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Childhood development stages and learning on global issues
Helpdesk Report
January 22, 2018

This helpdesk report provides a summary of available literature and evidence relating to childhood development stages; specifically, when is the best time to influence children’s thinking on global issues. This question is related to a second query covered in a separate helpdesk report that examines the development education landscape in the UK: specifically, what else… Read more

Children and Youth, Education
Education
Impact of childhood screening for disability/impairment on education and learning
Helpdesk Report
November 23, 2017

Evidence indicates that disability is a leading cause of marginalisation in education, with enrolment, primary school completion and literacy rates consistently falling below those of non-disabled children, as children with disabilities are ‘less likely to attend or remain in school, have lower transition and completion rates and do not achieve the levels of results of… Read more

Education
Evidence on formative classroom assessment for learning
Helpdesk Report
September 15, 2017

Formative assessments, also known as classroom assessment, continuous assessment or assessment for learning, are those carried out by teachers and students as part of day-to-day activity (Clarke, 2012a). There are multiple interpretations of formative assessment, but most literature takes the broad definition offered by Black and Wiliam (1998, cited in Pryor, 2015: 208): “encompassing all… Read more

Education
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Assessment of literacy and foundational learning in developing countries
Assignment
June 4, 2017

This review examines the quality and range of tools used to measure literacy and foundational learning in developing countries. It covers the assessment of language and literacy skills in children from age 3 to 14 and includes assessment tools from studies published between 1990 and 2014, rated as ‘Moderate’ or ‘High’ in methodological quality. There… Read more

assessment
Education
Education technology map: guidance document
Assignment
April 5, 2017

This report serves as a user guide for a mapping exercise of research on the use of technology in low-resource environments. It should be read in conjunction with the map itself: an excel sheet titled ‘Education technology evidence database’. The map and user guide are intended to be resources for all those in the sector… Read more

education technology, evidence, evidence map
Education
#TeachersMatter! Celebrating teachers worldwide at the Global Education and Skills Forum
Blog
April 4, 2017

On 18 and 19 March 2017, together with around 1,500 people from around the world, I attended the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. The Forum provided an exciting platform to celebrate the importance of teachers around the world. Organised by the Varkey Foundation, it was also a stark reminder of the difficulties that… Read more

Education
The ethics of research on teacher effectiveness: Why we should be supporting teachers, not questioning their ability to teach
Blog
November 16, 2016

The Global Goals have set targets for ‘quality education’ on the one hand, and for measurement and monitoring on the other hand. Teachers, teacher training, and what happens inside classrooms, are likely to be the topic of research in the coming years.  This blog has been driven by our sense of injustice that teachers seem… Read more

Education, ethics, teacher, Young Lives
Education
INEE guidance notes on teacher compensation in fragile states, situations of displacement and post-crisis recovery
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October 31, 2016

The INEE Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation in Fragile States, Situations of Displacement and PostCrisis Recovery (INEE Guidance Notes) were developed to address this critical challenge to quality education, and as such, provide a suggested framework for compensating teachers. They are organised around three themes: policy and coordination of teacher compensation; the management and financial aspects… Read more

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Education
Next steps in managing teacher migration: papers of the sixth commonwealth research symposium on teacher mobility, recruitment and migration
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October 31, 2016

The Sixth Commonwealth Teachers’ Research Symposium brought together education researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to share experiences from developed and developing countries both within and outside the Commonwealth. This collection of papers from the event examines current trends in teacher migration, including education in emergencies, forced migration and pan-African migration, in line with the current global… Read more

Education in emergencies, Teacher Policy, Teacher Training
Education
Education issue brief 5: refugee teacher management
Document Library
October 31, 2016

This Brief provides basic planning and programming recommendations for managing refugee teachers, and is geared particularly towards camp settings where teachers are being recruited directly from refugee communities. The Brief is intended for anyone who is responsible for recruitment, management and/or training of teachers in refugee settings, including UNHCR, NGO, Ministry of Education or national… Read more

refugee education, Teacher Policy, teacher retention, Teacher Training
Education
Journal of education in emergencies
Document Library
October 28, 2016

In this journal, the article, Quality Education for Refugees in Kenya: Pedagogy in Urban Nairobi and Kakuma Refugee Camp Settings, examines the quality of education available to refugees in Kenya, with a particular focus on instruction. By providing empirical data about instruction in a refugee education context, the article supports anecdotal accounts and strengthens agency-led evaluations. It… Read more

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