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Fighting the commercialisation of education Technical and vocational education and training as a framework for social justice: Analysis and evidence from world case studies
Gavin Moodie, Leesa Wheelahan, Eric Lavigne
31 July 2019Technical and vocational education and training as a framework for social justice: Analysis and evidence from world case studiesThis report observes several limitations of human capital theory, both as a description of the way qualifications are used in the labour market, and in severely limiting the potential roles of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It proposes as an alternative the human capabilities approach which posits that...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Global trends in TVET: a framework for social justice
Leesa Wheelahan, Gavin Moodie
16 November 2016Global trends in TVET: a framework for social justiceThis report commissioned by Education International provides a conceptual framework to understand how vocational education is positioned in many countries, and the different ways in which the relationship between vocational education and the structures of the labour market mediate the variable outcomes that vocational education graduates achieve.
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Future of work in education The Global Report on the Status of Teachers 2021
Greg Thompson
12 October 2021The Global Report on the Status of Teachers 2021The status of teachers remains a concern in many jurisdictions. Teachers are aware that holding the same qualifications or levels of training as other professions does not bring the same status, despite teaching and facilitating learning being complex work that requires significant expertise.
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Standards and working conditions Teacher professional development and curriculum Enhancing teacher professionalism in Africa
Yusuf Sayed & Eva Bulgrin
16 June 2020Teacher professional development and curriculum Enhancing teacher professionalism in AfricaThis report is a comparative study on teacher professional development in relation to curriculum. The review seeks to understand the relationship between teacher professionalism and curriculum in Africa by investigating 10 selected countries covering primary and lower secondary schooling.
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Leading the profession Global framework of professional teaching standards
Jointly developed by Education International and UNESCO
4 November 2019Global framework of professional teaching standardsThe joint Education International/ UNESCO framework on the development of professional teaching standards aims to improve teacher quality, teaching and learning, as well as support the implementation and monitoring of the teacher target in the Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and specifically Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Case study of further education in England
Leesa Wheelahan, Gavin Moodie, Eric Lavigne
5 October 2018Case study of further education in EnglandThis report on further education in England was undertaken as part of a project funded by Education International to examine national case studies of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as a framework for social justice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Case Study of TAFE and public vocational education in Australia
Leesa Wheelahan, Gavin Moodie, Eric Lavigne
5 October 2018Case Study of TAFE and public vocational education in AustraliaTAFE, or technical and further education institutes, are the public vocational education and training institutions in Australia. Since the 1980s, TAFE has been subjected to policies that sought to position it as one ‘provider’ in a market populated by public and private providers. TAFE’s role has been narrowed from providing...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 TVET in Taiwan
Eric Lavigne, Gavin Moodie, Leesa Wheelahan
5 October 2018TVET in TaiwanThis case study of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Taiwan is part of a project initiated and supported by Education International to research how TVET can contribute to social justice, social inclusion, and sustainable development in different countries.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Roadmap to financing education
15 November 2016Roadmap to financing educationIn an era where investment in education is declining and myriad shortcuts are popping up, Education International presents its rights-based Roadmap to sustainable, predictable and principled education financing.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 EI Report to the Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning Teachers | 2015
15 April 2015EI Report to the Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning Teachers | 2015The Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning Teachers (CEART) is a joint committee of the ILO and UNESCO composed of 12 Experts. It meets every three years and is charged with monitoring the implementation of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers and the...
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Standards and working conditions The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession
Vasileios Symeonidis
3 March 2015The Status of Teachers and the Teaching ProfessionThis report is based on an extensive survey (responses from 73 Education International (EI) member organisations from all regions). It reveals the threats to the status of teachers from misguided “reforms” leading to precarious working conditions for teachers and education workers and curbing teachers' professional development, professional autonomy, social dialogue,...