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GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF GLOBAL CRISES

Ukrainian Students Participated in Winter School at TU Dortmund University

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Students from Ukraine discuss different approaches to Global Citizenship Education with students from TU Dortmund University at the Winter School.
Many of today’s challenges require cooperation and knowledge transfer across national borders. Especially in times of crisis, international relations play an important role. That is why students and scholars from Germany and Ukraine exchanged views on current global problems at a Winter School that took place from 6 to 10 February.

Under the leadership of Dr. Phillip Knobloch, Professor Ruprecht Mattig and Professor Johannes Drerup from the Institute of General Educational Sciences and Vocational Pedagogy (IAEB) at TU Dortmund University and in cooperation with Professor Olga Tsaryk and Dr. Nataliya Yashchyk from Ternopil in Western Ukraine, ten students from Ukraine discussed different approaches to Global Citizenship Education (GCE) with ten students from TU Dortmund University. The aim was to shed light, for example, on how confronting global structures and challenges can serve individual cosmopolitan education and also be the starting point for socio-political participation. That was why, in the framework of the event, the speakers also addressed current global problems such as the war and conflict in Ukraine, the climate crisis, migration and flight, poverty, as well as postcolonialism and neocolonialism.

Carefree exchange

“The Winter School was a great opportunity for Ukrainian participants studying foreign languages in Ukraine to come into personal contact with German students. At TU Dortmund University, after a 31-hour journey by bus, a week of carefree learning and exchange awaited them – with light and heating,” said Professor Olga Tsaryk from the Department of Foreign Languages at the West Ukrainian National University. Due to power outages, teaching in Ternopil in Western Ukraine is currently taking place exclusively in person.

The Winter School at TU Dortmund University included a wide variety of keynote speeches, in which first of all the fundamentals of the GCE concept were presented. The event was also concerned with the cultural and political contexts of cosmopolitan upbringing and education and their significance in times of war and crisis. The keynotes were followed by four thematic workshops and discussion sessions that focused on UNESCO’s GCE concepts and the global Sustainable Development Goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030. Other discussion groups were dedicated to education, multilingualism and foreign language learning as well as postcolonial and decolonial conceptions of Global Citizenship Education. During a visit to the international Leibniz High School in Dortmund, students additionally had the opportunity to take part in lessons and reflect on what they had learned.

“Especially in times of crisis, such as we’re experiencing right now, it becomes particularly clear how important concepts and forms of political education are that are developed against the background of globalization, reflect them and form the foundation for shaping them. That is why we were very pleased to be able to offer this Winter School on Global Citizenship Education together with our colleagues from Ukraine,” said Dr. Phillip Knobloch (IAEB).

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supported the Winter School at TU Dortmund University with funds from the Federal Foreign Office.

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