From the latest  INEE newsletter:

Story and Video: How can innovation improve access to quality learning?
UNICEF

 

   © UNICEF/NYHQ2013-0190/Markisz | (second-from-left) Venture capitalist and Charles River Ventures Partner Emeritus Ted Dintersmith speaks at the event. Beside him on the dais are (left-right) Girls Who Code Executive Director Kristen Titus, international journalist and moderator, Femi Oke.

NEW YORK, United States of America, 3 May 2013 – Last week, the Government of Denmark and UNICEF hosted the interactive discussion ‘Breaking barriers: Innovative partnerships creating exponential change in access to quality learning’. Moderated by journalist Femi Oke, the lively discussion brought together government representatives, leaders from the private sector, civil society and others to explore how innovations can surmount barriers for children in fulfilling their right to access to a quality education and, more importantly, quality learning.To read the full story and watch the video, please visit the website.

New Sphere E-Learning Course Launched
Sphere Project

The new Sphere e-learning course is now available online! It allows humanitarian workers to learn more about the Sphere standards at their own pace and on their own time.

The use of realistic scenarios enables the participant to better understand the Sphere Handbook and its practical application on the ground. Among other topics, the course covers accountability to affected populations, needs assessments, response coordination, impartiality and non-discrimination, keeping populations safe from harm, “building back safer” and looking after oneself as a humanitarian worker.

Find out more here. 

Teaching is demanding at the best of times and the future needs of learners is difficult to predict but certainly will bring more complexity to teaching and learning. Teacher trainers must look ahead if they are to prepare the generation of teachers.

Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education and Professional Development Programmes

 

Institute of Education, University of London We recognise that there are real challenges facing teacher education in India and that re- writing and re-working teacher training curricula is only one step in a difficult reform process. For example, we refer at the end of this document to another challenge facing teacher training, that of up-skilling or capacity-building and this clearly requires more than a rewriting or re-working of the curriculum document to which the teacher trainer works. Any teacher-trainer will always find it difficult to meet all the pressures that are placed on them in the delivery of a programme, and further to this, a curriculum is a framework and this requires complex choices to be made by the teacher trainer during delivery. There is much to praise in the coherence of the vision displayed in the curricula we examined, as there is in the National Curriculum Framework for Teaching Education (National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi, 2009/2010) and other important government documents. However, we concentrated in this document on missing elements and areas of improvement in the published curriculum frameworks; whilst at the same time being fully aware of many of the strengths of current programmes. To download the productive practice report, please click here. To download the Strategic Document Focusing on Published Teacher Training Curricula, please clickhere.

Participation of young people  is much talked about but often not practiced -here is a chance to see how young people can provide valid advice on issues not only concerning themselves and their peers but broader issues in Global Education.   Podcast: Young people provide strategic advice on education issues UNICEF Members of the Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) gathered last week in Washington, DC, to advise high-level policy-makers on issues around education. Over the next year, the young leaders will provide strategic advice on young people’s priorities, mobilize youth groups and act as a connector between the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and young people all over the world. Podcast moderator Femi Oke caught up with Salathiel Ntakirutimana, the representative for Burundi, and Sumaya Saluja, the representative for India. The young leaders talked about their experiences, the role of education in young people’s lives and their work with YAG. To listen to the podcast, please visit the website.