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STEM Education for Girls and Women: Breaking Barriers and Exploring Gender Inequality in Asia Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | UNESCO Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are considered catalysts for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, particularly for STEM fields, girls and women, for a multitude of social, cultural and psychological reasons, engage and participate at a lower rate than boys and men. This research collection aims to highlight the contextual barriers that girls and women face in STEM education and careers and offer concrete examples of interventions that successfully encourage participation of girls and women in STEM. These eight case studies from across Asia explore both the barriers and the achievements in SDG 4 and SDG 5, and give context-specific analysis of different aspects of gender disparities in the respective countries. 
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. Les futurs humanistes de l’apprentissage: Perspectives des chaires UNESCO et des réseaux UNITWIN Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO L’initiative de l’UNESCO intitulée Les futurs de l’éducation vise à repenser l’éducation et à façonner l’avenir, en lançant un débat mondial sur la manière de réinventer le savoir, l’éducation et l’apprentissage dans un monde de plus en plus complexe, incertain et précaire. Le présent volume constitue la première collection de contributions soumises à l’initiative Les Futurs de l’éducation de l’UNESCO par le Programme des chaires UNESCO/UNITWIN, un vaste réseau mondial regroupant plus de 800 établissements d’enseignement supérieur dans plus de 115 pays. Les documents de réflexion qu’il contient mettent en évidence les dimensions essentielles à prendre en compte pour ré-imaginer et redéfinir l’éducation dans l’intérêt de l’avenir de l’humanité et de la planète. Cette collection appelle à insister davantage sur un certain nombre de domaines critiques tels que le rôle de la culture dans le renforcement de la durabilité sociale et environnementale, les valeurs et les attitudes nécessaires pour préparer les générations futures, l’importance d’une éducation publique et robuste, ainsi que d’autres espaces d’apprentissage, la nécessité de renforcer la créativité et les capacités humaines à l’ère numérique, ainsi que le rôle de l’enseignement supérieur concernant la génération des savoirs et la conduite de l’innovation nécessaire pour transformer notre monde. 학습의 인본주의적 미래: 유네스코 석좌와 유니트윈의 시각에서 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: 유네스코 유네스코의 ‘교육의 미래’(Futures of Education) 이니셔티브는 교육을 다시 생각해보고 교육의 미래를 만들어가는 것을 목표로 한다. 이 이니셔티브는 복잡성, 불확실성, 불안정성이 증가하는 세계에서 지식, 교육, 학습은 어떻게 재구상되어야 하는가라는 문제에 대한 전세계적 논의를 촉진하고 있다. 이 책은 현재 115개 이상의 국가의 800개 이상의 고등교육기관으로 구성된 광범위한 글로벌 네트워크를 대표하는 유니트윈/유네스코 석좌프로그램(UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme)이 교육의 미래 이니셔티브에 제출한 글들을 일차적으로 정리해 엮은 것이다. 이 책은 인류와 지구의 미래를 위해 교육의 비전과 목적을 재설정할 때 고려해야 할 핵심적 차원들을 조명하는 글들을 담고 있다. 이 글들은 사회적·환경적 지속가능성 강화에 있어 문화의 역할; 미래 세대 육성에 필요한 가치와 태도; 건실한 공교육 및 기타 학습공간의 중요성; 디지털 시대에 인간의 창의력과 역량을 강화할 필요성과 지식을 창출하고 세상을 변화시키는 데 필요한 혁신을 주도하는 고등교육의 역할 등 중요 영역에 더욱 초점을 맞출 것을 촉구한다. 
Non-Formal Education, Sustainable Development and the Education 2030 Agenda: Study of Civil Society Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Santiago | UNESCO Mexico This publication shows 27 civil society initiatives from various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that work to promote actions and programs to comply with Target 4.7 within non-formal education. The study seeks that these organizations show their work, the challenges they face as regards the implementation of their programs and their greatest achievements. Educación no formal, desarrollo sostenible y la Agenda de Educación 2030: Estudio de prácticas de la sociedad civil en América Latina y el Caribe Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) En esta publicación, se muestran 27 iniciativas de la sociedad civil de diversos países de la región de América Latina y el Caribe que trabajan promoviendo acciones y programas para lograr el cumplimiento de la Meta 4.7 desde la educación no formal. En el estudio, se busca que las propias organizaciones expongan su trabajo, los retos que enfrentan en la implementación de sus programas y sus mayores logros. 
Case Study on Finnish TVET: A Resilient Model of Training During COVID-19 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | Omnia Education Partnerships This case study examines how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) was organized during the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. The disruption accentuated the importance of flexibility within the education system to make it resilient. Finnish TVET, created as a hybrid solution combining school-based, work-based and online-based learning environments, remained responsive and functional throughout the difficult time in spring 2020.To urgently improve the resilience of education, this case study emphasizes the necessity to improve system-level flexibilities across all levels and all types of TVET, including alternative modes of delivery and hybrid learning opportunities, as the one size fits all approach increases rigidity and redundancy of education and training. Flexible measures are key to improve resilience, also beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.By presenting case studies and approaches, as well as possible solutions, the report reveals why engineering is crucial for sustainable development and why the role of engineers is vital in addressing basic human needs such as alleviating poverty, supplying clean water and energy, responding to natural disasters, constructing resilient infrastructure, and bridging the development divide, among many other actions, leaving no one behind.It is hoped that the report will serve as a reference for governments, engineering organizations, academia and educational institutions, and industry to forge global partnerships and catalyse collaboration in engineering so as to deliver on the SDGs. 工程—支持可持续发展 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) 报告强调了工程在实现17项可持续发展目标中的关键作用。它表明，人人机会均等是确保一个包容性和性别均衡的职业的关键，能够更好地应对实施可持续发展目标的工程师短缺的问题。它提供了塑造我们世界的工程创新的快照，特别是大数据和人工智能等新兴技术，这些技术对于解决人类和地球面临的紧迫挑战至关重要。它分析了第四次工业革命初期工程教育和能力建设的转变，这将使工程师能够应对未来的挑战。它强调了解决具体地区差异所需的全球努力，同时总结了世界不同地区的工程趋势。通过介绍案例研究和方法以及可能的解决办法，报告揭示了为什么工程对可持续发展至关重要，以及为什么工程师的作用对解决人类的基本需求至关重要，例如减轻贫困、提供清洁水和能源、应对自然灾害，在许多其他行动中，建设有弹性的基础设施和弥合发展鸿沟，不让任何人掉队。希望该报告能为各国政府、工程组织、学术界和教育机构以及工业界建立全球伙伴关系和促进工程领域的合作提供参考，以实现可持续发展目标。 
Right to Pre-Primary Education: A Global Study Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Early childhood care and education is increasingly recognized as an essential element in realizing a wide range of educational, social and economic rights. Children from vulnerable households and communities stand to gain most from access to quality early learning opportunities. With about 50 per cent of children globally not yet enrolled in pre-primary education, enabling their inclusion remains a central question for education policymakers, stakeholders and parents.This Study provides a global overview and an analysis of the adoption of legal provisions for free and compulsory pre-primary education at national level. By offering a rights-based perspective to the implementation of pre-primary education, it aims to complement existing literature on SDG Target 4.2, which focuses mainly on policy outcomes.The results show that pre-primary education is a well determined and defined right in too few countries. Yet, the benefit of free and compulsory education observed is that children appear to have higher rates of early childhood well-being.In light of the research conducted and its main conclusions, a set of levers to promote the inclusion of early childhood and pre-primary education as a human right within long-term education and development objectives are presented in terms of governance and financing, legal framework, societal expectations, monitoring and evaluation and early childhood development overall. Prioritizing the needs of young children and the fulfilment of their right to free and compulsory pre-primary education is a critical opportunity for governments to make positive differences in children’s lives and to achieve broader national, social and economic goals.