Articles from Germany
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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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Trade union rights are human rights 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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 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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Leading the profession 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’...
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Climate action and literacy 24 May 2017 Increased funding needed for climate change education and training
An insufficient allocation of resources to climate change education has drawn the ire of Education International during a recent contribution to the Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment, Education.
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Union renewal and development 9 May 2017 Germany: Educators elect leadership
The German education union GEW has elected its leadership and new program during its conference “Re-Think education”, an event with a strong focus on international solidarity.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Union growth 4 April 2017 Documentary shows Turkish teachers' plight
A new documentary film about the fate of Sakine Yilmaz, former general secretary of Egitim Sen, and her life as a refugee in Germany sheds light on the oppression and persecution of tens of thousands of teachers in Turkey.
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Standards and working conditions 13 January 2017 Germany: teacher union rethinks education
The German union GEW is gearing up for a new campaign aimed at increasing the national and local governments’ funding for education.
Germany: teacher union rethinks education