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Punishing teachers is often counter-productive
One of the key messages of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2017/8, Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments is that punishing teachers can often be counter-productive. Teachers have the primary responsibility for educating students. But in many countries, they … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, target 4.c, teachers, teaching
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New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’
The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Inclusion, monitoring, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Testing, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, education, governance, private schools, regulations, school choice, target 4.c, teachers, Testing
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Let teachers teach: The dangers of expanding teacher workloads
Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we look at one of the findings in the 2017/8 GEM Report on accountability in education due out later this month. The Report celebrates the undeniably critical role that teachers play in any education system: … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Teachers, teaching, tertiary education, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, target 4.c, teacher, teachers, teaching
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Why we should increase peace-building capacities of teachers and youth
By UNESCO-IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) The propaganda and money used to lure young people into violent extremist groups such as Al-Shabaab in East Africa, Boko Haram in Nigeria and M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged peace, sustainable development, Target 4.a, target 4.c, teachers
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Closing the circle: Teaching gender issues to teachers
Last week the French supreme council for gender equality published a report on the imperative to keep mainstreaming gender equality issues in teacher preparation programs and to make knowledge and skills in these areas required for teacher graduation. “Making teachers … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, target 4.c, teacher, teaching
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Target 4c – What is at stake for monitoring progress on teachers?
4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States Target 4.c focuses on the supply of qualified … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, pedagogy, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG, SDG4, SDGs, target 4.c, teacher
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Supporting today’s teachers to meet tomorrow’s challenges
Teachers play an integral role in children and young people’s lives. They are often the first significant adult role model that young children encounter outside of their family, and can influence not only what they learn at school, but the … Continue reading
Posted in pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged education, learning, school, target 4.c, teach, teacher, teaching
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