Futures of Education

Futures of Education: Learning to BecomeUNESCO One of the problems in education today is that we teach for today -not for the world in which the students will find themselves, having to survive and thrive. UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to rethink education and shape the future. The initiative is catalysing a global debateContinue reading “Futures of Education”

Social and Emotional Learning

Harvard University: Explore SELHarvard University We are excited to announce the launch of our new website, Explore SEL. This site serves as a navigator for the field of social and emotional learning—providing information and tools that summarize and connect the major frameworks and skills in the field to support transparency and informed decision-making. Key featuresContinue reading “Social and Emotional Learning”

Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peace building.

Education and Conflict Review 2019: Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peacebuilding. University College of London Institute of Education (IOE) In the last two decades, there has been a growing body of literature, examining multifaceted interactions between education and conflict. As education is increasingly being recognized as an important player in preventing conflict,Continue reading “Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peace building.”

What teacher shortage? It’s not just the scale but the nature of the challenge — World Education Blog

By Colin Bangay, Senior Education Adviser, DFID Sierra Leone Most would agree that good teachers make all the difference. As recent research attests, ‘the most effective interventions to improve student learning rely on teachers’. The imperative to bring the magnitude of teacher shortages to global attention is clear. However, there is a danger in aggregatingContinue reading “What teacher shortage? It’s not just the scale but the nature of the challenge — World Education Blog”