Articles from Germany
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2018 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 May 2018 #ResNet: Amplifying teacher voice: getting stuck into research, by Philippa Cordingley
Philippa Cordingley
One of the things we are exploring in our research into how different countries construct teachers’ professional identities that will be presented at Education International’s annual Research Network meeting today, is the nature of the links between investing in research-informed teaching and amplifying teachers’ collective professional voice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2018 Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre
Teresa Nobre
What can a teacher do in a classroom with a poem, a video, an artwork or a piece of music created by someone else? From early childhood education to higher education, literary and artistic works can be used by teachers, academics and researchers, education support personnel and students for educational...
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Equity and inclusion 15 March 2018 “What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP
Silvia Costa
Refugees and migrants education, especially minors, is a top priority, the best way to empower them and foster their integration, but also one of the principles on which the EU is funded. It is incredible, though, that education of migrants - especially forced migrants and refugees - seems to be...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 February 2018 Germany: Research highlights teachers’ excessive working hours
A study commissioned by a teacher union shows that, in Germany, teachers work one hour and 40 minutes longer than other public employees per week, endangering their health.
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Equity and inclusion 3 January 2018 Germany: Students need role models of both genders
The German education union, Verband Bildung und Erziehung, has reiterated the crucial importance of role models from both genders for school students.
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Union growth 28 November 2017 Europe: educators unite for refugee children
Teachers in Germany and Spain are facilitating the integration of refugee children through the classroom, and now have clear demands for policymakers.
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Equity and inclusion 24 November 2017 After the German Elections. Is Another Germany Possible?
Nick Strauss
Thoughts from GEW Conference “Good Education for Refugees”, Bremen (20th September 2017)
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Climate action and literacy 23 November 2017 UN climate conference produces an underwhelming outcome
Education International joins the international trade union movement in deeply lamenting the fact that the 23rd United Nations climate change conference did not keep its promises despite the urgent climate emergency.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2017 COP23: promoting climate change education for a fair economic transition
Education International reiterated the importance of emphasising climate change education in order to achieve a fair transition towards carbon-free economies during the 23rd United Nations climate change conference.
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Climate action and literacy 15 November 2017 COP23: States must be more ambitious with regard to climate change education and training
The key role of education and training on sustainable development to safeguard the planet was highlighted at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Agreement on Climate Change.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 October 2017 Germany: More investment needed in primary schools
German education unionists are calling for a comprehensive set of measures to improve the situation at primary schools in response to a new report on education in the sector.
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Equity and inclusion 2 October 2017 Germany: Union focuses on need to address inclusion of refugees
German educators are addressing the best ways to integrate refugee children into the school system, pointing out challenges to the education systems status quo.
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Union renewal and development 13 July 2017 International education movement mourns loss of founding father
Education International mourns the death of Wilhelm Ebert (94), education champion and former Head of German EI affiliate Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE), and of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession.
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Equity and inclusion 3 July 2017 Global Unions call for rights to be at the core of a new Global Compact on Migration
Education International joined other Global Unions to call for human, labour and education rights to be at the core of a new Global Compact on Migration.
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Equity and inclusion 27 June 2017 German education union directs its efforts and resources to eradicating child labour
The teachers’ union GEW has announced that its German Fair Childhood Foundation has agreed to fund three child labour eradication programmes in Mali, Nicaragua and Tanzania.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 June 2017 The CETA’s “Investment Court System”: A Supreme Tribunal to Protect the Wealth of Foreign Nationals
Gus Van Harten
Imagine if governments proposed a supreme tribunal for the world. The tribunal would have the power to review anything countries can do in their sovereign role. It could review countries’ laws and regulations at any level. It could review the judgments of their highest courts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 May 2017 Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identity – learning from seven countries
Philippa Cordingley
Early stages in research projects are always a mix of aspirations, exploration of the research literature and growing clarity about key questions. In a research project that is as important as the one funded by Education International, to explore how national policies and cultural factors influence the development of teachers’...
Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identity – learning from seven countries