APPROACHES TO EMBEDDING GLOBAL DIMENSION IN ADULT EDUCATION CURRICULUM BY THE CASE STUDY OF THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS TOOLKIT

The purpose - The paper aims to present a conceptual overview of the approaches to embed Global Dimension in Adult Education Curriculum to learn and share global practices with adult educators and promote Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' targets including SDG4 Quality Education and overall enhancing education. The theoretical framework - Global Dimension including the concepts of Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship is initially related to the subject-oriented approach, the principles of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as well as ESDGC including SDGs are based on the principles of the competences leading to competencies that point at competency-based and problem-based approaches, but the qualification competences frame to curriculum-based approach. This overview provides a summary of the approaches to embed Global Dimension in adult education curriculum with discussion of the benefits, applicability and synthesis of various approaches as well as practical case framework by the example of the Hospitality Business Toolkit, a course designed by Pearson, the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC). The research/study design - The framework is developed from a review of literature on the principles, approaches and global practices of embedding Global Dimension, ESD, ESDGC in the curriculum, interrelated with the qualification learning outcomes. The methods or instruments - The grounded theory, an exploratory method, was used for identification and conceptualization of the patterns to structure findings by the process of comparison of different approaches and practices. A case study was designed to demonstrate a practical application of optional embedding Global Dimension in the course design. The description of the experience - The case illustrates the initially built-in concepts of Global Dimension by Pearson, BTEC by integrated legal, ethical and social, financial, human resource and department coordination aspects with additional optionally embedded sustainability topics in the course design. The findings - The unity between the content, form and context with a synthesis of approaches to embed Global Dimension, ESD, ESDGC in the curriculum is of utmost importance.