17 Oct 2024
ECCES 2025 Call for Abstracts
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The time has finally come: we would like to formally invite you to participate in the inaugural edition of the European Conference on Critical Edtech Studies (ECCES). ECCES will take place June 18-20, 2025, at the Zurich University of Teacher Education – including two confirmed keynote presentations by Felicitas Macgilchrist and Ida... Read More
17 Oct 2024
Speech, Power, and Affirmation Strategies for Youth Engagement
In this blog post, Jhonatan Almada argues that youth engagement needs to go beyond manipulation, symbolism, and decoration. He proposes speech, power, and affirmation as effective strategies for youth engagement. This blog post was previously published in NORRAG’s Policy Insights #5, Meaningful Youth Engagement: Time to Deliver, which was launched on the occasion of the... Read More
Webinar Among Teachers : Challenges to the Right to Education from Authoritarian Movements
português Date: Wednesday 23 October 2024 Time: 11pm CET Online (Youtube) Webinar Among Teachers : Challenges to the Right to Education from Authoritarian Movements This webinar is part of a series or regional events organised in partnership with the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), with the Research Group on Education Policy and Teaching Work... Read More
15 Oct 2024
Shaping Education for Peace: NORRAG’s Contribution to the Framing of the Human Rights Council-Mandated Report
Education is a tool for peace, it is vital to recognize that learning for peace extends beyond classrooms and crises. It is not just for students but also for teachers, administrators, and education systems that must adapt to foster peace in increasingly polarized environments. NORRAG’s contribution to developing guidance for the framing of the Human... Read More
10 Oct 2024
Evidence for Education Policy Reforms: Between Global Agendas and Local Reality
In this blog post, Rasha Sharaf draws on her own experience to contribute to the discussion on the tension between local reality and global agendas in the use of evidence for education policy reforms. In this blogpost, I am sharing my experience with international development projects in the MENA and South Asia regions where I... Read More
09 Oct 2024
Collaboration Café: Finding Pathways for Relevant and Contextual Education Systems Transformation
The Collaboration Café: Finding Pathways for Relevant and Contextual Education Systems, co-hosted by the Brookings Institution Center for Universal Education and the Salzburg Global Seminar, was held on Tuesday, 24 September 2024, in New York City, on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly. The event explored the various dimensions of collaboration in global... Read More
Event Highlights: Launch NSI 10 - Education for Societal Transformation: Alternatives for a Just Future
READ NSI 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Education for Societal Transformation: Alternatives for a Just Future On 23 October 2024, the NORRAG Global Education Center launched the NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) 10, titled Education for Societal Transformation: Alternatives for a Just Future. The launch was chaired by Chanwoong Baek, NORRAG’s Academic Director, and introduced by... Read More
05 Oct 2024
Are Teachers Valued in Education in Emergencies Settings? What We Know and How We Address the Challenges
In this blogpost, Christopher Henderson reflects on an event held on 1 October by NORRAG and the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies to mark World Teachers’ Day (5 October), highlighting the urgent need for investments in teachers’ work and wellbeing. Sheikh Muhammed pointed around the stifling hot and cramped classroom – with longing... Read More
RECI Members Webinar - Discover the NORRAG Network!
On October 17th, NORRAG Global Education Centre was hosted by the Swiss Network for Education & International Cooperation (RECI) for a Network training session. Chaired by Beatrice Schulter, RECI Executive Director, this session explored the thematic focuses of NORRAG and facilitated practical engagement with the Network’s Social Systems Map. Regional coordinator for Hispanophone Latin America... Read More
30 Sep 2024
RCCS Vietnam: Enhancing skills integration and teaching in GEC 2018
Rapid Customised Country Support (RCCS) is currently underway in Vietnam, as part of the KIX EMAP Hub’s activities in Southeast Asia. The RCCS aims to enhance the integration and teaching of essential skills as part of the country’s implementation of its 2018 General Education Curriculum (GEC 2018). As part of this RCCS, a teacher training... Read More