-
This blog is written by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and is editorially independent from UNESCO
Translate
Author Archives: GEM Report
We must stamp out stereotypical teaching tools
Gender bias in textbooks is one of the best camouflaged and hardest to budge rocks in the road to gender equality in education. Through stereotypical and unbalanced depictions of men and women in stories and illustrations, textbooks undermine values and … Continue reading
Global health funds have done a lot of good. Is there room for a “global fund” for books?
By Paul Wilson, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University. Books, especially textbooks, are critical to learning, as we have been reading in the latest blog series on this site, but they are in grievously short … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Teachers, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged education, financing, funding, GAVI, global fund, textbooks
Leave a comment
What American textbooks say about Vietnam, and about Americans’ attitudes toward war
This blog examines what a country’s textbooks can tell us about their attitude towards war, and in particular how coverage of the Vietnam war has changed over time in American textbooks. It is part of a series of blogs on … Continue reading
We need textbooks that are affirming of sexual diversity
This blog looks at the way that textbooks can help or hinder the tolerance of sexual diversity. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between … Continue reading
The Current State of Textbooks in Turkey: a denial of minorities
This blog looks at how Turkish textbooks could better incorporate the cultures, lifestyles and histories of ethnic and religious minorities. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report … Continue reading
The 1994 Genocide as Taught in Rwanda’s Classrooms
This blog looks at how textbook and curricula reforms in Rwanda have worked to cover the 1994 Genocide and instill the ideals of tolerance, unity and reconciliation in students. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Conflict, curriculum, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, teaching, textbooks, united nations, violence
Tagged Africa, Between the Lines Blog Series, conflict, curricula, curriculum, genocide, rwanda, teachers, teaching, textbooks, tolerance
1 Comment
More education on sustainable development? If it is good…
This blog looks at the way that textbooks can help or hinder the provision of education for sustainable development. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy … Continue reading
What’s between the lines of your textbook?
This blog provides some guidelines for teachers and students when reviewing the contents of their own textbooks, to consider how they incorporate sustainability, human rights, gender equality, peace and non-violence, global citizenship and an appreciation of cultural diversity. It is … Continue reading
Viet Nam: Using Textbooks and Curricula for Gender Equality
This blog looks at how recent textbook reforms in Viet Nam have worked to improve gender equality. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Equality, Gender, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Between the Lines Blog Series, curriculum, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks, viet nam
4 Comments
With the “Rise of Children,” So Too Must Textbooks Reflect Children’s Rights
This blog looks at the way that textbooks cover children’s rights. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between the Lines, which looks at the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, curriculum, Human rights, Teachers, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, target 4.7
1 Comment
