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On Education & Democracy: 25 Lessons from the Teaching Profession Year of publication: 2019 Author: Susan Hopgood | Fred van Leeuwen Corporate author: Education International (EI) On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Education International, the authors have selected 25 lessons which educators and their organizations have learnt throughout history on education and democracy.These lessons serve as a set of recommendations to every classroom teacher working at all levels in education systems and in their education unions. These lessons are an invitation to take a stand in favour of democracy and its institutions and to consider contributions that teachers, schools, universities and representative organizations can make to solidify and progress democratic life. 
Transformative Political Leadership to Promote 12 Years of Quality Education for All Girls Year of publication: 2020 Author: Gloria Diamond Corporate author: University of Cambridge. Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre | United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) How can political leadership promote 12 years of quality education for all girls? This report from the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge, seeks to answer this question. The study is based on a review of global evidence, with a focus on low- and lower-middle income countries where most action is needed to achieve the world’s development goals. The researchers also conducted interviews with 11 current and former political leaders involved in championing girls’ education. On the basis of this research, this report outlines seven recommendations on how political leadership can be leveraged to achieve 12 years of quality education for all girls. 
Evaluation of UNESCO’s Action to Revitalize and Promote Indigenous Languages: Within the Framework of the International Year of Indigenous Languages Year of publication: 2021 Author: Claire Thomas | Lydia van de Fliert | Oliver Loode | Silvia Quattrini | Mihaela Cojocaru Corporate author: UNESCO To draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote them and to take further urgent steps at the national and international levels, in 2016 the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 71/178 proclaimed the year beginning on 1 January 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages (hereafter the IYIL2019). UNESCO was invited to serve as the lead agency for the Year and the coordination role was internally assigned to the Communication and Information Sector. UNESCO requested an evaluation of its action within the IYIL2019 with a view to learning from its experience during 2019 and further strengthening its coordination and implementation role during the upcoming Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032).As the lead agency for the IYIL2019, UNESCO played a key role raising awareness of not only the critical loss of indigenous languages, but also the positive value and meanings that indigenous languages provide to Indigenous Peoples and humanity at large. The evaluation found that UNESCO led the development of an ambitious and relevant Action Plan for the Year. It also succeeded in setting up an 18-member Steering Committee composed of representatives of Member States, Indigenous Peoples and the UN three-party indigenous mechanisms. UNESCO staff implemented more than 80 activities around the world, with three-quarters of these at the global level and the majority of national events in Latin America and the Caribbean region. It also maintained an interactive website, which registered more than 880 events around the world.Leading and coordinating the IYIL2019 was not without its challenges, particularly as UNESCO was asked to lead this effort within existing resources and relying on a very small core team. Its programme sectors found creative solutions for indigenous language programming, but without a budget for intersectoral activities, collaboration between sectors was limited to information sharing and activities in Africa and the Arab States were few. The evaluation also found that the Action Plan lacked a meaningful results framework and thereby did not facilitate the monitoring of the IYIL2019. Partnerships with UNESCO networks and the wider UN system were underutilized and many opportunities for future collaboration have been highlighted for the upcoming Decade. 
National Education Responses to COVID-19: The Situation of Latin America and the Caribbean Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO The COVID-19 pandemic caused the greatest global, simultaneous interruption of education services in recent history. It has impacted over 90% of the worldwide student population from preschool to higher education.Latin American and Caribbean countries have engaged in enormous efforts to promote continuity of teaching and learning in this context. In spite of this, profound inequities persist in school systems that limit the capacity to reach the entire population.It is imperative to have information that contributes to guiding the actions that may mitigate or reverse the pandemic’s negative impacts on learning and educational inequities.This report presents a regional overview based on the results of the “Survey on National Education Responses to COVID-19,” which was implemented by UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank between May and October 2020. 
Mapping the Mainstreaming of Education for Sustainable Development Across SDG 4.7: A Comparative Analysis of the Mainstreaming of ESD in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Turkey Year of publication: 2020 Author: Devonne Goad Corporate author: UNESCO The objective of the present report is to summarize the state of ESD implementation in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Turkey. This report summarizes and shares the successes and challenges highlighted within National Implementation Reports, as such a summary could be an important contribution to UNESCO, as the organization is currently facilitating dialogues to establish the direction of the new global programme for ESD. For that reason, these four countries within the regional scope of the UNESCO Regional Bureau in Venice, Italy, were chosen for the preliminary study. For the purpose of this study, the binary data contained within the National Implementation reports of Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Turkey were extracted to summarize the state of ESD implementation. 
Online Expression: eMedia Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: e-Media project Consortium | Erasmus+ The handbook on Online Expression gives an insight on what is online expression, and intends to promote a more creative, active and wise use of the web, exploring the opportunities given not only by social media and blogs. The aim of the handbook is to help teachers guide young people to hone their online expression skills by explaining how to be proactive in their online expressions and less reactive, to become a digital prosumer and not a consumer. The hanbook focuses on the following elements that characterizes online active participation: The creation of relationships; The building of a community or the fact of representing a community; The collective interest; The intention to produce a change, to influence society. 
Mind the Gap: The State of Girls’ Education in Crisis and Conflict Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) This report summarizes progress, gaps, challenges and opportunities in improving education and training for girls and women affected by conflict and crisis. The report aims to support the Charlevoix Declaration on Quality Education’s commitment to enhance the evidence base and monitor progress toward gender-equitable education in crises. The report draws from data on 44 crisis-affected countries, from recent research, and from a set of case studies of interventions in a range of crisis-affected contexts. 
Methods of Teaching People with Special Needs "Specialization in Science" Year of publication: 2010 Author: Marwa El-Baz Corporate author: Port Said University This report contains the scientific material used in the teaching methodology for people with special needs course "Specialization Science". The course was divided into multiple topics that familiarize the learner with people with special needs and methods of teaching them. 
Methods of Social Upbringing and Its Role in the Social and Democratic Interaction of Children: A Field Study on a Sample of Second-grade Students of Basic Education in Al-Marj City Year of publication: 2018 Author: Nabil Musa | Adel Abdul-Karim Corporate author: University of Benghazi The study focused on the subject of "methods of socialization and its role in the social interaction of children." A field study was conducted on a sample of students in the second part of basic education in Al-Marj city. The study was applied to a sample of 60 students. Since the distribution of the sample items was done using the random stratified random sampling procedure, the ratio was randomly selected from the study community. However, the selection of the four sample items was done through The researchers used the questionnaire as a tool to collect the study data. Since the study in question is considered an exploratory study, the single tables and percentages were used to analyze the study data.The study resulted in a number of results, the most important of which are the following: 1. The study confirmed the existence of a set of methods used within the society of the study to raise children. However, the most prevalent is the authoritarian style, which is the method that depends on the punishment and the threat in dealing with children, as it reached 45% of the total methods used within the study community. 2. The study revealed that 72% of the sample members do not care about their families' actual participation in discussing some issues related to the family. This may lead to the growth of the withdrawal personality pattern, which is characterized by irresponsibility. This is especially dangerous if we know that 78% Their parents are not interested in taking their opinions even in acquiring their own needs. 
UNESCO Science Report: The Race Against Time for Smarter Development Year of publication: 2021 Author: Susan Schneegans | Tiffany Straza | Jake Lewis Corporate author: UNESCO This seventh edition of the report monitors the development path that countries have been following over the past five years from the perspective of science governance. It documents the rapid societal transformation under way, which offers new opportunities for social and economic experimentation but also risks exacerbating social inequalities, unless safeguards are put in place.The report concludes that countries will need to invest more in research and innovation, if they are to succeed in their dual digital and green transition. More than 30 countries have already raised their research spending since 2014, in line with their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this progress, eight out of ten countries still devote less than 1% of GDP to research, perpetuating their dependence on foreign technologies.