Module Code 單元編號 INS4065 Module Title 單元名稱 THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND EDUCATION Module Synopsis 單元概要 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by the member states of the United Nations in 2015, articulate a blueprint for an integrated response to global challenges such as poverty, inequality, injustice, climate change and environmental degradation. SDG 4, which aims “to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”, is understood to be a prerequisite for the realization of many other development goals. Contemporary concepts of development have evolved from a prior focus on economic progress to wider emphases on humanistic, holistic and sustainable development. Education is recognized as key to the ends of greater economic and social equality, of eradicating poverty, and of wide-ranging economic, social and political development. This course draws on a range of disciplines and perspectives to examine the positive roles that education plays in development: at the individual level, principally with regard to personal development; at the level of social and cultural development; at the level of national economic and political development; and at the level of global development, with regard not least to intercultural tolerance and peaceful coexistence, and to planetary stewardship.