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Union renewal and development Development Cooperation Handbook: A guide to successful partnerships
28 February 2021This development cooperation handbook is intended for the use of all Education International affiliates. Those that are already involved in development cooperation will find food for thought and tools for use in their work. Affiliates that are not yet involved in development cooperation will find useful information to help them...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Pandemic Privatisation in Higher Education: Edtech & University Reform
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 February 2021During the COVID-19 pandemic, a state of emergency engulfed higher education. The crisis of mass campus closures and a rapid ‘pivot’ to online learning became the context for attempts by private actors and commercial organisations to reconfigure the sector.
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Equity and inclusion Auditing Educational Equity in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic
A Guide for Education Unions
3 December 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented school closures that have affected over 1.5 billion students worldwide. However, the impact of the pandemic has not been equal, with vulnerable and disadvantaged students disproportionately affected by the resulting global crisis in teaching and learning.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the future
Christina J. Colclough
27 October 2020The Future of Work is not just making the headlines - it has become an issue of increasing importance for students, teachers and the whole of society. While there is always an element of anticipatory anxiety when facing the future there has also been real concern about the arrival of...
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Equity and inclusion The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4
26 October 2020This report summarises lessons and recommendations from a multi-country study undertaken on behalf of ActionAid, Education International and Light for the World. The study looked at the current state of play, and the realistic requirements for investing in an education workforce that can support disability-inclusive education systems in Ethiopia, Malawi,...
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Standards and working conditions 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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Fighting the commercialisation of education Commercialisation and privatisation in/of education in the context of Covid-19
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 July 2020The Covid-19 emergency has affected education systems worldwide. The ‘pivot’ to ‘online learning’ and ‘emergency remote teaching’ has positioned educational technology (edtech) as an integral component of education globally, bringing private sector and commercial organisations into the centre of essential educational services.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 A Review of Technology in Teaching and Learning
Alison Egan
30 June 2020The objective of this review is to outline current thinking on the role of technology in education. This paper was written before the global Covid -19 pandemic that forced an “online pivot” in educational settings. The “wicked problem” of technology integration in education is now a significant concern for many...
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Equity and inclusion EI/AOb Child Labour Projects | Transnational Best Practices and Union Impacts
Nora Wintour
30 June 2020For the last two decades, EI and its affiliates, Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb/the Netherlands) and Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW/Germany), through the Fair Childhood Foundation, have supported projects to reduce school dropout rates and child labour and to contribute to the development of child labour-free zones in over 13 countries on...
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Standards and working conditions 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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Standards and working conditions 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
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Standards and working conditions Covid-19 and Education: How Education Unions are Responding. Survey Report
6 May 2020Education International surveyed its member organisations across five regions to learn about the different strategies and approaches of their governments, and the actions their own organisations to support their members and all education workers. While there are multiple, varied, and substantive challenges from one country to the next, certain trends...
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Standards and working conditions EI Guidance to Reopening Schools and Education Institutions
30 April 2020With schools and education institutions closed in a majority of countries, there are critical issues for governments to take into consideration, as countries gradually begin to re-open early childhood institutions, schools and higher education institutions. It is imperative that governments communicate transparently and continuously about the plans for reopening onsite...
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Leading the profession Report of the Proceedings of the 8th Education International World Congress
Bangkok, Thailand - 21-26 July 2019
22 April 2020Report of the Proceedings of the 8th Education International World Congress (Bangkok, Thailand - 21-26 July 2019)
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Leading the profession Guiding principles on the COVID-19 pandemic
27 March 2020The following principles and recommendations should guide the responses of education unions, governments and partners to COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Education unions stand united and mobilise Thinking about Pedagogy in an Unfolding Pandemic
Armand Doucet, Dr. Deborah M. Netolicky, Koen Timmers, Francis Jim Tuscano
20 March 2020Independent report on approaches to distance learning during the COVID-19 school closures written to inform the work of Education International and UNESCO. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is causing various levels of disruptions in education globally. At this current date (March 29th), UNESCO has 165 countries announcing school closures in an...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation of education in Morocco. A multi-speed education system and a polarised society.
Khadija Abdous
24 January 2020The study is a detailed examination of the trends and current manifestations of privatisation in education in Morocco. The report also sheds light on various public education reforms implemented in Morocco and how privatisation policies have affected these reforms.
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Equity and inclusion Gender Equality Action Plan 2020 – 2023
1 January 2020The EI Gender Equality Action Plan is a framework, which will enable Education International and its member organisations to translate education unions’ policies, rhetoric and activities relating to gender equality into action.