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Social Contract Pedagogy: A Dialogical and Deliberative Model for Global Citizenship Education (Background paper for the Futures of Education initiative) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Richard Desjardins | Carlos Alberto Torres | Susan Wiksten Corporate author: UNESCO We propose that together Social Contract Pedagogy (SCP) and Global Citizenship Education (GCE) offer a comprehensive vision including key principles and core elements that are important for rethinking education and shaping the future of the world. We introduce the novel concept of Social Contract Pedagogy (SCP) as a means to adapt the social contract in liberal democracies which has been (conceptually) located at the level of the state, to the level of the classroom and other pedagogically relevant contexts. A key feature of this pedagogy is the negotiation of values and norms in ways that maintain cohesion and inclusion and avoids too much power in the hands of sectarian extremes (of any kind) which tend to impose their views on others, oppress and exclude. This includes using fake news, denying scientific debates and/or any extremely politicized interpretations of evidence and facts to obfuscate or deny consequences of individual and group choices and behavior, but also ‘othering’ of any kind whether from the political right or the political left. In our view, this is an essential premise for the education of democratic citizens. Citizenship education of this kind is seen as essential for the survival and growth of liberal democracies in the future. 
Internationalization of Tertiary Education in the Middle East and North Africa Year of publication: 2020 Author: Giulia Marchesini | Lise Barbotte | Paul Cahu | Aurelia Hoffmann | Holly Johnstone | Mirna Mehrez | Marco Pasqualini | Francisco Marmolejo Corporate author: World Bank This report draws on available data to respond to both a real need for regional analysis and a direct demand from stakeholders, including tertiary education institutions in MENA. Encouraging internationalization to be mainstreamed throughout MENA is the objective that this report seeks to achieve by way of stimulating regional policy dialogue on the subject. The report presents some global trends in internationalization and details its main benefits, before providing an overview of the current status of internationalization in the MENA region, including an in-depth analysis of student mobility. In its reflections on the way forward for the region, the report situates its recommendations in the context of COVID-19, within which, despite serious challenges due to a lack of attractiveness of the region, MENA may find a key opportunity. It suggests that adapting to the “new normal” through the deeper implementation of internationalization “at home” – a dimension that does not require physical mobility and, being implemented within domestic environments, has a much wider reach – may help enable the region to make strides towards catching up on the internationalization agenda. Internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur dans la région Moyen-Orient Afrique du Nord Year of publication: 2020 Author: Giulia Marchesini | Lise Barbotte | Paul Cahu | Aurelia Hoffmann | Holly Johnstone | Mirna Mehrez | Marco Pasqualini | Francisco Marmolejo Corporate author: World Bank Ce rapport s'appuie sur les données disponibles pour répondre à la fois à un réel besoin d'analyse régionale et à une demande directe des parties prenantes, y compris des établissements d'enseignement supérieur de la région MENA. Encourager le développement de l’internationalisation à travers la région MENA est l'objectif que ce rapport cherche à atteindre, en stimulant un dialogue régional sur les politiques publiques autour de ce sujet. Le rapport présente quelques tendances mondiales de l'internationalisation et détaille ses principaux avantages, avant de donner un aperçu de l'état actuel de l'internationalisation dans la région MENA, y compris une analyse approfondie de la mobilité étudiante. Parmi les recommandations proposées pour le développement de l’internationalisation, le contexte de la COVID-19 est vu, pour la région MENA, comme une fenêtre d’opportunité pour pallier au manque d'attractivité de la région dans ce domaine. Mettre l’accent sur l'internationalisation « à domicile » - une dimension qui ne nécessite pas de mobilité physique et qui se développe dans le cadre domestique, et a donc une portée plus large - pour s’adapter à la « nouvelle normalité » peut aider la région à rattraper son retard sur le plan de l’internationalisation. 
Towards Mongolia’s Long-Term Development Policy Vision 2050: Advancing Education Equity, Efficiency and Outcomes Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Mongolia Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports | World Bank This report seeks to synthesize and analyze education outcomes with a view of identifying the main priorities for strengthening the education sector in support of Mongolia’s Sustainable Development Vision 2050. The report highlights data and findings generated from a series of source reports (see bibliography) related to the goals and targets set out in the Vision 2050. The report is composed of six thematic chapters: Access; Equity; Internal Efficiency, Education Cost and Finance; External Efficiency; Management. Each chapter will include an overview of the current situation and recent development with a focus on, key achievements and persistent challenges. As a synthesis report, the information on each topic is not exhaustive but rather seeks to present key findings. Specific activities highlighted in the Vision 2050 have been included at the beginning of each chapter and a complete mapping by activity is annexed (Annex 1. Vision 2050 Chapter mapping). This synthesis report draws on conclusions, finding, data and surveys produced in collaboration with MECSS by the Asian Development Bank, the Global Partnership for Education and the World Bank. The synthesis also draws from key UNESCO reports. The scope, research, and focus of the source reports differ, and precise findings are, on occasions, incongruent however the overall conclusions are fundamentally compatible. Whereas most of the source reports focus on one or two key stages, the synthesis report seeks to extract cross-cutting and/or recurring challenges that have an impact, positive or negative, on equity, efficiency and outcomes which ultimately may contribute to the implementation of Vision 2050. Mongolia’s State Education Policy (2014-2024) states: ‘Education is the main key factor of each citizen’s lifelong support and guarantee of life quality, and of the State’s societal and economical, science and technological development, and guarantee of national independence and security. Mongolian State shall develop education as a leading sector in society’. 
Selected Drivers of Education Quality: Pre- and In-Service Teacher Training Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: World Bank This evaluation examines how the World Bank has supported two types of professional development to improve teacher capacity—preservice and in-service training—and identifies how these drivers of education quality can be better designed, implemented, and scaled up. 
Всемирный доклад по мониторингу образования 2021 г. : для всех означает для всех инклюзивность и образование; центральная и восточная европа,кавказ и средняя азия Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education | Network of Education Policy Centers В этом докладе описана огромная и географически разнородная территория, которую объединили в один регион схожие образовательные системыи подходы, сформированные во второй половине 20 века в рамках государственного социализма. Образование было доступно, гендерное неравенство и неравенство, связанное с местом проживания, было искоренено. Но образовательные системы подвергали дискриминации детей с особыми потребностями, которые посещали специальные школы. Это решение ошибочно считалось эффективным: ученики разделялись по типу инвалидности, а некоторые из них полностью исключались из системы образования.Начиная с 1989 года, регион старается преодолеть это тяжелое наследие и перейти к инклюзивному образованию, основанному на правах человека, подходу, который часто поддерживается международными организациями. В законодательство и образовательную политику было включено более широкое понимание инклюзии. Педагогическое образование и программы повышения квалификации учителей были пересмотрены и реструктурированы. Тем не менее, прогресс неравномерен. Многие изменения произошли на бумаге, в то время как глубинные убеждения и реальная практика практически не изменились. В то же время образовательные системы пытаются преодолеть негативные последствия политического и экономического кризисов, которые углубили неравенство и усилили социальную напряженность. Такие факторы как гендер, удаленное место проживания, бедность, этническая принадлежность, язык, миграция, принадлежность к числу перемещенных лиц, тюремное заключение, сексуальная ориентация, гендерная идентичность и религиозные и другие убеждения связаны с неравенством образовательных возможностей.Составленный группой по подготовке Всемирного доклада по мониторингу образования, в партнерстве с Европейским агентством по специальным потребностям и инклюзивному образованию и Сетью центров образовательной политики, этот доклад содержит подробные описания 30 образовательных систем региона. В докладе также представлены дополнительные риски для инклюзии, возникшие в результате пандемии COVID-19. Основываясь на Всемирном докладе ЮНЕСКО по мониторингу образования, этот документ фиксирует барьеры, с которыми сталкиваются учащиеся. Рекомендации, данные в докладе, предлагают систему для выявления и устранения этих барьеров, в основе которой лежит принцип «каждый ученик важен и важен одинаково». 
Continental Overview: Bridging CESA and SDG 4 in Africa Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Monitoring progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 4 for education (SDG 4) is crucial to ensuring that children around the world have access to a quality education where they can learn and gain the skills they need to meet their full potential. SDG 4 indicators are organized with a view to global, thematic, regional and national targets.This report by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the first in a series intended to bring a regional focus to SDG 4 monitoring, highlight the work being done in the regions and compare SDG 4 targets with those established by regional bodies.This new series of regional reports serve two purposes. Firstly, to map regional and SDG 4 targets to provide an overview of the symmetries between the two. Continental Overview: Bridging CESA and SDG 4 in Africa looks at how the strategic objectives of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) compares with SDG 4 targets. Secondly, it analyses progress towards these objectives by African sub-regions. 
Humanistic Futures of Learning: Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to rethink education and shape the future. The initiative is catalyzing a global debate on how knowledge, education and learning need to be reimagined in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty and precarity. This publication presents the first curated input to the Futures of Education initiative from the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, which now represents an extensive global network of more than 800 higher education institutions in over 115 countries. It features think pieces that highlight key dimensions to be considered in re-visioning and re-purposing education for the future of humanity and the planet. The collection of the pieces calls for greater focus on a number of critical areas such as: The role of culture in strengthening social and environmental sustainability; the values and attitudes that are needed to shape future generations; the importance of both robust public education, as well as of other learning spaces; the need to strengthen human creativity and capability in the digital era, as well as the role of higher education in generating the knowledge and driving the innovation required to transform our world. 
Enhancing Jordanian Media’s Ability to Combat Extremism and Terrorism Through Media Literacy, Quality of Content, and Media Performance: Training Guide (2020) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Amani Jarrar Corporate author: Jordan Media Institute | Hedayah | European Union (EU) This guide, titled Enhancing Jordanian media’s ability to combat extremism and terrorism through media training, quality of content, and media performance, forms the basis for media training on combatting extremism and terrorism, and it contains five topics: basic journalism guidelines, media and information literacy, fact-checking tools, covering stories of extremism and terrorism, and hate speech expressions and manifestations. 
Do You Speak MIL?: Media and Information Literacy; A Handbook for Jordanian CSOs Year of publication: 2020 Author: Milica Pesic | Lucien Michael Steinberg | Anoud Al-Zou’bi Corporate author: Media Diversity Institute | UNESCO | UN. Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) The aim of this publication is to provide civil society organizations (CSOs) with practical and effective tool that can help CSOs to champion and adopt MIL within their own training programs. Each chapter is divided into three sections: a technical introduction on the topic, recommended questions, and practical examples and scenarios to be used by the trainers.