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Article
Strengths and areas for improvement in initial teacher training in literacy in the Dominican Republic
This article focuses on the initial literacy training provided to students in the first stage of their undergraduate degree in primary education at higher education institutions in the Dominican...
Meeting document
Transforming our understanding of refugee teachers and teaching in contexts of forced displacement
This is the outcome document of the meeting convened by UNHCR, INEE, and Education International at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris titled: “Transforming our understanding of refugee...
Policy brief
Refugee teachers: A quick guide
This guide provides basic planning and programming recommendations for managing refugee teachers, and is geared particularly towards camp settings where teachers are being recruited directly from...
Report
Left behind: Refugee education in crisis
This report tells the stories of some of the world’s 6.4 million refugee children and adolescents under UNHCR’s mandate who are of primary and secondary school-going age, between 5 and 17. In addition...
Report
Teacher Professional Development & Play-based Learning in East Africa - Strengthening Research, Policy, and Practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda
Research has identified both the myriad benefits of play for children’s development and the crucial role of teachers in delivering quality education. This is especially true in crisis contexts where...
Meeting document
Crisis-Sensitive Teacher Policy and Planning in Emergency and Displacement Situations - webinar concept note
This webinar on Crisis-Sensitive Planning in Emergency and Displacement Situations will build on the Guidance Note on Developing a Crisis-Sensitive Teacher Policy, jointly developed by UNESCO, UNHCR...
Meeting document
Guidance note on developing a crisis-sensitive teacher policy
Norwegian Teacher Initiative: Strengthening Multi-Partner Cooperation to Support Teacher Policy and Improve Learning One of the aims of the Norwegian Teacher Initiative is to support education...
Blog
School, Interrupted: 4 options for distance education to continue teaching during COVID-19
The blog explores four distance learning options of radio, TV, mobile phones and online learning to highlight the potential and challenges of each. It draws from examples where these have been used...
Blog
Joined up Action Needed: Gender and Schooling in the Time of COVID 19
More than 1.5 billion children worldwide are out of school due to COVID 19 and we don't know for how long. As yet there is no gender disaggregation of these figures. This shock comes at a time when...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Guidelines for teachers on supporting students’ self-learning
The Self-Learning Programme was originally designed to meet the educational needs of children and young people living in emergencies and crisis. For these children and youth, self-learning provides a...
Book
Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods
This publication is a second edition of the 2011 guide by the same name. It discusses distance education modes, technology-based models, and the many methods used for distance-based teacher pre...