This glossary collects some key words and expressions you will find within the GMCM teacher training modules and the related teaching modules. It includes highly relevant terms in the fields of global citizenship education and multilingual pedagogies.
Racism
The unfair treatment of people based on their ethnicity.
Refugee
Someone who has been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence, and who cannot safely return home or are afraid to do so.
Representation
How people and social groups are portrayed and positioned in media.
Sexism
The unfair treatment of people because of their sex and/or gender.
Stereotype
A fixed overgeneralised idea about something or someone.
Sustainable development goals
A specific set of UNESCO targets aimed at promoting sustainability, equity and world peace.
Translanguaging
The ways in which multilingual people use different languages flexibly to communicate.