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Empowering African learners to shape a just, peaceful and sustainable world
CGLA promotes context-responsive, cross-curricular and whole-school approaches to global learning in schools in Africa, featuring topics on global citizenship, sustainability, human rights, peacebuilding, climate justice, intercultural awareness, and media and information literacy.
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The GLA approach
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The Global Learning for Africa pedagogy is a unified ten-theme framework for African-centred teaching of intercultural and global competence in schools.
What is the GLA approach?
Goals and principles behind CGLA's approach to global learning
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Relevance of the GLA approach to schools, teachers and learners in African education systems
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CGLA's research informs the development of its pedagogical framework and helps connect global learning with African educational contexts.
Browse research and reportsGlobal Learning for Africa research project
The study examined global citizenship themes in Ghana's secondary school curriculum and engaged 10 schools across 9 Greater Accra municipalities, 20 teachers, 140 students and 3 NACCA staff.
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