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Category Archives: pedagogy
Coronavirus: could education systems have been better prepared?
The world was caught by surprise with the global pandemic emergency. But was it entirely unexpected? Pandemics have always been a likelihood. A pandemic has occurred every 10-50 years for the past centuries. In any given year, a 1% probability … Continue reading
Posted in access, emergencies, ICT, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, out of school, pedagogy, teachers, teaching, technology
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‘A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change anything’
This cliché emblazoned on chipped mugs in school staff rooms all over the world is impossible to refute. We all know teachers have the power to transform both individual lives, and the fortunes of nations. And, as the theme of … Continue reading
Posted in pedagogy, Quality of education, refugees, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged target 4.c, teachers, teaching
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Promoting literacy in a multilingual society
By Paula Korsnakova, Senior Research and Liaison Advisor, IEA Reflecting on the results of providing instruction in a language other than the one spoken at home Did you know that apparently 66% of children in the world are raised to … Continue reading
Posted in Language, pedagogy, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged language, learning, target 4.6, teaching
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Gender stereotypes in Bangladeshi school textbooks
By M Niaz Asadullah, Samia Huq, Kazi Mukitul Islam and Zaki Wahhaj* Education is widely considered an effective means to address the socioeconomic challenges that women face around the world and a key Sustainable Development target. Yet girls systematically lag … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Gender, pedagogy, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, curriculum, equity, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks
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Peru has a new ‘rose-tinted’ curriculum
The UN congratulated Peru last week for its new education curriculum, in effect since the 1st January this year, which aims to improve gender equality. The change has been long needed, as is the case for many other countries in … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Gender, Latin America, parity, pedagogy, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, curriculum, equality, equity, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks
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The challenge of Target 4.7 in fragile and low-resource contexts
By Margaret Sinclair (Technical Adviser, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict Programme, Education Above All Foundation) and Jean Bernard (Senior Partner, Spectacle Learning Media) Given current challenges of conflict, insecurity and environmental collapse, we must put maximum effort into Sustainable … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, pedagogy, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged books, school, sdg 4.7, target 4.7, teaching, textbooks
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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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Education needs to fundamentally change if we are to reach our global development goals
The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, released this morning, shows the vast potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs). But, if education is to fulfill that … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Adult education, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, child marriage, Citizenship, Climate change, Conflict, curriculum, data, Developed countries, Equity, Ethnicity, Gender, Governance, Human rights, ICT, immigration, integrated development, Language, Latin America, Learning, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, pedagogy, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, private schools, private sector, Production, Rural areas, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged target 4.6, target 4.7
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