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Policy document
Understanding the needs of Ukrainian Teacher Training Institutions
UNESCO has launched a component on Teacher Professional Development (TPD which aims to support Teacher Training Institutions (TTIs) in Ukraine in different areas of action. These include developing...
Meeting document
Report of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel. Final Report: Fifteenth Session
This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions concerning major issues affecting the status of teaching personnel by the 15th Session of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the...
Article
Twenty-First-Century Teacher Competencies and Trends in Teacher Training
This article examines the evolving role of teachers amid rapid technological and social changes. It highlights key 21st-century skills identified and promoted by the OECD, including learning skills...
Article
Teacher Professional Development in Emergency Contexts: A small sample exploratory analysis for five East African Countries
This paper examines Teacher Professional Development (TPD) in conflict zones and refugee settlements in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda through qualitative and quantitative methods...
Policy document
National Standards for Accreditation of Distance and Virtual Modes of Teacher Education Programs
This document produced by the organization in charge of the accreditation of teacher education programs in Pakistan presents the standards, or requirements, specifically for distance and virtual...
Policy document
National Professional Standards for Teachers in Pakistan
This document provides a characterization of the Pakistani teaching staff and schooling system, providing therefore information about recruitment and training needs on the national territory. Ten...
Report
Identifying the essential ingredients to literacy and numeracy improvement: Teacher professional development and coaching, student textbooks, and structured teachers’ guides
Using literacy and numeracy outcome measures for grades 1 and 2, this study evaluated the benefits of the following ingredients: (1) teacher PD and teacher instructional support and coaching; (2)...
Policy brief
Policy Brief: Leveraging MOOCs for Teacher Development in Low-Income Countries and Disadvantaged Regions
This policy brief looks at open digital distance learning and the potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs) to deliver and support teacher development in low-income countries and disadvantaged...
Report
Digital Learning: Reforming Teacher Education to Promote Access, Equity and Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the present and future impact of digital learning on teacher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of the report is student-teachers and...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Resource guide for teacher professional development reforms
Successful design and implementation of a teacher professional development (TPD) program require more than getting the technical details of an intervention right. What is required is to understand the...
Report
The price of inaction: the global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning
This report calculates the costs, globally and by region, of children and youth that are not in school or gaining basic skills. Calculations are also provided for twenty selected countries in which...
Report
The global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning
This is the first global report to illustrate the monetary costs to economies around the world of leaving children and youth behind in education, and it has been jointly produced by UNESCO, the OECD...