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Women who teach: recruiting and retaining female teachers in crisis settings
This brief provides an overview of evidence and gaps in the recruitment and retention of female teachers in emergency contexts and recommends actions for supporting female teachers’ wellbeing and...
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Transforming Education Summit - Action Track 3 on Teachers, teaching and the teaching profession - discussion paper (final draft)
As part of the global preparation for the 2022 Transforming Education Summit, the third thematic Action Track will be focusing on “Teachers, teaching and the teaching profession”. It will examine...
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Why is the gender ratio of teachers imbalanced?
Women are strongly over-represented among teachers. The share of female teachers is highest in primary schools and decreases with increasing level of education. Only among tertiary teachers is the...
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Female science and mathematics teachers - better than they think?
Using IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 data, this brief explores the relationship between teachers’ gender and students’ mathematics and science achievement, as...
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Supporting teachers in back-to-school efforts - Reference list
This is the list of references used to develop Supporting teachers in back-to-school efforts - Guidance for policy-makers.
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Supporting teachers in back-to-school efforts - Guidance for policy-makers
Education authorities will face difficult choices in reopening schools during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 has...
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EI Guidance to Reopening Schools and Education Institutions
With schools and education institutions closed in a majority of countries, there are critical issues for governments to take into consideration, as countries gradually begin to re-open early childhood...
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Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated that there is a...
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Teachers for all: Inclusive teaching for children with disabilities
Globally we need more well-trained and motivated teachers.Good teachers can help ensure that every child learns to their full potential from an early age and enters adult life well-equipped to be...