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Bridging the Gap: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies Year of publication: 2022 Author: Lauren Gerken | Sumbal Bashir Corporate author: The Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) This brief was developed by the INEE Gender Task Team in response to global calls for more and better data and evidence on gender-responsive EiE. The brief draws from findings of the 2021 and 2022 editions of the INEE Mind the Gap report on the state of girls’ education in emergencies, and from consultations with gender and education experts. 
Education in Africa: placing equity at the heart of policy; executive summary Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Dakar | Union Africaine This report follows the request made by the Member States of the African Union during the 2018 Pan-African High-Level Conference on Education. It aims to support the efforts undertaken by African countries to accelerate the achievement of the targets and strategic objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda and the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA). This first report highlights the need to place equity at the heart of efforts to improve access to and the quality of education, without which efforts to improve access to and the quality of education could inadvertently widen existing inequalities. 
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, Planning Education in the AI Era: Lead the Leap; Final Report Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO The current report is an exhaustive account of the discussion and debate at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (hereafter referred to as ‘the conference’) held in Beijing from 16 to 18 May 2019. Under the overarching theme of ‘Planning Education in the AI Era: Lead the Leap’, the conference was structured into seven plenary sessions and 16 breakout sessions complemented by a live exhibition and study tours to facilitate forwardlooking debates, share cutting-edge knowledge and AI solutions, and deliberate on sector-wide strategies. 
The Impact of AI on Curriculum Systems: Towards an Orbit-Shifting Dialogue (In-Progress Reflection; no. 32, 2019) Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) refers to the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. In order to achieve transformational change in contemporary curriculum systems and learning environments, we need to engender an orbitshifting dialogue about the potential relationship between AI and education, in terms of both independent variables (threats), and dependent variables (opportunities). Through such a dialogue, we need to create foresight indicators that can predict the process of this relationship. It is, however, crucial that the relationship between AI and education is strong and directly proportionate. If the potential of the relationship is not exploited sufficiently, then underdeveloped education systems will lag behind and fail to achieve their potential for transformation, whether radical or incremental. Indeed, some may even become obsolete. The paper contends that in order to effectively contribute to the knowledge economy and to sustainable development in the age of the 4th Industrial Revolution (characterized by a fusion of cyber-physical technologies) modern educational systems need to overcome obstacles to innovation in order to maximize the potential for transformative change. To achieve this will require an ‘orbital shift’ in educational planning, practice and resourcing, to enable schools to respond more effectively to the rapidly changing needs of young people, society, the economy and environment in the third decade of the 21st century. Schools, educational institutions and environments, need to transform from being primarily spaces for teaching and taking exams, into spaces for innovation and personal learning, based on a culture of actively listening to the voices, choices, needs and goals of learners. Teachers need to become facilitators, coaches and mentors for learners. Schools need to create AI-enabled, flexible, collaborative working spaces. Visionary, energetic educational leaders need to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including employers and parents, to inspire and manage change and smart decision-making to develop schools of the future. The aim of this reflection is to initiate an ‘orbit-shifting’ dialogue about the potential of AI applications to transform all components of the curriculum system to meet emergent 21st century educational goals. The conceptualization aims to explore the variable roles and impact of curriculum learning and assessment on these emerging educational goals. Theme 1 of the paper outlines the concepts and characteristics of a range of existing AI systems and their potential to enhance teaching learning and assessment. Theme 2 reflects on the potential to embrace AI systems across the curriculum system. Theme 3 proposes an action model to enable AI to have an ‘orbit shifting impact’ on all the components of the curriculum system (i.e. learners, teachers, learning environments, leadership and management, content, pedagogy and assessment) by enhancing opportunities for individualization, creativity and uniqueness. 
Training Package on Inclusive Education and Disability Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) The comprehensive training package on inclusive education for children and young people with disabilities was developed as part of a partnership between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the support of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, to support and disseminate inclusive education.This training package is directed explicitly to educators in the Arab region, at the local, national, or regional levels, whether in the private or public sectors, including teachers and decision-makers working in the entire educational sector and to those wishing to expand their knowledge in the field of inclusive education. 
Why the World Needs Happy Schools: Global Report on Happiness In and For Learning Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO Seeing a teacher smile. Hearing students laugh. Feeling a hug from a friend. Smelling fresh air. Tasting a nutritious school meal. These five senses can stimulate happiness at school and improve the learning experiences, outcomes and well-being of students. Through the ‘Happy Schools’ initiative, UNESCO is placing happiness at the core of the transformation of education. It encourages education systems to recognize happiness as both a means to and a goal of quality learning. The initiative is informed by a growing evidence base linking happiness with better learning, teaching, well-being and overall system resilience. This report presents the UNESCO global Happy Schools framework consisting of 4 pillars – people, process, place and principles – and 12 high-level criteria to guide the transformation of learning. It offers a holistic model for embedding happiness into education policies and cultivating it in schools through systemic changes. The report illustrates how the ‘Happy Schools’ initiative aims to create top-down and bottom-up transformation, encouraging governments to recognize happiness as a core objective of education. It supports the scaling of promising practices of joyful learning from the school to the policy level. 
Developing Vocational Education: An Introduction to Abolish Classism and Realize Social Justice Year of publication: 2013 Author: سكران، محمد محمد Corporate author: Cairo University The paper deals with technical education in Egypt that is going through a tragic situation due to its founding circumstances and its position among the education systems that do not allow technical education a space. The problems facing technical education include: 1) 80% unemployment among its graduates; 2) the obvious shortcomings in financial and human capacities, the obvious shortage in equipment, the relying on rote learning and the failure to connect theory to practice. 3) the lack of participation and coordination between technical education and institutions of production and services and the severe deficit in in the specializations that the labor market needs. 4) the clear absence of the role of the private sector in this type of education. The paper also presents some suggestions that could put a limit to class aspect in and create social justice for the technical education. The suggestions include: 1) the necessity to redefine the basic objectives of technical secondary education in light of the economic, social and political factors that influence the directions of development; 2) Reconsider the policies of the institutions of technical secondary education in order to transform them from traditional education institutions to productive technical ones by providing them with modern teaching means and attending to training and qualification; 3) the nescessity to connect technical education planning to the economic and social planning; 4) coping with the policies and programs of the of contemporary technological advancement. 
Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan Year of publication: 2015 Author: Dana Burde The publication provides a systematic analysis of the relationship between education and conflict, tracing how different approaches have been applied in Afghanistan as the rationale for aid has shifted from a policy of benign neglect, to an effort to support war, to an effort to mitigate conflict. Using this history as a case study, the book explores how foreign intervention in education can contribute either to conflict or to peace.. 
Education, Extremism and Terrorism: What should be Taught in Citizenship Education and Why Year of publication: 2012 Author: Dianne Gereluk Should educators be exploring terrorism and extremism within their classrooms? If so, what should they be teaching, and how? Dianne Gereluk draws together the diverging opinions surrounding these debates, exploring and critiquing the justifications used for why these issues should be addressed in schools. She goes on to consider the ways in which educators should teach these topics, providing practical suggestions. 
Situational Analysis on the Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Students and Gender-based Violence in Technical and Vocational Colleges in Malawi (STEP Research Series No. 2) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) Funded by the EU and implemented by UNESCO in collaboration with the Government of Malawi, the Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) is dedicated to reinforcing Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) in Malawi.The programme will run from 2016-2020 and aims to improve TEVET at post-secondary level with a focus on equal access to enrolment, with particular emphasis on female learners; improving quality in the sector; and the establishment of clear governance structures. The STEP Research Series presents the highlights of the research undertaken by the programme.The situational analysis on the status of sexual and reproductive health of students and gender-based violence in technical and vocational colleges in Malawi is the second report in the STEP Research Series.