The Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth
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The Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth

‘The Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth’ is a material developed in 2015, just after the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been agreed on to follow by 2030. Although some time has passed, this resource still constitutes a valuable document to be studied by children and young people, as well as youth workers to learn and teach about the SDGs. It motivates young people to think about how these goals can be incorporated into everyday lives and how key local, national, and global issues can be supported for sustainable development.

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How to use this pack

This resource introduces the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. You are free to use the activities to explore human/youth/children’s rights issues, particularly those in the news or issues that you have already been working on with your group.

  • Each activity has a suggested age range. It is recommended to read all proposed activities and decide on which ones are appropriate to your group. Some activities can be split and the first part carried out with younger age-groups.

  • Each activity has some suggested questions for a final debrief with the group, but you may find it useful to check in with your groups more frequently during the activities depending on your participants.

  • Some issues may be sensitive among members of your group. Check through the full activity before choosing it, and also be aware of the reactions among members of your group.

  • There are fact boxes entitled ‘Did You Know?’ which accompany many activities and include supporting information. You can read these aloud, copy and hand them out to participants or display them in your group.

  • You can start with activity one and work your way through the pack. Or, you can pick and choose activities according to the interests of your group or the time and resources available.

  • Adapt the activities to suit your group’s needs. The important thing is to have everyone discussing and questioning what is happening in the world and how fair or unfair it is, and create a greater understanding of the links between Ireland and developing countries and how young people can bring about change.

Reference to the document: http://www.youth.ie/sites/youth.ie/files/SDGs_Youth_Resource%20_Pack.pdf

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This publication has been prepared within INDIGISE project. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project coordinator and may not always reflect the views of the European Commission or the National Agency.

Social Entrepreneurships in Education
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Social Entrepreneurships in Education

Social entrepreneurship (SE) is slowly making its way into the education system. Social entrepreneurship is already a concept taught in universities around the world, and some examples of SE education can be found at schools too, however the concept is still relatively new and education systems can be notoriously slow to change.

“Social Entrepreneurships in Education” is a document developed by British Council, which introduces the real exemplars of collaboration between teachers, children, entrepreneurs and the community, as well as reveals the existing opportunities and challenges in order to initiate larger discussion on a topic. The number of interviews were held with professionals in teaching and social business in order to answer the question: how to make future generation more capable of taking advantage of entrepreneurship in order to increase the wellbeing of society, taking into account the powerful role of education?

The authors have found out, that creating entrepreneurial opportunities for children and young people in schools, provides one way to blend traditional and progressive approaches, generating powerful learning that embeds both knowledge and core skills. A balance between educators and social entrepreneurs in the delivery of social enterprise education varies across the world. Different approaches are taken in different places, but it is clear that social entrepreneurship is not a subject that can simply be brought into the academic curriculum, as the teachers are not businessmen, and, in turn, social entrepreneurs are not proficient teachers. Moreover, many of the skills and gifts that make a great entrepreneur are not highly valued within a traditional school environment.

The very concept of education was once a social innovation now it is a human right. Meaningful changes should also be done to the perception of business, which should not be purely measured by the income. By drawing together the vision of social entrepreneurs and the expertise of teachers with far-sighted funding and rigorous research, the ground can be laid for systemic change on a global scale.

To research the field, describe and provide with recommendations, authors of “Social Entrepreneurships in Education” have conducted a literature review, conducted short questionnaires amongst education professionals and social entrepreneurs and in depth interviews with more than 30 leading thinkers on social entrepreneurship and education.

The result of the study can be found in here or on British Council webpage.