Education for Development
Online courses
The «Education for Development» program offers an innovative series of online courses designed to expand access to knowledge and share FUNDAEC’s educational approaches with people around the world.
With a practical approach and the guidance of experienced tutors, the program aims to strengthen the capacities of individuals and groups to foster an increasingly coherent and meaningful social action. Through a dynamic and participatory methodology, the courses enable students to explore essential principles and practices in education for development, linking learning to concrete actions that generate a positive impact in their communities.
Purpose of the Courses
To engage in actions that contribute to significant social change, individuals need to apply certain knowledge, principles and insights gained from experience that are consistent with each other and form elements of a collective conceptual framework. Understanding these elements, sharing and applying them to our reality is something that we must learn to do. This learning occurs through individual study and application, and through interaction with a community committed to a process of consultation, action and reflection.
Tempered in the crucible of half a century of continuous efforts in the field of education, these courses constitute a humble contribution that FUNDAEC offers to individuals, groups, and institutions interested in exploring how the interrelationship between scientific and spiritual knowledge can give rise to new patterns of social development that not only foster material progress but also promote the spiritual well-being of societies.
At present, two series of courses are available, based on the texts FUNDAEC has developed in recent decades. Their units can be studied online in separate courses.
Requirements
All online courses last 8 weeks, but their cost and the weekly time commitment required vary depending on the series. Successful completion of each course demands time and effort to meet the following requirements:
- Reading and studying the course textbook
- Participating in discussion forums
- Submitting written reflection assignments
- Attending live Zoom meetings