their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity • Helping the poor directly, Shaanxi, Ningxia… • Project relevance as a Development Education activity: Activities that promote public knowledge andunderstanding of development issuesand through improved awareness of our global interdependence encouragejoint actionto make the world a more equitable place • Providing the training to the foreign students • Funding, Designing and managing the project

  19. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? Who’s involved? Roots and Shoots (Jane Goodall Institute) • Provide environmental education and opportunities to help the environment • Works through a network of youth groups • Projects run by students themselves within their peer group

  20. What is the program? How does the program work? Who’s involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? Who’s involved? Companies • Employees are able to learn about sustainable development and understand their company’s role in a sustainable society • Employees are able to develop their skills by running a class • Employees will enjoy giving back to the community and interacting with young people

  21. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What happened in the past? Round 1: • Shanghai and Beijing. Totally 1,800 HS students, 10 trainees, 22,000 RMB, 6 High Schools. • Not enough time with the same students. Some language problems • SES =Shanghai Experimental School who had 130 students attend more 15 hours of SD and 10 hours of Culture over 2 weeks. The students also completed a mini-project designing their own presentations about the topic they felt most activated around.

  22. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What happened in the past? Round 2: • Beijing. Totally 1,000 students. 4 Trainees. 13,000 RMB. 3 High Schools • Had more time with students, including some homework • 80% are pleased but 40% not find it interesting enough (often too general)

  23. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What happened in the past? Round 3: • BJ: 5 schools, SH: 3 schools, TJ: 2 schools, XN: 1 school • Approximately 1,500-2,000 students have 5-10 classes +project • Approximately 1,500+students have 1-3 classes • 140,000 RMB including volunteering for Uni students & Prize trip • Cisco volunteers

  24. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? What happened in the past? Round 4: • 10 trainees • Beijing: 2 schools, Xi’an: 1 school, Shanghai: 3 schools • Over 2200 students • Average 4.5 class hours per student

  25. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How can you be involved? As an NGO • Learning partner, providing learning materials and training to our volunteers. • Provide opportunities for our volunteers to volunteer to help you in their spare time.

  26. What is the program? How does the program work? Why be involved? What happened in the past? Your involvement? How can you be involved? As a company • Provide volunteers • Promotion internally • Training for company volunteers if necessary • Teaching a class (during day time) • Participate in the program with your employees as ‘students’ • Our volunteers can run the program in your company to give your employees more information on Sustainable Development. • Can focus more on ‘Corporate role in Sustainable Development’, i.e. CSR • Improves their English and can be linked to Company’s CSR report. • Provide funding

  27. Click here to return to How does the program make an impact Appendix: List of topics (flexible) • Demographics (age, location, population) • Livelihoods (employment) and trade (globalization) • Technology • Energy and consumerism • Resource use • Conflict and natural disaster • Law and corruption • Institutions and Sectors (gov, business, civil society, media, legal) • Individual (ACTION!) Note: All topics should be related to Sustainable Development • Poverty • Education • Health (inc. HIV/AIDs) • Water and Sanitation • Biodiversity • Urbanisation, e.g. transport • Global Warming • Social Entrepreneurship • Gender

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