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Equity and inclusion Working to end school related gender based violence
Writings by representatives of education unions from Eastern, West and Southern Africa
22 December 2019The Education International (EI) initiative Education Unions take Action to End School Related Gender Based Violence, is part of more than 30 years of international advocacy to advance gender equality in education and in unions.
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Equity and inclusion Trabalhando para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
Escritos dos representantes de sindicatos da educação da África Oriental, Ocidental e Austral
21 December 2019A iniciativa “Sindicatos da Educação Intervêm para Acabar com a Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar” da Internacional da Educação1 (EI), faz parte de um processo de mais de 30 anos de advocacia internacional com vista à promoção da igualdade de género na educação e nos sindicatos.
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Equity and inclusion Estratégias para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
A experiência dos sindicatos da educação em África
21 December 2019A Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar (VGAE), nomeadamente, nas escolas, nos seus arredores e noutros contextos educacionais, consiste num problema de particular importância para os sindicatos do sector da educação e seus membros.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Public education in Greece: Aspects and trends of emerging privatisation
5 December 2019Commissioned and led by the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE) and the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers (OLME), the study is part of EI’s Global Response to the Privatisation and Commercialisation in and of Education.
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Leading the profession Global framework of professional teaching standards
Jointly developed by Education International and UNESCO
4 November 2019The 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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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation and commodification of university in Latin America: The cases of Argentina, Peru, Chile and the Dominican Republic
Fernanda Saforcada, Daniela Atairo, Lucía Trotta, Aldana Rodríguez Golisano
17 October 2019Since the late 20th century, Latin American higher education has witnessed two major processes: firstly, considerable expansion – a sustained increase in enrolment, a growing number of institutions, and growth and diversification of study programmes, levels and qualifications; secondly, a decline in public funding.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Commercial Activity in Pacific Education
Anna Hogan, Greg Thompson, Bob Lingard, Dr Mesake Dakuidreketi
10 October 2019This study collected scoping data to document and understand the extent of privatisation and commercialisation of education in eight Council of Pacific Education (COPE) nations - the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education An education union guide to copyrights and copywrongs in education and research
28 August 2019Copyright laws around the world are being changed to accommodate the digital environment. It is essential that education unions take an active role in copyright reforms to ensure that teachers and researchers are not deprived of their rights to use and build upon creative works for teaching, learning and research.
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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 2019This 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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Climate action and literacy Education: A Powerful Tool For Combatting Climate Change. A Guide For Education Unions And Educators
23 July 2019This guide aims to provide EI member organisations with a tool for exploring the principal questions, issues and challenges arising from the climate crisis and how unions can respond.
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Democracy On Education & Democracy: 25 Lessons from the Teaching Profession
Fred van Leeuwen, Susan Hopgood
15 July 2019On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Education International, which currently brings together the national education unions of 170 countries representing 32.5 million educators and education support staff, we have selected 25 lessons which educators and their organisations have learnt throughout history on education and democracy.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Off Track: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4
15 July 2019In 2015, Education International ensured that the new international agenda for a better world included a commitment to quality education and recognised the importance of teachers in making this a reality.
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Standards and working conditions Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they face
Philippa Butler
16 May 2019Education Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and educational institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, and despite being an essential part of...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Pearson 2025 - Transforming teaching and privatising education data
Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan
30 April 2019Where does Pearson want to be in 2025? And what are the potential implications of this vision for public education?
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Leading the profession The future of the teaching profession (Second edition)
John MacBeath
16 April 2019This study contains profound insights into the nature of teacher professionalism. Debates on the policy directions in education in the past decade have been increasingly focusing on learning outcomes and effectiveness indicators in search of the “hidden truth” or the “holy grail” of what makes an effective school. While effectiveness...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education In sheep’s clothing: Philanthropy and the privatisation of the ‘democratic’ state
Dr. Carolina Junemann, Dr. Antonio Olmedo
14 March 2019This report seeks to advance our existing knowledge on the shape and new roles of philanthropic actors at different levels of the policy-making cycle in the field of education.
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Standards and working conditions Constructing teachers’ professional identities
Philippa Cordingley
28 February 2019This study aims at examining how teachers’ professional identities are constructed in seven contrasting education systems. The jurisdictions - Berlin, Chile, Kenya, Ontario, Scotland, Singapore and Sweden - were selected to achieve an economic and geographical balance and a range of contexts in relation to educational performance and teacher supply...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 What do we really know about Bridge International Academies?
Curtis B. Riep
11 February 2019Bridge International Academies (BIA) is the fastest-growing chain of ‘low-fee’ schools in the world, having ‘reached 500,000 children through hundreds of schools across Africa and India’ (BIA, 2018) and planning ‘to be the global leader in providing education to families who live on US$2 a day per person or less’...