How can global topics be connected with everyday teaching? How can we help students not only understand the world around them, but also develop the competences they need to actively engage with it? These were some of the questions explored at the conference Learning about Global Connections XII – From Topics to Competences, organised by the GET Czechia last August.

Today GET Italy takes us on a journey to discover the new Global Geography of Social Challenges handbook through the eyes of those who contributed to creating this volume, published by lead partner CISP. Dino Gavinelli, Chiara Pirovano, and Giulia Tagliente share the genesis of the manual, its innovative aspects, and tips on how to use it in the classroom.

In the small municipality of Alpiarça, the presence of immigrants is growing. The school reality reflects the changing social fabric and nowadays classes include students from different communities. Learn how the resources from our project paved the way for a transformative journey of curiosity, awareness, compassion and acceptance led by students.

Ιn a world where the environmental crisis is no longer just a cold, abstract concept in a textbook but reality, a group of students in Kastoria (Greece) decided they had had enough of just reading about the problem. They didn’t want to sit back and inherit a grey world. They wanted to build a green one.

How can a Global Citizenship Education initiative on AI defuse social tensions and strengthen intercultural dialogue? In Pamplona, GET Spain successfully concluded the “Fake News Hunters” Youth Action: an initiative that empowered local youth to step up as agents of change, addressing social tensions and strengthening intercultural coexistence in their neighborhoods.