Category Archives: Teachers

Female science and mathematics teachers: Better than they think?

Posted on 3 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Dirk Hastedt (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), Justine Sass (UNESCO) and Matthias Eck (UNESCO) 🔊 Listen to this blog More urgently than ever before, more girls and women are needed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, ICT, STEM, Teachers | Tagged #Target 4.5, girls' education, science, STEM, target 4.7, teaching | 1 Comment

Why the drive to inclusion depends on improving our understanding of the lives and work of teaching assistants

Posted on 21 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog By Rob Webster, Centre for Inclusive Education, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK In many schools and classrooms across the globe, the drive towards the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion, Teachers, teaching | Tagged disability, Inclusion, target 4.c, teacher aides, teachers, teaching, teaching assistants | Leave a comment

Mekdes: a COVID-19 learning hero for deaf children in Ethiopia

Posted on 27 January 2021 by GEM Report

This blog is part of a series of blogs telling the stories of COVID-19 learning heroes, whose stories were celebrated during International Education Day. Right after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia in March 2020, the government ordered … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion, Learning, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, covid19learningheroes, disability, teachers | 1 Comment

There is wide disparity in teachers’ working hours

Posted on 7 January 2021 by GEM Report

Read in Spanish Well before COVID-19 started blurring the boundaries between work and home life for teachers, with new hybrid ways of teaching putting extra pressures, the Education 2030 Framework for Action had recognized teachers’ right to decent working conditions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Quality of education, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged covid, covid-19, Target 4.a, teachers | 3 Comments

Breaking the glass ceiling in teacher recruitment

Posted on 8 October 2020 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Gender, Teachers, teaching | Tagged Gender, target 4.c, teachers, teaching | 1 Comment

Teachers need training on inclusion

Posted on 5 October 2020 by GEM Report

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 →

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on 9 July 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 2 Comments

All teachers should be prepared to teach all students

Posted on 8 July 2020 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Inclusion, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, teach, teachers, teaching | 4 Comments

Non-state actors are influencing the teaching profession: What are the implications?

Posted on 4 June 2020 by GEM Report

English / Español By Amita Chudgar, Michigan State University “When the schools reopen, I am going to hug my child’s teacher and thank her…” a friend said to me on the phone just three days into a Covid-19-imposed lockdown. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Non-state actors, Teachers, teaching, Training | Tagged 2021 GEM Report, Non-state actors | 3 Comments

Jane Bouvier: helping Roma children access their right to education

Posted on 13 May 2020 by GEM Report

Jane is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading →