2023-09-30 00:17:02
Los effects of climate change are beginning to be increasingly devastating: heat waves that affect entire regions, the thawing of the poles, droughts and floods, almost irreversible pollution of the oceans. These are just some expressions that invite us to think about how to act from the present so that the future of the next generations is viable.
In this framework, it is key to support the formation of global citizens, responsible and capable of creating new solutions to the problems we have generated to sustain our planet.
Those of us who work in education, and aligned with the Agenda 2030, we are convinced that the key to facing climate challenges lies in cooperating and collaborating; in empowering oneself from diversity.
Schools have been spaces for the construction of modern nations, but in a society traversed by information and globalized problems, we have to ask ourselves how we can convert them into an area of collaboration to design different solutions.
In this line it is that the UNESCO points out that digital technologies play a fundamental role in the process of forming global citizens. Especially because they allow distances to be shortened, facilitate collaboration and provide access to information for action.
Although States around the world have been investing in educational technology for decades, they do not always do so in a constant or planned manner.
Is it enough to just invest more in devices or to incorporate technology into mandatory content?
According to the latest UNESCO global education report, the 54% of countries Respondents have defined the skills they want to develop for the future, but only 11 of the 51 governments surveyed have curricula on artificial intelligence, to cite an example.
If the technology that passes through us as a society changes so quickly, lEducational systems will always run after novelty. The same thing happens when you try to address problems such as caring for the environment.
It’s time to change our approach. We cannot limit ourselves to teaching technology or natural sciences; We must promote the development of skills that promote citizens committed to the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Collaboration and the exchange of knowledge between peers are crucial for new generations to address the problems that affect them with determination.
It is in this line that, for seven years, we have accompanied secondary school students to participate in the First Global Challengeone of the largest programming and robotics competitions in the world.
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From its beginnings it proposes competitive dynamics that allow young people to test their technical knowledge is this subject, but also their collaboration skills, critical thinking and strategies to solve problems linked to health, engineering and the environment.
During this competition, young people build dynamic teams with peers from all over the world, but not to compete against each other, but to collaborate and generate alliances in order to address a common problem. This year, for example, will focus on the importance of renewable energy, in particular hydrogen.
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Let’s imagine the potential for students over 190 countries come together to learn from their differences and, from there, unite to confront climate change globally.
To address the climate challenges of our time and find solutions, we must raise a generation of global citizens who work together to build a sustainable future.
Governments, companies, civil organizations, educators and, above all, students, we must unite our differences and, from diversity, build a learning path to change the world. The environment and the future of the next generations depend on it.
* CEO and co-founder of Educabot
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