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Initial teacher training in initial literacy. Dominican Republic
The regional research of the Red para la Lectoescritura Inicial de Centroamérica y el Caribe [Network for Initial Literacy in Central America and the Caribbean – RedLEI] set out to investigate the...
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Initial teacher training in initial literacy. Guatemala
This research explored how initial literacy is taught to trainee teachers at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. The research is part of a regional study developed by the Red para la...
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Initial teacher training in initial literacy. El Salvador
This research looked into how initial literacy was taught to trainee teachers at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador. The research is part of a regional study developed by...
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Initial teacher training in initial literacy. Nicaragua
This research focuses on identifying the strengths and weaknesses in the initial teacher training curriculum for primary school teachers, according to the scientific evidence on what a teacher who...
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Initial teacher training in initial literacy. Honduras
This study presents the results of the research carried out by the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán and examines the training that teachers of initial literacy receive in Honduras...
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Teacher management in refugee settings: Uganda
This case study aims to contribute to the burgeoning evidence base on teachers working in crisis and displacement contexts and to provide the Government of Uganda, UNHCR and other key partners with...
Article
Solving the teacher shortage: How to attract and retain excellent educators
This paper reviews an extensive body of research on teacher recruitment and retention, and identifies five major factors that influence teachers’ decisions to enter, stay in, or leave the teaching...
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Leading teaching and learning together: the role of the middle tier
Many forces determine teachers’ effectiveness. One relatively neglected but significant factor is the nature of the professional support that teachers receive locally. Almost every system includes a...
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Shanghai case study: A middle-tier space to support a high performing school system
This case study was carried out as part of the IIEP UNESCO and Education Development Trust research project on ‘Instructional leaders at the middle tier of education systems’. The research looks at...
Policy brief
Ensuring effective teacher management in refugee settings: Public schools in Jordan. Policy brief
This policy brief aims to provide research-informed policy guidance for the effective management of elementary-level teachers in public schools catering to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The guidance is...
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Crisis-sensitive educational planning for refugees and host communities: lessons from Ethiopia
In 2016, Ethiopia, one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in Africa, committed both at legal and policy levels to improve access to quality education for refugees. This report presents lessons...
Policy brief
Ensuring the effective management of primary-level teachers in refugee settings in Ethiopia. Policy brief
Effective teacher management, directed at building the status, competency and motivation of teachers, is a key policy lever that can help Ethiopia to achieve its aim of developing and sustaining a...