15 Nov 2022
21 November 2022: Open Conference “Teachers on Strike! Global Perspectives on Educator Struggles in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States”
On Monday, 21 November, NORRAG, the Cambridge Latin American Research Collective (CLAREC) and the Knowledge, Power, and Politics (KPP) research cluster are organising an open conference titled “Teachers on Strike! Global Perspectives on Educator Struggles in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States”. Dr Rebecca Tarlau, Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, will be the... Read More
15 Nov 2022
EdTech’s precarious futures: are there material limits to data-driven higher education?
Data is an important asset in the eyes of EdTech companies. But the realization of value from data – for example through data-driven technology and the personalization of learning – depends on being able to collect, store, process, and analyse enormous quantities. In this post, part of our series on the digitalisation of education, Kean... Read More
14 Nov 2022
New ROSIE report published on “How do government decisionmakers adopt education innovations for scale? Implications for national-level education policymaking in low- and middle-income countries”
Since 2014, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution has sought to address the challenges of scaling impact in education through the Millions Learning project, which focuses on how and under what conditions quality education innovations scale. In 2020, Millions Learning joined the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange... Read More
14 Nov 2022
Helwan University Scientific Conference on “The Future of Teacher Education in the Light of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution”
The Faculty of Education of Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt, held its third international scientific conference on 12 and 13 October 2022 under the title: “The Future of Teacher Education in the Light of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution”. The conference comprised thematic sessions and workshops for researchers and teaching staff. It focused on... Read More
14 Nov 2022
Event highlights: KIX EAP Webinar 15 'Learning assessments and education reform in the EAP region'
русский I العربية The 15th KIX EAP Webinar on ‘Learning Assessments and Education Reform in the EAP Region’ was organised by NORRAG in collaboration with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on 26 October 2022. More than 240 participants from over 50 countries attended this online event. The presentations were conducted in English with... Read More
10 Nov 2022
The Varkey Foundation and its growing influence in Latin America
This Blog post is contributed by Tomás Esper & Iván Matovich, as part of the NORRAG Blog Series on Philanthropy in Education (PiE) which aims to foster dialogue between key stakeholders on critical issues relating to the global and regional role of Philanthropy in Education.In this article Esper and Matovich consider the growing role of... Read More
08 Nov 2022
Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Outside the Classroom: Rehearsing the Capacity to Aspire to New Worlds in Contexts of War
In this blog post, part of the NORRAG Blog Series on the Role of Quality Education in Building Just and Sustainable Peace, Dr Yesid Paez, Lecturer in Education at Bath Spa University, reflects on the role of the school and education in the context of war and conflict. Drawing from examples of rural areas in... Read More
07 Nov 2022
08 November 2022: Launch of Russian version of NORRAG Special Issue 06 “States of Emergency: Education in the Time of COVID-19”
The Russian Edition of NSI 06, prepared by Kairat Kurakbayev, Research Institute’s Director at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, was launched on 08 November. It includes includes two original articles written by authors located in the Republic of Kazakhstan in addition to translations of 13 articles from the original NSI 06. NORRAG Special Issue is an open... Read More
07 Nov 2022
24-28 January 2023: Learning Planet Festival “Learning to Take Care of Oneself, Others and the Planet”
Since its launch in January 2020, the Learning Planet Festival has been a free, open-to-all series of events dedicated to celebrating education and lifelong learning. On 24 January 2023, the International Day of Education, the festival will bring the world together with more than 500 online and onsite events worldwide and with the participation of... Read More
03 Nov 2022
An intersectional approach to digital education: facilitating empowerment and justice
What does an intersectional approach to digital education involve? Much more than solely improving access to technology. In this post, part of our series on the digitalisation of education, Janet Kwami explores how an intersectional lens refocuses our attention on how digital technologies can be used to facilitate empowerment, and how education practitioners, researchers and... Read More