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Policy brief
Establishing effective teacher policies: guidelines for action
This document is a call to actively step up the implementation of more effective teacher policies in Latin America, building on the efforts that many countries in the region have already set in motion...
Report
How can teaching be professionalized?
In recent decades, several educational systems in Latin America have undertaken reforms to professionalize teaching. In this current study, the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence, in...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Teacher wellbeing in emergency settings. Guidance note
This Guidance Note gives advice on how to support teacher wellbeing in the five domains of INEE’s (2010) Minimum Standards. It explains how to: promote mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)...
Report
The key role of teachers in ending school violence and bullying
This document, part of UNESCO’s series of technical briefs on school violence and bullying, focuses on the role of teachers in preventing and addressing violence in school. It draws on the findings...
Report
Transforming education from within - Current trends in the status and development of teachers
This paper published on World Teachers’ Day 2022 aims to provide a contextual, data-driven overview of the key challenges facing teachers around the world in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Report
Teachers in crisis contexts. Promising practices in teacher management, professional development, and well-being
It is paramount that the Education in Emergencies sector shares and learns from promising policies, practices, and research approaches for supporting teachers in crisis contexts. For this reason, this...
Report
Teachers in crisis contexts. Promising practices in teacher well-being, management, and school leadership
This is one of the two volumes of the second edition of the compilation "Promising Practices in Teacher Management, Professional Development, and Well-being in crisis contexts", published by INEE in...
Report
Teaching for success: Teacher policies in Shanghai and lessons for Central America
This report reviews Shanghai’s education system, in particular the aspects related to teachers as a critical element in the system, and compare them with the situation in Central America to identify...
Report
Teachers in Ibero-America. Insights from PISA and TALIS
This report uses OECD data, primarily from the PISA 2015 and TALIS 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American teaching profession in support of policy makers across the region. It provides...
Article
When the personal becomes the professional: Exploring the lived experiences of Syrian refugee educators
Teachers play a central role in supporting students whose lives have been disrupted by crisis, yet the teachers providing education to refugee students often are refugees themselves. This article...
Article
Educators for change: Supporting the transformative role of teachers in contexts of mass displacement
Education in contexts affected by mass displacement is typified by political instability, the marginalization of refugee learners, and a lack of educational resources, including learning spaces...
Policy brief
Teacher training and support in Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic
This report synthesizes available evidence on the policies and practices of 40 sub-Saharan African (SSA) partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) with respect to teacher...