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Breaking the glass ceiling in teacher recruitment
By Nicole Bella and Matthias Eck Worldwide, many countries lack sufficient numbers of teachers. Those teachers working are often not qualified and trained to ensure quality education and learning. But, while having enough highly qualified teachers is a key issue, … Continue reading
Teachers need training on inclusion
English / Español By Anna Cristina D’Addio and Daniel April, GEM Report team Many factors go into the design of a truly inclusive education system. Some determine the way in which education systems are put in place, such as laws … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Inclusion, target 4.c, teachers, teaching
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa
By Peter Wallet, Teacher Task Force and Pierre Varly, Consultant The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on education systems. At its height, 194 countries had implemented country-wide school closures, affecting 63 million primary and secondary teachers. Sub-Saharan Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, sub-Saharan Africa, teacher, teaching
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All teachers should be prepared to teach all students
Tomorrow, the GEM Report, the Teachers Task Force at UNESCO and Education International are co-hosting an event on teachers and teaching for inclusion. Inclusion cannot be realized unless teachers are agents of change, with values, knowledge and attitudes that permit … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, teach, teachers, teaching
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How will Covid-19 affect the internationalization of higher education?
University costs. It didn’t take long after universities closed their doors in the United States, for instance, for students to start advocating to get their money back. Twitter is awash with professors concerned about the impact that shutting universities is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, higher education, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, out of school, teachers, teaching, universities
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Charlotte, a teacher from Marseille: “We’re being asked to do a completely different job from before.”
The onset of Covid-19 means that teachers like me are suddenly being asked to do completely different jobs. While we were in the classroom engaging with children before, now we’re at home and trying to engage with their parents. I … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, france, ICT, out of school, teachers, teaching, technology
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Covid-19: Where’s the discussion on distance learning training for teachers?
A lot of the discussion, and rightly so, has been about the effect of school closures on students. Education, as they know it, stopped from one day to the next. But what about teachers? Just as students are new to … Continue reading
Posted in digital literacy, Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, sdg 4.c, teachers, teaching, technology, training
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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
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Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, out of school, pedagogy, teachers, teaching, technology
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Educating for the social, the emotional and the sustainable
By Andy Smart, Margaret Sinclair, Aaron Benavot, Jean Bernard, Colette Chabbott, S. Garnett Russell and James Williams Earlier this year, the UN Secretary-General reported that “the shift in development pathways to generate the transformation required to meet the Sustainable Development … Continue reading
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Tagged afghanistan, curriculum, lebanon, SDG 4, target 4.7, teachers, teaching, textbooks
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The latest facts and statistics on teachers
To mark World Teachers’ Day, we have partnered with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 to pull together key facts and statistics on challenges for teachers around the world. The … Continue reading
