The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme is looking for a Remote International Consultant: Apply Now!
Application Deadline : 19 July 2024
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme is looking for a Remote International Consultant: Apply Now!
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme is looking for an international consultant to update and revise the “World Heritage in Young Hands Educational Resource Kit”
Background
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of its common cultural and natural heritage. It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats facing the World Heritage, through diverse activities and tools. Developed in 1998, the “World Heritage in Young Hands Educational Resource Kit” for secondary school teachers is one of the main tools of the World Heritage Education Programme. It aims to sensitize young people to the importance of preserving their local, national and world heritage. The Kit was developed based on an interactive and interdisciplinary approach. It offers adaptable ideas for teaching World Heritage and seeks to incorporate World Heritage values into the curriculum as a way of delivering core subjects and transverse themes both in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. https://whc.unesco.org/en/educationkit/
The Kit has been warmly welcomed by States Parties to the Convention, heritage practitioners and teachers around the world and has been translated into more than 40 national language versions. While the Kit is still used in practice worldwide, its contents urgently need to be revised and updated to reflect the development and evolution of the 1972 Convention and World Heritage’s contribution to sustainable development and transformative learning in the context of the UN Agenda 2030.
The update of the Kit is the core of an overarching project which focuses on capacity-building of youth and teachers, adaptation of the Kit to e-learning modules, and an action-oriented advocacy campaign for schools. The project’s co-creative approach is guided by the new UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education. In this regard, the international consultant will work under the overall authority of the Chief of the Policy and Statutory Meetings Unit at the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and under the direct supervision of the World Heritage Education Programme team and in collaboration with other units at WHC as required, to prepare a complete and comprehensive update of Kit, by assuming the tasks described below.
Work assignment
This Consultant role aims to revise and update the chapters of the existing Kit, integrate comments received through international peer review and pilot processes, and prepare the final draft version before editing. More specifically, the Consultant shall conduct the following tasks:
1. Conceptualization of the update of the Kit in the framework of World Heritage in formal education:
- Analyze (about 30) responses received through the conducted needs assessment survey among schools from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network
- Propose a methodology and competency-based approach (values, competencies and learning activities); conduct research and prepare a workplan for the update of the Kit
- Revise/draft Chapter 1 “Educational approaches to World heritage” based on survey responses and the methodology agreed, as well as additional desk research of existing teacher guides on transformative learning.
2. Update the chapters (5 chapters around the themes of existing KIT) and student activity sheets:
- Based on responses to a needs assessment survey and discussions with the established ASPnet Advisory Group for the KIT, revise sections of the Kit to update information, examples, case studies, and interactive exercises that reflect the evolution of the Convention, the challenges faced, and the state of current affairs in the global context.
- Reshape certain existing sections of the Kit by inserting specific information such as elements of other UNESCO cultural conventions to supplement and enhance the work of the 1972 Convention; and redesign sections (like the World Heritage Convention and the nomination process) to simplify them for classroom teaching.
- Replace sections of the Kit that are out of date (such as World Heritage and identity, global networking and the internet, etc.) with current information on the evolving themes and terminologies. – Update the logos, figures, statistics, contact details, and resource materials mentioned in the Kit to current-day data and remove other non-relevant data as necessary.
- Draft/revise and create 30 student activity sheets in accordance with the chapters of the KIT in consultation with teachers and educational experts from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network.
- Prepare an introductory section of the Kit, including a short summary, foreword, introduction, how to use the Kit, bibliography, glossary, and resource material.
- Draft the content for 10-15 case studies in the form of impact stories to be featured alongside the Kit
3. Integration of comments after the international peer-review process:
- Analyze received comments and feedback.
- Edit and revise respective chapters of the KIT based on responses in consultation with the Project team.
4. Preparation of guidance for teachers on the pilot process, integration of comments after the international pilot process with schools and finalization of KIT:
- Draft content for a short guidance for teachers on how to engage students in pilot
- Analyze received comments and feedback from pilot schools
- Edit and revise respective chapters of the KIT based on responses in consultation with the Project team.
5. Undertake any other activities necessary for the update of the Kit, as specified by the project team at WHC.
Work Location – Remote
Expected duration – 8 months
Required Qualifications
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in education, curriculum development, heritage, or relevant fields;
Work Experience:
- At least 5-7 years of relevant professional experience in curriculum development for primary/secondary schooling and teaching and learning resources design.
Skills and Competencies:
- Demonstrated knowledge and working experience in the field of culture and heritage, in particular the World Heritage Convention, as well as in formal education
- Skilled in instructional design and development of transformative learning activities.
- Proven substantive work experience in project coordination
- Excellent drafting skills
- Excellent written, comprehension and communication skills in English
- Ability to work with and in multicultural teams
- Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of MS software (Word, Excel etc.).
Languages
- Excellent knowledge of English.
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