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In a rare interview video recorded in Los Angeles, The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Prof. Carlos Alberto Torres Director of the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute discusses the meaning of Global Citizenship and its educational extension Global Citizenship Education, and how Paulo Freire's pedagogy connects to Global Citizenship Education -- "Planet, Peace and People" are the three distinctive characteristics of global citizenship according to Dr. Torres.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 What is Global Citizenship Education?
02:32 Paulo Freire & Global Citizenship
05:21 Paulo Freire and His Ability to Capture Imagination
10:40 Teaching Global Citizenship
14:30 Challenges in Teaching Global Citizenship
15:00 UCLA Courses on Global Citizenship
18:53 Why Education is Key to Our Society
23:00 Three Key Principles of Global Citizenship Education: Peace, People & Planet
Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres is Distinguished Professor of Education, Director of UCLA Paulo Freire Institute. Dr. Torres is former Director of the UCLA-Latin American Center, is a political sociologist of education who did his undergraduate work in sociology in Argentina (B.A. honors and teaching credential in Sociology, Universidad del Salvador), his graduate work in Mexico (M.A. in Political Science, FLACSO) and the United States (M.A. and Ph.D. in International Development Education, Stanford University), and post-doctoral studies in educational foundations in Canada (University of Alberta). He is also the Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute in São Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Torres has been a Visiting Professor in universities in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has lectured throughout Latin America and the United States, and in universities in England, Japan, Italy, Spain, Tanzania, Finland, Mozambique, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Taiwan, Korea, Sweden and South Africa.
To cite this video-interview:
Bosio, E. [Emiliano Bosio]. (2018, March 3). Prof. Carlos Alberto Torres Global Citizenship Education Interview Series with Dr. Emiliano Bosio [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/hNVZRIuBS-w
Books & Publications 👇
👉Professor Carlos Alberto Torres: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Critical Global Citizenship Education 1st Edition https://www.routledge.com/Theoretical-and-Empirical-Foundations-of-Critical-Global-Citizenship-Education/Torres/p/book/9780367194345
Check also my new book “Conversations on Global Citizenship Education” (Routlegde New York) with Professor Torres Foreword 👇
👉Routlegde https://www.routledge.com/Conversations-on-Global-Citizenship-Education-Perspectives-on-Research/Bosio/p/book/9780367365448
👉Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Global-Citizenship-Education-Perspectives/dp/0367365448
Useful Links 👇
👉Global Commons Review (Editor Carlos Alberto Torres): https://www.globalcommonsreview.org/
Global Commons Review (GCR) is a magazine published by the Paulo Freire Institute (PFI)-UCLA and produced by the UNESCO-UCLA Chair on Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education (2017-2020). It was launched in 2017. Since 2020, the GCR is produced by the PFI-Ucla Project on Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education.
👉THE PAULO FREIRE INSTITUTE (PFI) http://www.freire.org/
👉Professor Carlos Alberto Torres' Documentary: A Quest For Social Justice
Part 1. https://youtu.be/rVEcAI7S5lE
Part 2. https://youtu.be/JeJzijl2AR0
Part 3. https://youtu.be/WDZBp8BaSfc
👉UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies: https://gseis.ucla.edu/directory/carlos-torres/
Other interviews below 👇
Lynette Shultz
https://youtu.be/LdK8SwyCUFo
William Gaudelli
https://youtu.be/CuiAEL45fDw
Hans Schattle
https://youtu.be/Wg3EWF88vi8
Global Citizenship Education Interview Series provides a "video-roadmap" to relevant teaching experiences on Global Citizenship Education. “Interview Series on Global Citizenship Education” intends to be a valuable resource for three groups of viewers: 1) Educators who are seeking to develop their theoretical understanding of Global Citizenship Education into teaching practice 2) Researchers who are new to Global Citizenship Education and who seek dynamic starting points for their research; 3) General viewers who are interested in learning more about the history, philosophy, and practice of Global Citizenship Education.