01 Dec 2020
Commercialisation of Education in Mauritania
English I Français Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Océane Blavot, Research and Advocacy Officer at the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR). Privatization and commercialization are often promoted as solutions to the problems facing public education systems. The author, by presenting a case study from Mauritania, argues they also come... Read More
01 Dec 2020
Event Highlights – KIX EAP webinar on Curriculum implementation and Competency-based learning
русский I العربية On 25 November 2020, NORRAG, together with UNESCO Bangkok hosted the 5th Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) webinar on “Curriculum Implementation: Competency-based learning and the alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.” Attended by 356 people from 46 countries, this webinar highlighted experiences and challenges faced by... Read More
26 Nov 2020
Event Highlights - Launch of NSI 05 Domestic Financing: Tax and Education
The launch of NORRAG Special Issue 05 (NSI 05) – “Domestic Financing: Tax and Education” was held online on 23 November 2020. NSI 05 focuses on education’s main source of funding: taxes. As a collection of 25 articles, it aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice as well as advocacy and policy in... Read More
23 Nov 2020
NSI 05: Domestic Financing: Tax and Education
The fifth edition of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI), released on 23 November 2020, is entitled “Domestic Financing: Tax and Education.” NSI 05 aims to analyse tax justice and domestic resource mobilization, with a special focus on the global South. NSI 05 consists of 25 articles which aim to highlight global and national-level experiences and perspectives.... Read More
17 Nov 2020
Measuring Global Citizenship: Opting out and obscure comparisons in OECD’s latest assessment
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Heela Goren, a doctoral student in the department of Education, Practice, and Society at the University College London Institute of Education. The author presents PISA, a cross-national test administered by OECD, which assesses and ranks the amount of global competence of pupils in each participating country. Goren then criticizes... Read More
13 Nov 2020
GEM Report 2021 Fellowship - Call for proposals is now open (deadline: 11 January 2021)
The Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR) just launched a call for its 2021 Fellowship programme which supports researchers who aim to bring a fresh perspective to comparative and international education. It offers an opportunity to be part of a select group of researchers and scholars who are advancing knowledge in this field, while working with... Read More
13 Nov 2020
NORRAG to coach a young activist in Young Activists Summit 2020
NORRAG’s Executive Director, Dr. Moira Faul, will be coaching a young activist named Mohamad Al Jounde as a side activity to the Young Activists Summit which takes place on 20 November 2020. Mohammad is a 19-year-old from Syria who founded a school in his refugee camp in Lebanon and has great interest in education. He... Read More
23 November 2020: Launch - NORRAG Special Issue 05 on Domestic Financing: Tax and Education
The online launch of NORRAG Special Issue 05 (NSI 05), “Domestic Financing: Tax and Education”, will take place on 23 November 2020 at 2pm CET. Much research focuses on international public and private financing for education. NSI 05 focuses on the main source of funding for education: taxes. In this NSI, researchers, practitioners and advocates... Read More
04 Nov 2020
JEiE Special Issue on Education and the War on Drugs (Publication + Webinar)
The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) is excited to announce the publication of the latest issue of the Journal on Education in Emergencies: JEiE Vol. 6, No. 1, Special Issue on Education and the War on Drugs. This groundbreaking issue examines education as a site of extensive collateral damage produced by the war on drugs,... Read More
04 Nov 2020
Event Highlights – KIX EAP webinar on "Using data to improve learning: Engaging with policy and reform"
русский I العربية On 29 October 2020, NORRAG and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) hosted the 4th Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) webinar on “Using data to improve learning: Engaging with policy and reform.” The webinar brought together 128 participants from 38 countries to discuss the use... Read More