Student Thougths

Our Grade 1-6 UNESCO ASPnet leadership group held their first meeting for the school year together with Eileen Curtis and Ira Udow. The students shared their understanding of this world wide organization and the role they can play in promoting the UNESCO ideals. This is what they came up with:

What UNESCO ASPnet stands for:
United - bunch of people coming together, friendly

Nations - tribes, countries, continents, religions, aboriginals

Educational - schools, learning, teaching

Scientific - finding things out, answers, inquiry, facts, research

Cultural - different cultures, rituals, religions, celebrations, beliefs, traditions

Organization - group, company, offices, industries

Associated - work together with others

School - that’s us

Project - something you have to do

Network - connection

What we want to do:

	Help students and their families understand the UNESCO themes and global issues
	Develop opportunities for student action in support and promotion of human rights and intercultural learning, environmental and world concerns.
	Increase student understanding, tolerance and empathy.

Pillars of Learning:

The UNESCO International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century advocates strengthening the four main pillars of learning. This is what we think this means:

Learning to know:

about poverty - how to change it

how to help people

how to help the environment

knowing the difference between good & bad

Learning to be:

nice to the world

a good person

helpful

respectful

successful

Learning to do:

fundraising

not wasting things like food

doing good deeds

Learning to live together:

caring for others

living with and helping the poor

respecting others - styles, cultures, religions

Four Main Themes of Study:

The students discussed the four themes that ASPnet schools need to consider when developing projects:

World Concerns such as:

wars, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, sickness, dying, disease villains, bad guys, the homeless, poverty, pollution, drugs, smoking

Human Rights, Democracy and Tolerance such as:

countries with no rights, no freedom or choices, different kinds of families and relationships, discrimination, slavery

Intercultural Learning such as:

understanding and appreciating other customs, traditions, languages, cultures

Environmental Concerns such as:

greenhouse effect, not hurting the environment and nature pollution (idling/littering), protecting the rainforest animals losing habitats

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