Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners Assignment 2022

Running Head: Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS

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Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
a. GCED and the environmental issue....................................................................................3
b. Suggesting ways for resolving identified environmental issue..........................................4
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
Self-reflection note.................................................................................................................6
Reference list..............................................................................................................................7

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Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners
Introduction
Global citizenship education (GCED) helps to make a clear understanding of different global
issues like human rights violations and environmental pollution. This education can help to
instill values and proper behavior among humans that can help to eliminate different global
issues like pollution. Different issues like pollution, discrimination are thought by the
common people as local problems. However, these problems are global and proper education
and awareness must be increased to mitigate these issues. Main objective of this assignment
is to find out the benefits of GCED in resolving different environmental issues. Different
dimension of GCED has been discussed in this assignment.
Discussion
a. GCED and the environmental issue
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is about educating individuals from all age groups to
make them eligible to take part in solving global challenges. This education system allows
learners to understand global issues and performing their roles to contribute to society. As
opined by Jambeck et al. (2015), GCED helps in developing skills to understand multiple
cultures and complexities throughout the world. It is important for learners to understand that
they need to respect each other to live together in a healthy environment. Three key structures
of learning objectives of GCED include behavioral, socio-emotional and cognitive domains.
Plastic pollution has been chosen as an environmental issue for this study. According to
Goren & Yemini (2017), plastic pollution has become one of the major issues of today’s
world. Plastic cannot be destroyed and this aspect is causing harm to the environment. This
non-biodegradable material cannot be dissolved in water and soil. Accumulation of plastic in
the environment is being considered as a reason behind increasing soil, water, and air