Greece

UNESCO Chair in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education for sustainable development(799), established in 2008 at the University of Crete, Rethymnon, Crete (Greece)

 

Fields / Disciplines ICTs in education for sustainable development. Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of ICTs in education for sustainable development. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Greece and elsewhere in Europe, and in other regions of the world. The specific objectives of this Chair are to: investigate the present situation of education for sustainable development in teacher education institutions in Greece and promote the integration of education for sustainable development in these institutions, with support of ICTs; coordinate the development of a common framework of competencies and standards of ICTs in education for sustainable development among the established North-South network addressed to teachers; design and implement capacity-building by setting-up a “training of teachers trainers” mechanism for enhancing pre-service and in-service teachers’ skills on ICTs in education for sustainable development; and coordinate and conduct experiments and research on ICTs in education for sustainable development in the study programmes and teacher practice courses of the network’s teacher education institutions. Host Institution University of Crete (Greece) Website UNESCO Chair website UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Education