Sunday 20 January 2013

Education NGOs


Important NGOs in the field of education


Active intergovernmental institutions that work in education

  • World Bank (WB)
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • United Nations (UN)
    • Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
    • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Environmental education

  • Naturalism and Deep Ecology
  • Humanism and Sustainability
  • Indigenous Cultures
    • Culture and Traditional Knowledge of Biosphere
    • Spiritualism
  • Ecotourism
  • Speciesism

Human rights education

Human rights NGOs, the largest group of NGOs in global civil society.
It teaches about:
  • cultural differences, attempting to seek common ground for working for human rights
  • human rights as the morality of a global civil society
  • rights based approach to adequate nutrition, shelter, health care, and employment

Globalization and education

Many scholars argue that globalization, consisting of increased movement of people and goods across international borders, is contributing to the weakening of the nation-state because of the emergence of global regulatory organizations, global mass media, and the aforementioned global flow of populations.



Historical background

[edit]Philosophy and education

Philosophy is both the product of, and basis for, the educational ideologies that shape members of our society. Furthermore, the language utilized to describe the actors within society is key to understanding the outcomes of differing educational ideologies. Jean Jacques Rousseau is one of the philosophers who recognized the organizational utility of language in shaping nation-states.




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