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Guardians of Planet Earth: Gamification in Early Childhood Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado (INTEF) The project "Inspiring Educational Experiences" is part of the Educational Digital Transformation Plan launched by INTEF, specifically "Guardians of planet Earth" whose main objective is the internalization by students of the importance of caring for our planet around three fundamental axes: recycling and treatment of waste, care of flora and fauna. With this, it intends to impregnate the students and their families with solid values that are internalized and endure over time and for this it uses different methodologies and active and participatory teaching strategies, in turn, favors the development of creativity and imagination in all activity of the project and explains how ICTs are a transversal element, offering the youngest population a variety of opportunities to use and enjoy technology. 
The Neuroscience of Emotions Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: BBVA Aprendemos Juntos The psychiatrist and writer Marian Rojas-Estapé speaks in this video about neuroscience and emotional intelligence, stating there are no shortcuts or magic formulas to be happy. She talks about how society has substituted self-destructive habits for the meaning of life and identifies the ability we have to be happy even in the midst of difficult situations. 
Supporting Early Childhood Development: From Science to Large-Scale Application Year of publication: 2016 Author: The Lancet Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | World Bank | World Health Organization (WHO) This document summarizes the series of articles on Early Childhood Development published by The Lancet in 2016. It presents new scientific evidence that supports interventions and proposes measures to be applied in large-scale child development programs. The series emphasizes "loving care sensitive to the needs of the child", especially up to three years of age, as well as multisectoral interventions that, taking the health sector as a starting point, allow reaching many families and young children through health and nutrition. 
Remote Learning During the Global School Lockdown: Multi-Country Lessons Year of publication: 2020 Author: Maria Barron Rodriguez | Cristobal Cobo | Alberto Muñoz-Najar | Iñaki Sánchez Ciarrusta Corporate author: World Bank This study includes three main sections that have been organized in a chronological order within this report: the first one, “What can we learn from education emergency responses in low- and middle-income countries?” analyzes the emergency education responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of over 120 governments from April until May, 2020. The second section, “Is remote learning perceived as effective? An in-depth analysis across five countries” discusses the main national education responses deployed by Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Peru, as well as the perceived effectiveness of these strategies conducted from May until August, 2020. The third section, “What works with remote and remedial strategies? an analysis across 13 countries” builds on key lessons learned during the analysis of the five multi-country experiences and presents global trends of remote learning implemented during school closures and the actions governments adopted to get ready for remedial learning, conducted from August until December 2020. The countries prioritized for the third section are IDA borrowing countries of which six are low-income countries: Afghanistan, Haiti, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and Rwanda; and five are lower-middle-income countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Kenya, Nepal, and Pakistan. Additionally, two high-income countries, Estonia and Uruguay, have been included in the report. The main trends across this report are discussed below and have been grouped in five themes: (1) Adopt delivery systems with an inclusive approach; (2) Adjust the curriculum to ensure effectiveness; (3) Secure sustained teacher training and in-service support; (4) Leverage institutional capacities while ensuring sustained monitoring and evaluation; and (5) Consolidate national strategies to remediate learning losses. 
Gender Inequality and Early Childhood Development: A Review of the Linkages Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Plan International This paper aims to respond to the fact that Early Childhood Development initiatives and programmes, both internal and external, often appear to give limited attention to gender inequality and discrimination. Furthermore, initiatives to promote girls’ rights and gender equality often pay little attention to early childhood, instead focusing on older girls and adolescents. 
Education in Contexts of Cultural Diversity: A Study on Brazilian Educators (Iberoamerican Journal of Education; vol. 85, no. 2) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Valentín Martínez-Otero Pérez Corporate author: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI) This article is interested in education in contexts of cultural diversity and the perspective of educators on their training needs. An ad hoc designed questionnaire was used and a mixed, quantitative and qualitative method was chosen. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of 237 Brazilian educators. The results reveal that attention to cultural diversity plays an important role in educational activity. Educators, as a whole, are sensitive to cultural diversity and its promotion, but the intercultural training received is insufficient. Little family participation is encouraged, resources are scarce and the intercultural dimension lacks pedagogical systematization. 
Care and Self-care: Manual of Citizenship and Coexistence from the Collective Construction of Meanings and Networks Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP) This manual, which corresponds to the second phase of the Pedagogical Tool Box for Education for Citizenship and Coexistence, presents three axes of reflection: 1) self-care; 2) care of the others and the others: people near and far; and 3) care of strangers and the other. Each of the axes is accompanied by didactic tools that allow deepening in the contents. 
Transforming Education Summit 2022: Futures of Education Briefing Notes Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO National consultations that aim at developing a shared vision, commitment, and alignment of action across constituencies are one of the key TES workstreams. The Reimagining our futures together report is proposed as a framework for examining how education systems need to change to better serve learners and societies into the future.A series of briefing notes have been prepared in alignment with the summit's five action tracks:o Inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schoolso Learning and skills for life, work and sustainable developmento Teachers, teaching and the teaching professiono Digital learning and transformationo Financing of education 
Transforming Education Systems: Why, What, and How Year of publication: 2022 Author: Rebecca Winthrop | David Sengeh Corporate author: Brookings Institution This brief is for any education leader or stakeholder who is interested in charting a transformation journey in their country or education jurisdiction such as a state or district. It is also for civil society organisations, funders, researchers, and anyone interested in the topic of national development through education. In it, the authors answer the following three questions and argue for a participatory approach to transformation: Why is education system transformation urgent now? The world is at an inflection point. Climate change, the changing nature of work, increasing conflict and authoritarianism together with the urgency of COVID recovery has made the transformation agenda more critical than ever. What is education system transformation? Education system transformation must entail a fresh review of the goals of your system – are they meeting the moment that we are in, are they tackling inequality and building resilience for a changing world, are they fully context aware, are they owned broadly across society – and then fundamentally positioning all components of your education system to coherently contribute to this shared purpose. How can education system transformation advance in your country or jurisdiction? Three steps are crucial: Purpose (developing a broadly shared vision and purpose), Pedagogy (redesigning the pedagogical core), and Position (positioning and aligning all components of the system to support the pedagogical core and purpose). Deep engagement of educators, families, communities, students, ministry staff, and partners is essential across each of these 3P steps. 
New Facets of Educational Inequality in Countries Central Asia: From Problem Measurement to Policy Changes Year of publication: 2021 Author: Saule Aliyeva | Kamila Kovyazina Corporate author: Paperlab Research Center (Kazakhstan) This report summarizes the results of a research project to study the problem of educational inequality in the region, carried out by the Research Center PaperLab (Kazakhstan) together with partners from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. A regional approach to studying the problem of educational inequality will help assess the role and effectiveness of measures taken by governments of different countries in ensuring access to education, and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each country in the transition to a post-pandemic environment. Promoting this expertise in the media and social networks will start a discussion about the importance of education in terms of reducing social inequality in the region and get new ideas on equalizing opportunities in access to education as one of the key public goods.