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News 18 September 2020 Unions and Governments meet to address teacher professional issues
Unions and Governments
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News 8 September 2020 OECD Education at a Glance 2020; education for more resilient societies
Today, 8 September, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its annual Education at a Glance (EAG) report for 2020. Although the data was gathered prior to the shock of COVID-19, the concerns expressed in the findings are only amplified by the pandemic and the economic hardship that...
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News 31 August 2020 Jamaica: Union research highlights crucial role of state and ICT in quality education during COVID-19 and beyond
The important role of the state and access to information and communication technology in education were key results of research by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA).
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News 28 August 2020 New Zimbabwean law allows pregnant girls to continue with their education
A new law in Zimbabwe
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News 26 August 2020 Togo: Education union calls for improvements to living and working conditions of private-sector teachers
The Fédération des syndicats de l'Éducation nationale (FESEN) has urged Togolese education ministers to tackle the issue of insecurity affecting teachers in the private sector so that “their ordeal can come to an end.”
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News 25 August 2020 UK: Government must ensure fairer qualifications system for A-level exams
UK education unions have criticised the government’s poor handling of the A-level results system, that led to uncertainty and anxiety among students.
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Worlds of Education 21 August 2020 A question in the wilderness, by Joseph Jovellanos.
Joseph V. Jovellanos
A story was once told that after WWII, the then Emperor Hirohito of Japan called one of his soldiers and asked the question: “How many teachers survived?” This question is an acknowledgment by the emperor of the crucial role of teachers in building or re-building a nation. Without teachers, a...
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News 20 August 2020 UK: Union welcomes decision to uphold teachers’ professional judgement on grades
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has welcomed the upholding of teacher professional judgement in the Deputy First Minister’s statement in the Scottish Parliament on results of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The SQA is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting educational awards.
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News 30 July 2020 Education unions responding to COVID-19
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Publications Forward to School: Guidance, Considerations and Resources for and from Education Unions to Inform Decision-Making in Times of Covid-19
30 July 2020Forward to School provides a wealth of resources to inform the response of education unions in this next stage of the Covid-19 education crisis. It features information, research and, most importantly, examples of union actions in more than 50 countries across all regions.
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News 23 July 2020 Protecting the human rights of teachers and students and education in the digital age
In an interview with EI, Christina Colclough, future of work expert, discussed teacher adaptation to digitalisation, life-long learning, the digital divide, the relationship between virtual and physical learning, data, and related issues. She stressed that the use and abuse of data was a danger to worker and human rights.
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News 17 July 2020 Shaping the future of the teaching profession
Just a few months ago, who would have imagined education on a massive scale without schools or home schooling and tutoring by digital platforms? And yet, in most countries, during the pandemic, that was the only alternative to no education at all. In that context, the “lucky” ones were those...
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News 9 July 2020 Palestine: Training in e-learning critical as return to education deferred
As COVID-19 cases increased in Palestine, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, led a project on e-learning. This has assumed greater significance as schools will not reopen in August as had been previously planned.
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News 6 July 2020 USA: The National Education Association holds virtual Representative Assembly
On 2 and 3 July, the National Education Association (NEA) of the United States held a virtual representative assembly with the participation of over 7,000 delegates. The theme of the assembly was “Our Democracy; Our Responsibility; Our time”.
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Worlds of Education 6 July 2020 “Online teaching and videoconferencing: how can teachers choose the most appropriate tools?”, by Steven Kolber.
Steven Kolber
Teachers are all scrambling onto remote learning (or distance learning, or continuous learning, or crisis learning, or the nomenclature of your area) to support and stay connected with their students during this isolating time. The unexpected nature of the events around COVID-19 and the different levels and speeds of responsiveness...
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News 6 July 2020 France: teachers’ unions ask to be heard and assert their profession
Representatives of French teachers’ unions have impressed upon public authorities the need to establish a real social dialogue to ensure high-quality education for all during and after the current global pandemic. In particular, they point to the statement adopted by the Education International European Region, ETUCE; which makes recommendations for...
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Research Teacher professional development and curriculum Enhancing teacher professionalism in Africa
Yusuf Sayed & Eva Bulgrin
16 June 2020This 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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Publications Teacher Leadership in the Aftermath of a Pandemic: The Now, The Dance, The Transformation
Barnett Berry, Armand Doucet, Ben Owens
26 May 2020Independent Report written to inform the work of Education International