LEARNING to realize….

For the first time in forty years, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR), released on Tuesday, focuses exclusively on education. We are pleased to see its core messages resonating so well with our past reports, especially the 2013/4 EFA Global Monitoring Report on teaching and learning. The WDR is a welcome addition to the […]

International Day of Peace – Losing out on learning

Of course we need at least 365 days of Peace, but let us try and grab what we can. Without talking about the disgrace of holding arms ‘fairs’ such as those in London recently, perhaps we can look at how to keep refugees educated. We can get people on to the moon and develop a

Investing in early education…

  It looks as if ECCE is creeping up the agenda finally: Blog: Investing in early education is even more crucial in fragile contexts  Global Partnership for Education  “GPE 2020, GPE’s strategic plan for 2016 – 2020, commits to improving the quality and availability of early childhood care and education (ECCE) for children ages 3-8, especially

UKFIET 2017 – Curriculum, Cognition and Context

I will be attending and presenting at the UKFIET in Oxford this week and will update readers as the conference progresses. Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context 5 – 7 September 2017 What is taught and learnt form the backbone of education’s contribution to sustainable development. It is through the construction