La diversidad sigue siendo la asignatura pendiente de nuestros sistemas educativos, a pesar de los avances realizados: así nos lo recuerdan los datos sobre acoso a personas LGTB+ en los centros escolares o los intentos de determinados grupos políticos de acabar con las leyes LGTB+ autonómicas que han proporcionado, sin duda, un auténtico balón de oxígeno a niñxs de toda condición, para quienes la asistencia a la escuela era un auténtico infierno, además de impulsar la educación en diversidad para el conjunto de las criaturas. Parece que todavía queda mucho camino por recorrer hasta que la diversidad se establezca como contenido en todos los niveles educativos y, especialmente, en la formación docente. El presente volumen recoge parte de los trabajos del Grupo EDi (Educació i Diversitat LGTBIQ+), que nació en la Universitat de València en 2017, de la mano de un grupo heterogéneo de docentes que compartíamos la inquietud por la indispensable educación en la diversidad en todos los niveles educativos y la preocupación por las cifras de acoso, agresiones e incluso suicidios de escolares. Desde nuestras respectivas disciplinas, nos propusimos trabajar juntxs en esta dirección, no solo para promover la valoración positiva de las diversidades en las aulas y lograr que la diversidad se incluya como parte de la formación, sino también para construir nuevos paradigmas educativos más justos e igualitarios, siempre con el objetivo de crear espacios educativos respetuosos, libres de violencia y que sean, en definitiva, una oportunidad para cuidarnos unxs a otrxs y crecer en todos los sentidos.

Sinopsis:La diversidad sigue siendo la asignatura pendiente de nuestros sistemas educativos, a pesarde los avances realizados: así nos lo recuerdan los datos sobre acoso a personas LGTB+ enlos centros escolares o los intentos de determinados grupos políticos de acabar con las leyesLGTB+ autonómicas que han proporcionado, sin duda, un auténtico balón de oxígeno a niñxsde toda condición, para quienes la asistencia a la escuela era un auténtico infierno, además deimpulsar la educación en diversidad para el conjunto de las criaturas. Parece que todavíaqueda mucho camino por recorrer hasta que la diversidad se establezca como contenido entodos los niveles educativos y, especialmente, en la formación docente.El presente volumen recoge parte de los trabajos del Grupo EDi (Educació i DiversitatLGTBIQ+), que nació en la Universitat de València en 2017, de la mano de un grupoheterogéneo de docentes que compartíamos la inquietud por la indispensable educación en ladiversidad en todos los niveles educativos y la preocupación por las cifras de acoso,agresiones e incluso suicidios de escolares.Desde nuestras respectivas disciplinas, nos propusimos trabajar juntxs en esta dirección, nosolo para promover la valoración positiva de las diversidades en las aulas y lograr que ladiversidad se incluya como parte de la formación, sino también para construir nuevosparadigmas educativos más justos e igualitarios, siempre con el objetivo de crear espacioseducativos respetuosos, libres de violencia y que sean, en definitiva, una oportunidad paracuidarnos unxs a otrxs y crecer en todos los sentidos.

Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the integration of the research and outreach functions of the university. The evidence suggests that universities are indeed open systems, in interaction with their environment, able to discover changes that can influence them and to change in response to those changes. They are also able, in the success of their efforts to mitigate the educational impact of the pandemic, to create better futures, as the result of the innovations they can generate. This challenges the view of universities as "ivory towers" being isolated from the surrounding environment and detached from local problems. As they reached out to schools, universities not only generated clear and valuable innovations to sustain educational opportunity and to improve it, this process also contributed to transform internal university processes in ways that enhanced their own ability to deliver on the third mission of outreach

This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines. Sustainability in a higher education context is a fast growing field. Thousands of universities across the world have signed declarations or have committed themselves to integrate the principles of sustainable development in their activities: teaching, research and extension, and many more will follow.

From the Holocaust in Europe to the military dictatorships of Latin America to the enduring violence of settler colonialism around the world, genocide has been a defining experience of far too many societies. In many cases, the damaging legacies of genocide lead to continued violence and social divisions for decades. In others, however, creative responses to this identity-based violence emerge from the grassroots, contributing to widespread social and political transformation. Resonant Violence explores both the enduring impacts of genocidal violence and the varied ways in which states and grassroots collectives respond to and transform this violence through memory practices and grassroots activism. By calling upon lessons from Germany, Poland, Argentina, and the Indigenous United States, Resonant Violence demonstrates how ordinary individuals come together to engage with a violent past to pave the way for a less violent future.

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming, web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so that people don't have to learn these things on their own, but ironically, their founders and instructors are often teaching themselves how to teach. There's a better way. This book presents evidence-based practices that will help you create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them. Topics include the differences between different kinds of learners, diagnosing and correcting misunderstandings, teaching as a performance art, what motivates and demotivates adult learners, how to be a good ally, fostering a healthy community, getting the word out, and building alliances with like-minded groups. The book includes over a hundred exercises that can be done individually or in groups, over 350 references, and a glossary to help you navigate educational jargon.

“The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope