10 Sep 2014
Beyond Armed Conflict and Emergency: the Role of Education and Training in Tackling Urban Violence By Jovana Carapic and Luisa Phebo
By Jovana Carapic, and Luisa Phebo, Conflict, Violence, Education and Training (CVET) Programme, NORRAG. Urban spaces are going to be the locus of future armed conflict and organized violence. The signs are inescapable. One reason for this is that the nature of armed conflict is changing. Traditionally conceptualized as conflict between or within states, the... Read More
08 Sep 2014
Lessons From Chengdu (2): The Political Economy of Learning Metrics By Trey Menefee
By Trey Menefee , Hong Kong Institute of Education I argued in my previous NORRAG blog post, Lessons From Chengdu: The Case For ‘Open-Source’ Learning Metric Methods, that easily accessible non-proprietary learning metric methodologies would be a valuable asset to the international education community. What I argue here is that metrics themselves are not the... Read More
04 Sep 2014
Lessons From Chengdu: The Case For ‘Open-Source’ Learning Metric Methods By Trey Menefee
By Trey Menefee, Hong Kong Institute of Education. A few years ago I tried to learn a research technique called Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) that is used to understand complex adaptive systems. The learning curve for ABM was high because it required researchers to learn how to code. This learning curve was made a little less... Read More
26 Aug 2014
The Post-2015 Agenda: Examining the Youth Perspective and their Partnership Potential By Nayantara Naik
By Nayantara Naik, Freelance International Education Consultant, New York, New York. At sixteen, I attended a National Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Arriving at the program, I was skeptical. How could anyone teach leadership? Over the course of 10 days, I embarked on what was one of the most challenging journeys of my life.... Read More
14 Aug 2014
The Challenges of Implementing Assessment to Improve Learning – the Latest Report from the Learning Metrics Task Force By Rukmini Banerji
By Rukmini Banerji, Pratham and Learning Metrics Task Force. As is common on hot summer afternoons in villages in India, a man lay resting on a string cot under the mango tree. It was a Sunday. His three sons were playing nearby. The father knew that there was a survey of children and education going... Read More
04 Aug 2014
Rebalancing Progress in Education: How to Deliver on Improvements in Access and Quality? By Leni Wild, ODI
By Leni Wild, ODI. Rather than a sole focus on financing education and the debate over how much money is needed, Leni Wild suggests we shift our focus to building effective systems and political leadership that can deliver. July began with new commitments to financing for education in developing countries, with the replenishment of the Global Partnership for... Read More
31 Jul 2014
From Government to Governance: Reflections on Global Education Governance and the Global South by Barbara Trudell
By Barbara Trudell, SIL Africa. Government is a funny thing. Sometimes it stands as the defender and protector of the vulnerable, and sometimes it is the perpetrator of all manner of injustices. We expect marvels from the state, and at the same time we find all kinds of ways to belittle it. Where education is... Read More
28 Jul 2014
Breaking Down the Silos: Learning Knowledge and Skills for Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods By Anna Robinson-Pant
By Anna Robinson-Pant, University of East Anglia. As a researcher in literacy, gender and development, I was excited to have the opportunity to collaborate on a project that aimed to bring together policy makers, practitioners and researchers working on adult basic education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and agricultural development. These sectors are... Read More
23 Jul 2014
10 Policy Disjunctures Undermining Education’s Potential to Contribute to Peacebuilding in Conflict Affected Contexts By Mario Novelli
By Mario Novelli, University of Sussex. In 2013, I led a small research team[1] in a DFID-funded rigorous literature review on research related to the political economy of education in conflict-affected contexts. Below are the main findings, presented in the form of 10 policy disjunctures which we believe need to be addressed if we are... Read More
21 Jul 2014
Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana: How Can Training Programs Improve Employment? By Peter Darvas
By Peter Darvas, World Bank, and Robert Palmer, Independent Education and Skills Consultant. Ghana’s impressive gains in economic growth and in poverty reduction over the last two decades are built on weak foundations. Several more decades of sustained growth are required for most of its citizens to sustainably break out of poverty. For this to... Read More