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Category Archives: Sustainable development
Global Citizenship Education after the COVID-19 crisis?
By Marta Estellés, University of Cantabria, Spain and Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA During the COVID-19 crisis, educational responses have been mainly geared towards minimizing the problems derived from school closures and mantaining educational services. While it is … Continue reading
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
Posted in curriculum, sdgs, Sustainable development, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged afghanistan, curriculum, lebanon, SDG 4, target 4.7, teachers, teaching, textbooks
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Education has many links with other sectors
The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York has begun – the core moment in the global follow up and review mechanism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five goals are on the agenda this year, including SDG 4 for … Continue reading
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Tagged SDG, SDG 4, SDGs, sustainable development, sustainable development goals
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The world is off track to deliver on its education commitments by 2030
By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Without a shift from ‘business as usual’, the world will miss its goal of a quality education for all by … Continue reading
Forgotten or ignored? Education gets no mention in the draft political statement for the UN High Level Political Forum
The zero draft of the political declaration of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF), taking place this year under the auspices of the General Assembly, has been released ahead of a consultation among UN Member States in New York today. … Continue reading
The GEM Report at CIES 2019
More than 2,500 education professionals will be in San Francisco next week for the 63rd Comparative and International Education Society’s conference under the theme ‘Education for Sustainability’. The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report is joining the crowd, taking part in … Continue reading
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Tagged cies, education, sustainable development
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Countries need to prepare teachers better to teach about our impact on the environment
It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners to rally around the need for stronger commitment to stop the human impact on the planet before it is too late. Another day for policy makers to be challenged as to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged Environment, SDGs, sustainable development, target 4.7
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Learning InEquality: An equality law approach to Education for All
Camilla Alonzo, Legal and Programmes Officer, Equal Rights Trust, an independent international organisation whose objective is to combat discrimination and advance equality as a fundamental human rights and a basic principle of social justice The statistics regarding the number of … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Inclusion, right to education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged access, equality, Inclusion, inequality
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Fulfilling a collective responsibility to provide global public goods in education
By Manos Antoninis and Priya Joshi, Global Education Monitoring Report Global public goods are the institutions, mechanisms, and outcomes that transcend borders and provide benefits to all. Controlling infectious diseases, tackling climate change, enhancing international financial stability, strengthening international trade, … Continue reading
SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a concerted push to help countries produce the best possible data
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee and Assistant Director General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research With so many threads coming together… … Continue reading
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Tagged education-2030, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs
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