Articles from Germany
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 September 2020 Germany: Call to standardise hygiene guidelines in schools
Two education unions and a parents’ council in Germany have called for an improved standardised approach to the management of COVID-19. The call comes in response to extended hygiene guidelines issues by the country’s education ministers.
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Union growth 30 June 2020 Germany: New Declaration says civic education is key to strengthening democracy
A German education union has cautioned against fake news and societal fragmentation and called for the inclusion of civic education in vocational training and further education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 May 2020 German-speaking education unions raise concerns over digital deficit exposed by COVID-19
Three member organisations in German-speaking countries have issued a joint statement in which they highlight their shared concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on their national education systems.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 May 2020 “Corona Crisis and School Reopening in Germany”
Marlis Tepe
An interview with Marlis Tepe, president of the German education union (GEW).
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 April 2020 Germany: Education union raises concerns around reopening of schools
A German education union has voiced its concern at proposals to reopen schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues to safeguard educator and student health include addressing how social distancing will operate in classrooms, the wearing of face masks, and infection prevention in facilities and public transport.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 April 2020 Germany: Education unionists call for solidarity with refugees during the COVID-19 crisis
A German education union has joined the “Leave No One Behind” campaign which seeks the immediate evacuation of overcrowded refugee camps at the EU's external borders. The campaign argues that the situation of refugees has been made worse by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 April 2020 Germany: trade union wants teachers’ voice to be heard in new Coronavirus legislation
A new draft law in response to the COVID 19 pandemic in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) will have an impact on schools and teacher training – the German education union VBE says teachers need to be included in the decision-making.
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Equity and inclusion 12 March 2020 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
madeleine kennedy macfoy
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 March 2020 Germany: Union calls for gender perspective to be included in digital education
A German education union is calling for greater attention to be paid to gender aspects and, in particular, gender justice in shaping the digital future in education.
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Union growth 28 January 2020 "A teacher like me” – meeting with German teachers, crossing emotional bridges, sharing positive professional experiences on Holocaust education, by Talia Kranz.
Talia Kranz
What is more timely for us, Israeli teachers, than talking with our German colleagues about the fight against racism and anti-Semitism? It's already been happening for the 29th time! For the past 50 years, a bi-national seminar has been held once every two years attended by Israeli and German educators...
"A teacher like me” – meeting with German teachers, crossing emotional bridges, sharing positive professional experiences on Holocaust education, by Talia Kranz. -
Equity and inclusion 28 January 2020 “Susi”- a graphic novel about a Jewish girl in disguise - and how to work with the book in primary schools, by Silvia Stieneker (GEW, Germany).
Silvia Stieneker
I am a primary school teacher in Berlin. In the summer of 2019, I participated in a German-Israeli union seminar for teachers in Tel Aviv that was organized by the German union “Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW)” and the Israeli teachers union “Histadrut ha Morim”. In this seminar, we discussed...
“Susi”- a graphic novel about a Jewish girl in disguise - and how to work with the book in primary schools, by Silvia Stieneker (GEW, Germany). -
Equity and inclusion 29 November 2019 Germany: young people and educators stand against child labour
Young people and educators join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi to call on politicians to end to child labour.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2019 Germany: Appropriate funding for ICT in educational settings still needed
Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft expresses concern regarding the gap between the allocated 5.5 billion euros announced by the federal government and the 21 billion euros required to ensure the minimum equipment of all general and vocational schools until 2024.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 September 2019 Germany: stop public investment in arms, increase spending in quality education!
Commemorating the start of World War II, German educators have reiterated their commitment to the initiative on disarmament and peace education recently adopted by Education International and its affiliates.
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Standards and working conditions 28 August 2019 Germany: new teachers must receive equal salaries for equal qualifications
The Verband Bildung und Erziehung is pushing for teachers in Germany to be paid the same amount of money for the same initial education and qualifications when they enter the profession.
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Leading the profession 23 July 2019 “Productive capabilities develop TVET’s contribution to social justice”, by Gavin Moodie.
Gavin Moodie
Education International’s new report on "Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a Framework for Social Justice" charts a new way for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to advance social justice.
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Union growth 4 March 2019 Germany: A collective agreement with an 8 % salary increase for public workers
Fruitful negotiations between public authorities and public service trade unions, including education unions affiliated to Education International, have led to salary increase of 8 % for public workers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 January 2019 Germany: Standing together to remember the victims of the Holocaust
German education unionists have joined Israeli and Polish colleagues for an educational trip on the occasion of the memorial may for the victims of the Holocaust.
Germany: Standing together to remember the victims of the Holocaust