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Learning Through Play: Increasing Impact, Reducing Inequality Year of publication: 2021 Author: Amy Jo Dowd | Bo Stjerne Thomsen Corporate author: LEGO Foundation This study explores the role of play in contributing to the effort to promote learning and reduce inequality. Reviews of play’s importance for learning present mostly correlational evidence from small samples in high-income, developed contexts, most often the United States, and often under laboratory conditions. This review expands both the geographic breadth and the scale of this evidence and explores the use of play in early childhood classroom and home-based educational interventions that have demonstrated causal impact on learning and the closing of achievement gaps. By doing so, it aims to understand whether and how the evidence about play and learning relates to tackling the learning crisis, especially in terms of inequality in learning outcomes around the globe. 
세계시민 양성을 위한 교육과정 모형 개발 연구: 2015 개정교육과정 성취기준 분석을 중심으로 Year of publication: 2017 Author: 강혜영 | 장준호 | 하은나 | 양은주 | 임윤정 | 최은정 | 최윤경 | 하승관 | 홍근태 Corporate author: 인천교육과학연구원 교육정책연구소 세계시민교육에 대한 중요성이 점차 강조되고 있음에도 현재 단위학교 현장에서는 세계시민교육의 개념과 관점이 혼재되어 있고 이를 교육과정 속에서 운영하는 사례도 부족한 실정이다. 이에 세계시민교육에 대한 방향을 제시하고 교육 현장에 보편적 가치를 반영하면서도 국가와 지역의 특수성을 기반으로 하는 경험중심의 세계시민교육이 뿌리 내릴 수 있도록 다양한 연구와 함께 시도교육청 차원의 노력이 시도되고 있다.인천광역시 교육청 역시 이러한 노력의 일환으로 다양한 연구를 수행하였고 본 연구는 학교가 교육과정 내에서 세계시민을 양성할 수 있는 교육과정 모형으로서 국가수준 교육과정에 해당하는 2015 개정교육과정의 성취기준 분석과 수업설계방법에 대한 제안을 목적으로 하고 있다. 
Hate Speech, Propaganda and Disinformation in Albanian Media Year of publication: 2020 Author: Ilda Londo Corporate author: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) | Peace Institute | Albanian Media Institute This publication aims to highlight the main models and elements that media in Albania manifest regarding hate speech, propaganda and disinformation and also to identify ways of countering these narratives. According to this research, even though the media is rarely active in fighting hate speech in the country, it cannot be said that it is a source of hate speech or that it is actively promoting it. Politicians often push hate speech narratives, which the media publishes or reflects, provoking protest from some human rights organizations. On the other hand, there is a visible problem with ethics and lack of moderation in User Generated Content, more specifically in users’ comments sections of online media.In addition, contrary to hate speech narratives, which are rarely present, attempts to misinform and spread propaganda are a constant trend in the Albanian media. While the furthering of foreign propaganda is confined to a limited number of media, the use of conspiracy theories and sensationalism to further media popularity, unfortunately, is not. Few online media outlets have escaped the trend of publishing conspiracy theories, which turned into a frenzy especially with the emergence of the coronavirus. Even television stations, which are supposed to have more filters and be more responsible about their content, have intensified this kind of coverage. Proponents of conspiracy theories are readily present in a few television stations in their main current affairs programmes, amplifying these theories and information, which leads to an increasingly greater influence on the public, especially given the lack of programmes or education on media literacy. 
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. 
Open School Data: What Planners Need to Know; Ethics and Corruption in Education Year of publication: 2021 Author: Muriel Poisson Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Open school data refers to the action of sharing school-level information with the general public, either in paper or electronic format. Generated by government authorities or civil society organizations, the data – often in the form of a school report card – can help monitor the services provided by a school. To be useful, data should be comprehensive, relevant, accurate, accessible, and timely. Topics covered can include funding, teacher attendance, student achievement, availability of facilities, equipment, and materials. 
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’. 
12 Claves para fortalecer la educación ciudadana en Chile Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) Conjunto de claves dirigidas a responsables de generar políticas, directivos escolares, docentes, estudiantes, padres y apoderados para implementar la educación ciudadana en sus comunidades educativas. Esta guía está pensada para promover la reflexión crítica entre los generadores de políticas y en las distintas comunidades educacionales a partir de una visión integral que enfatiza el protagonismo de las comunidades educativas en la toma de decisión relativa a los procesos de enseñanza, aprendizaje y gobernanza escolar. 
Acting Now to Protect the Human Capital of Our Children: The Costs of and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Education Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: World Bank The sanitary and economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought about the most significant disruption in the history of the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean region, leading to school closures at all levels and affecting over 170 million students throughout the region. Despite the tremendous efforts made by countries to mitigate the lack of in-person education through remote learning, education is taking a serious hit and outcomes are plummeting in the region. Learning poverty by the end of primary education could increase by more than 20 percent. Over 2 in 3 lower secondary education students could fall below minimum proficiency levels, and learning losses will be substantially larger for the most disadvantaged students. There is no time to lose. All countries must act now to make sure schools are ready to reopen safely and effectively country-wide so as to speed up the recovery process from the dramatic effects of the pandemic. They can leverage many emerging lessons and evidence, and must protect public funding for education, to enable this reopening process. While education systems face a challenge like no other, this exceptionally difficult situation also opens a window of opportunity to build back better their education systems to become more effective, equitable and resilient.