13 Jan 2025
UNESCO-International Bureau of Education – Centenary
100 years of transforming education: celebrating a century of innovation, impact, and inclusion; shaping national curricula and advancing global learning We are honoured to commemorate the 100th anniversary of UNESCO-International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE). Founded in Geneva in 1925 in the wake of World War I and under the leadership of Jean Piaget, the IBE... Read More
08 Jan 2025
Victims or Vanguards?: The Discursive Construction of the Anthropocene Generation and its Implications for Climate Change Education
In this blogpost, which is based on a recent handbook chapter, Audrey Bryan and Yoko Mochizuki challenge the dominant discursive framings of children and youth who make up the Anthropocene generation. The blogpost is part of NORRAG’s blog series on Provocations for Education from Youth Climate Activism. Generation Anthropocene This post examines the ways in... Read More
23 Dec 2024
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Research in Sub-Saharan Africa – Collaboration, Impact and Publishing Inequalities
Français In this blog, which is part of NORRAG’s #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series, Hélène Binesse explores how African researchers in the field of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, amongst others, often depend on international collaboration to publish in high-impact journals. Drawing on these persistent inequalities in academic publishing, she reflects on how we, as researchers and practitioners... Read More
20 Dec 2024
Consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education
The Guiding principles regarding the right to early childhood care and education (ECCE) aim to clarify the normative content of the right to education concerning ECCE rights. The objective of the Guiding principles is to compile into one document the many references in international human rights law to the right to ECCE, the content of the right... Read More
19 Dec 2024
(Re)considering Wellbeing for Climate-just Futures
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s blog series on Provocations for Education from Youth Climate Activism, Sunita Lall and Kelly Gingrich describe a project with youth climate activists that focused on (re)considering what wellbeing could mean in climate-just futures, contributing to exploring creative and participatory climate pedagogies and research methodologies. Introduction Wellbeing is... Read More
Book Launch - The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance
Wednesday 22 January 2025 14:00 to 15:30 CET Online AGENDA FLYER ACCESS THE BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS WATCH THE VIDEOS Event Highlights: The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance On 22 January 2025, NORRAG officially launched the sixth book of the NORRAG Book Series on International Education and Development titled The Rise of... Read More
18 Dec 2024
NORRAG Participates in Sustainability Finance Conference ‘Building Bridges’
On 11 December, NORRAG Executive Director, Dr Moira Faul, participated in a fishbowl-style panel titled “Moving the Needle in the Scale up of Funding for OBF Education Programs.” The panel was part of the 2024 Building Bridges finance conference, which took place in Geneva and was co-organised by the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) and UBS... Read More
12 Dec 2024
Ukuqonda Ezilimini Zethu: Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education as a Decolonial Response to Literacy Challenges in South Africa’s Early Childhood Development (ECD)
In this blog post, which is part of NORRAG’s Early Childhood Education and #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series, Nkosana Sithole kaMiya and Athenkosi Mndende advocate for radical changes for South Africa’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector through Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education. They argue that systems of measurement must be grounded in Indigenous knowledge, cultural practices, and the... Read More
10 Dec 2024
Call for Papers: “Teacher Professional Development at Scale Enabled by Emerging Technologies”
Special Issue of ECNU Review of Education 2025 “Teacher Professional Development at Scale Enabled by Emerging Technologies” East China Normal University (ECNU) Review of Education invites manuscript submissions for a forthcoming special issue themed “Teacher Professional Development at Scale Enabled by Emerging Technologies”. This special issue aims to explore and illuminate the global experience and insights... Read More
05 Dec 2024
Policy Transfer and International Cooperation: Lessons from the South
In this blogpost, Osmany Porto de Oliveira highlights three policy innovations from Brazil as examples of policy transfer from the Global South. Introduction For a long time, governments have been drawing lessons from their peers across the globe. The transnational flow of policy ideas, models, and instruments has increased with the growth of globalization, as... Read More