Tag Archives: learning

Supporting today’s teachers to meet tomorrow’s challenges

Posted on 5 October 2016 by GEM Report

Teachers play an integral role in children and young people’s lives. They are often the first significant adult role model that young children encounter outside of their family, and can influence not only what they learn at school, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, learning, school, target 4.c, teach, teacher, teaching | 4 Comments

Impact of conflict on teachers and their role in peacebuilding: What can be learnt from Nepal?

Posted on 30 September 2016 by GEM Report

By Dr Tejendra Pherali, Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development at UCL Institute of Education This blog looks at the impact on, and role of, school leadership during conflict, using Nepal and the Maoist insurgency as a case study. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Democracy, Developed countries, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, emergencies, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged conflict, education, learning, SDGs, target 4.7 | 2 Comments

Education: how to keep the peace

Posted on 21 September 2016 by GEM Report

Today, on the International Day of Peace, we should remember one key line taken from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “There can be no sustainable development without peace, and no peace without sustainable development”. Stable peace, our latest Report … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, emergencies, peace, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, syria, Uncategorized, united nations, violence | Tagged education, learning, peace, SDGs, target 4.7 | 2 Comments

SDG4 is a universal agenda – and that includes high income countries

Posted on 16 September 2016 by GEM Report

“Can OECD’s data guide the world towards better education systems?” asks a blog promoting yesterday’s launch of the 2016 edition of the OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance. The Introduction of the 2016 Education at a Glance is one … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, data, Developed countries, Finance, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged data, education, learning, monitoring, OECD, SDG4, SDGs, UNESCO, United Nations | 4 Comments

Why have countries committed to development targets they might never reach?

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Aaron Benavot

It seems a strange decision for any country, let alone all, to sign up to a global commitment they know they will never reach. End Hunger? Eradicate poverty? Are these lofty goals really possible? In the next 15 years? Exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Basic education, Climate change, Developed countries, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equity, integrated development, Learning, Millennium Development Goals, monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, education, Environment, learning, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, UN, UNESCO, United Nations | 3 Comments

It’s a little bit early to celebrate International Literacy Day

Posted on 8 September 2016 by GEM Report

We have now officially moved from talking about whether someone is ‘literate’ or not, to discussing how proficient their literacy skills are. This is a significant step forward, which we should celebrate today – International Literacy Day. But we don’t yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Equity, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, education, learning, lifelong learning, literacy, SDGs, sustainable development, target 4.6 | 4 Comments

Fighting Poverty and Hunger for Quality Education

Posted on 16 August 2016 by GEM Report

By Salam Al-Nukta, youth advisor to the GEM Report The youth population is continuously increasing, and is estimated to reach 1.8 billion this year. Obviously, it is a large population of mass power. Yet, as we say goodbye to another … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Conflict, Learning, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, school violence, sdg, sdgs, syria, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged conflict, education, equality, learning, post-2015, quality, SDGs, youth day | 6 Comments

Promoting indigenous knowledge within the Sustainable Development Agenda

Posted on 9 August 2016 by GEM Report

By Giorgia Magni, Education Research Consultant, and author of a background paper for the 2016 GEM Report “The preparation for the future begins with the lessons of the past”. These are the words of Tuimoce Fuluna Tikoidelaimakotu, a young member … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Post-2015 development framework, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, equality, indigenous knowledge, learning, post-2015, SDGs | 4 Comments

Planning for Language Use in Education: Best Practices and Practical Steps for Improving Learning

Posted on 27 July 2016 by GEM Report

By Alison Pflepsen, a research education analyst at RTI International, Imagine a classroom in which a teacher is required to teach in a language her students do not speak or understand well. During the reading lesson, students struggle to master … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Equality, Language, Learning, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, language, learning, SDGs, teaching | 4 Comments

Missing from school: the education challenge in sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on 20 July 2016 by GEM Report

Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and Aaron Benavot, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report With the Eurozone in turmoil and sluggish economic growth in the US and elsewhere, investors may well see sub-Saharan Africa – … Continue reading →