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It seems odd, even negligent, that debates about educational reform should take place in the absence of teachers 
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'Second Chance' Education for Children in Bangladesh World Bank Group The Reaching Out- of- School Children II (ROSC II) project aims to reduce the number of out-of-school children through improved access, quality and efficiency in primary...
John Gougoulis's insight:
Here is one strategy attempting to solve, it seems with some success, the access and equity issues for young children, with the support of NGOs and now some government assitance.
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“ Chronic inefficiencies in primary education systems are preventing many countries from offering real learning opportunities. The 2012 edition of the Global Education Digest puts the focus on grade repetition and early school leaving.”
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Some worrying statistics that reinforces need for collective action globally
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Would you be interested to know how to write multiple-choice questions based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy? At the following article you will find 5 Tips to Write a Multiple-Choice Test Based on The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Via Mel Riddile
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Some common sense advice
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As school leaders, we must realize we are in this together. If we can create the following conditions, we can experience success together.
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Short and to the point-the best school leaders I know engage in these kind of behaviours.
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En Route to Davos: Four Business Leaders Talk About Global Problem-solving Huffington Post (blog) "30 percent of the people who use Western Union to send international money transfers have sent money to pay for education--education to advance...
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It seems increasingly clear to me that business, NGO and government need to work together for meaningful and powerful change to occur in our education systems and schools for the benefit of all kids.
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Rethinking Our Education Curriculum AllAfrica.com Acursory look at the existing public education curriculum in Uganda at all levels provides glaring inadequacies and loopholes that need to be addressed if we are to rely on it to provide tangible...
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Conversations in many countries, high performing and not so high performing, are about curriculum provision that includes a focus on "the other 3Rs" or the so-called "21st century skills". Kids who have the opportunity to develop these competencies will be well placed to lead productive lives.
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The Nation
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As global citizens and and as a global community, we need to look after all our young people and that includes their educational needs.
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The Definition Of The Flipped Classroom (RT @AngelaMaiers: The Definition Of The Flipped Classroom http://t.co/4Z3e2M1tUB via @TeachThought #edtech)... Via evanguilder
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You hear a lot about this and the pros and cons, but like all approaches and strategies to teaching and learning they have a time and place and form part of the mosaic that is the craft of teaching.
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Fine teaching does little good when children are hungry, sick, scared, lacking preparation, or worn down by atrocious life circumstances.
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Different perspectives (cultural and economic) on pursuit of education excellence in schools and classrooms: Perspective 3 United States
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Different perspectives (cultural and economic) on pursuit of education excellence in schools and classrooms: Perspective 1 International
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Learning about Learning in 2013: An Agenda for Action in 2014
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Salutary lessons...we need a focus on quality data, equity, targetted support and contextualised solutions.
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Different cultures can have radically different leadership styles, and international organisations would do well to understand them.
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Whilst needing to be careful about making generalisations and promoting stereotypes, this analysis is interesting because its not so much about leaders or managers but more about some of the different organisational and management structures that leaders and managers have to work within.
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Ministry approves new 'brainwashing' curriculum Taipei Times Groups yesterday protested the Ministry of Education's bid to “slightly adjust” the national high-school curriculum, calling the move part of a “brainwashing” policy that would see the...
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Yet another example reported of political intervention in the content of school curriculum.
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This report reinforces the point again that to tackle educational disadvantage and inequity not just within countries including developed ones, but across the globe, requires evidence based approaches and collaborative endeavour between governmentrs, NGOs, community groups and private enterprise.
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UC Berkeley (blog) How to integrate social-emotional learning into Common Core UC Berkeley (blog) But there are hundreds of thousands of educators striving to put the standards to work in classrooms—and it's worth exploring how the Standards...
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This is an interesting analysis-it does go to show that how teachers interpret the written curriculum determines the enacted curriculum; and unless these aspects (if valued) are explicit and deliberate in a curriculum and are accompanied by relevant resources and professional learning they will be taught variously, if at all.
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The steep competition over test scores in China has taken a toll on students' physical and mental health, write Xu Zhao, Helen Haste, and Robert L. Sherman.
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Once again, it pays to understand the context (historical, political, economic, social) around which an education system operates.
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Sydney Morning Herald Our education curriculum was not political — it will be if Pyne gets his way Crikey Education Minister Christopher Pyne's disingenuous defence of his curriculum review panel (mostly recently in the Fairfax press) may work for...
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The Australian Curriculum was based on a lot of research, mapping and benchmarking within Australia and internationally, and for each subject involved lots of people and ideas and took over two years. It was also developed in line with some principles and design considerations agreed to by those who run education systems in each state and territory. If the process started all over again now, could it have been done differently? Sure it could. The circumstances are different, the political context has changed (not just in the last year but over the last five years) and you learn from experience.
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This sample map across year levels shows explicit reference to Asia content in the Australian Curriculum for History. Students learn about the importance of the traditions, beliefs and celebrations of peoples from the Asia region and through the study of ancient societies, trade, conflicts, progressive movements and migration to Australia by people from Asia. From Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia in the Australian Curriculum: History. Via Maree Whiteley
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A real value for teachers of a digital national curriculum is the available access to good digital resources.
Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
January 20, 2014 12:14 AM
Great resources here from Foundation level to Year 10 AC History...thanks Asia Education Foundation :-)
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For Arabs in Israel, Curriculum Choice Is Politically Charged New York Times JERUSALEM — Yaser Alyan, a resident of the Arab suburb of Beit Safafa in southern Jerusalem, faces a tough decision: Should his school-age children learn the Palestinian...
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In Australia, when we talk about politicisation of education or curriculum choice for students, its a different world to that experience of students and teachers described here!
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Patrick Griffin makes a case for 21st century skills as a necessary component in student learning.
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I agree with the point that teaching and learning is not just about one or the other ie subject content vs '21st century skills' - it is a false dichotomy. I believe that if we value those skills and wish all our citizens to acquire and use them to a high level of proficiency, then we must include them inside and explicitly in our curriculum so they sit together with the knowledge and understanding that is also valued. By doing so in a curriculum that is not crowded with the latter, you provide good signposts to not only the "what" but also the "how" of teaching and assessment; and this informs both the "what" and the "how" of learning.
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The review committee is reversing the improvements in the revised curriculum.
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Different perspectives (cultural and economic) on pursuit of education excellence in schools and classrooms: Perspective 4 Pakistan
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Different perspectives (cultural and economic) on pursuit of education excellence in schools and classrooms: Perspective 2 Japan
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Could technical training help to tackle youth unemployment? Gita Subrahmanyam argues Finland's approach has key lessons for the developing world
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Not sure if the Finns do it the best but you do need TVET as integral part of a curriculum that includes workplace training and lifelong learning focus, with high quality inputs and high status...there are some lessons to learn
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AS I reach the end of my career in public education as a teacher, principal, and finally Chief Education Officer at the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD), I see two major dangers in the current commentary about educational...
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There is also more to testing than just tables and rankings particularly if there is appropiate testing of the curriculum being taught as part of a broader assessment regime.
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Yes sound education reform at a systems level has to be fit for purpose, with a rationale based on consensus and requires adequate time for development, trialling, training and implementation