End Corporal Punishment!

Whenever I visit countries, whether in Asia,Africa or South America -the model is the same, learners who are not achieving highly are too often threatened, humiliated or even beaten -is this education? When I started teaching, I joined STOPP (Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment). The Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP)

For those working in emergencies – Global launch of four major INEE tools!

Those working for education in times of crisis and emergency need all the help they can get -and often very quickly. Four tools are being launched and information about this global launch, as well as the regional and virtual launch events is on the INEE website: www.ineesite.org/launches2010. The four new tools which  have been developed by

TEACH UNICEF – new site , new resources for teaching and learning

Check out  the newly redesigned TeachUNICEF website, www.teachunicef.org. The new site provides free topical units, lesson plans, stories, podcasts, and videos. Each topic has a portfolio of resources which allow an educator to choose a resource which best meets the needs of their classroom. Some of the other unique site features are: Downloadable videos and podcasts; A Take

The day the Berlin Wall came down – children’s mediation of the news

On November 9th 1989, an email message arrived at the Tynings primary school in Bristol,UK. It was from a 9 year old  girl living in East Germany who had to travel, daily, through the checkpoints to get to school in West Berlin. She was complaining to her ‘friends’ in Bristol  (by email, which was quite