Executive Summary Teacher Professional Development v1.1 LowRes. Education. 7 recommendations to improve teacher professional development in fragile contexts. Quality teaching and student learning are tightly interconnected. Together they form two sides of a triangle. The third side of this triangle is often overlooked, but is also integral to teaching quality and student learning—quality instruction and preparation for teachers.
Unfortunately, all too often, the children who could benefit most from quality teaching—children in low-income contexts, in crisis or conflict settings, in remote or remote geographical environments—have little exposure to quality teaching. And unfortunately, all too often, in these same settings, the teachers who could benefit most from quality professional development (PD) that would equip them with the skills to help more children learn either receive no PD or take part in ineffective professional development. Recommendation 1: Focus on teachers in low-income and crisis-affected contexts as professionals, learners and individuals As with any vocation, teachers need to develop strong identities as professionals.
Can't Wait To Learn! | War Child Holland. Education offers hope and opportunity All children have a right to education. Education provides children with hope, structure and real opportunities for a better future -- crucial for children living in (former) conflict zones. All too often in areas affected by conflict, traditional education cannot happen. Classrooms are unavailable, inaccessible, and can be dangerous. Teachers lack quality training and support. Accessible, flexible and effective education Even though traditional education cannot happen, meaningful and impactful education cannot wait. Can’t Wait to Learn is unique in that children can learn in their own community, even when there are no teachers. Can’t Wait to Learn aims to support and supplement the traditional education model in conflict-affected areas in the short term, without displacing it in the long term. The first step: e-Learning Sudan Until now Can’t Wait to Learn has focused on a trial projectcallede-Learning Sudan (eLS).
Great potential for the future. EJEL - Volume 14 Issue 2, ECGBL 2015 / May 2016. Abstract: This article explores how student behaviour and interactions change when teachers use producing as a primary pedagogical strategy (Papert, 1980; Ejsing‑Duun and Karoff, 2014). Based on observed student and teacher actions and responses, as w ell as students production, this paper emphasizes the importance of understanding how students explore creativity and playfulness while producing in learning situations.
This paper is based on a large research project called Children as Learning Designe rs in a Digital School (2013 2015), funded by Denmarks Ministry of Education, which included fieldwork in five Danish public schools, involved about 500 students, and comprised six interventions in the first, second, fifth, sixth, and tenth grades. Th e projects empirical data consist of observations, participatory observation, and productions students created during the interventions. Education Under Fire English.
UNHCR - UNHCR Education Strategy 2012-2016. UNHCR - Education. Education is a basic human right, enshrined in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is also a vital aspect of our work at UNHCR. Of the nearly 20 million refugees under our care, half are children below the age of 18. Access to education for this marginalised group is limited, with only 50 per cent of refugee children enrolled in primary education. Twenty-five per cent are estimated to be in secondary school and just one per cent have access to tertiary education. Without the chance to study, an entire generation is at risk.
In times of displacement, education is crucial. It can foster social cohesion, provide access to life-saving information, address psychosocial needs, and offer a stable and safe environment for those who need it most. We partner with governments and international organisations to ensure quality and protective education for refugee children and young people everywhere, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4. UNHCR - Europe Emergency. "I am breathing finally… We almost drowned in the sea from Turkey to Greece. " Aya, Syrian refugee in Munich The ongoing conflict and violence in Syria, Iraq and other parts of the world is causing large-scale displacement and refugees are seeking safety beyond the immediate region. The lack of an increased number of legal pathways leaves so many people fleeing persecution with few choices, including many trying to reunite with family members in Europe. In 2015, and the first months of 2016, almost 1.2 million refugees and migrants reached European shores, most fleeing conflict and persecution.
Many lost their lives or saw loves ones perished at sea in their attempt to reach safety. "The simple truth is that refugees would not risk their lives on a journey so dangerous if they could thrive where they are. " What is UNHCR doing to help? To respond to this emergency, UNHCR mobilised over 600 staff and resources in 20 different locations to provide life-saving assistance and protection. The Future of Syria | Refugee Children in Crisis. The Challenge of Education. SAMR. Calais migrants: Life in the Jungle | Guardian Features. Teachers Without Borders. The Challenge of Education. UNHCR Innovation | Learn Lab.
Hungry, scared, and no closer to safety: child refugees failed by Britain | World news. What does a 10-year-old living alone in the migrant camp in Calais worry about most? Abdul is bothered by the rats that rustle around him while he sleeps and by the effort involved in getting enough food, in the wake of a decision last month by the French authorities to close down the cafe that fed children for free. He is frightened of the local police who often spray teargas at him. Most of all he worries about his nine-year-old nephew, who is solely his responsibility, and who is struggling to cope with their five-month flight from violence in Afghanistan.
Mohammed, nine, worries about how he is going to find a pair of shoes. His cousin Ahmed, 12, worries about Mohammed, and about a third cousin, nine, who went missing last week. He is also anxious about how to conceal his unhappiness from his parents, when he speaks to them on the phone in Afghanistan. They sold half their land to send him, the oldest child, away from Isis to safety in England. “Nothing meaningful has happened. Children Of Calais. Britain ‘did not respond' to French pleas to take Calais child refugees | World news. The Home Office has refused to respond to official requests from the French authorities to accept unaccompanied child refugees stranded in Calais who are eligible to come to Britain, the British Red Cross has said. With the planned demolition of Calais’s refugee camp only weeks away, the Red Cross says the Home Office is turning down “take charge” requests by the French on often pedantic grounds. Once such a request has been accepted by the UK government it is in effect responsible for a child who is seeking asylum.
In some cases British officials claim to have “misplaced” requests from the French to help children, raising questions over Britain’s approach to what humanitarian experts call an urgent child protection issue. The camp is scheduled to be demolished this month, with no provision agreed by the British and French for most of the 1,000 unaccompanied minors there, of whom at least 400 are eligible to enter the UK. Calais Mayor says the Jungle WILL be demolished. The northern town’s mayor Natacha Bouchart, said she had received assurances from officials close to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve that the dismantling of the northern part of the camp would soon be announced. She said: "We can't wait any longer, we need to know as fast as possible when and how the Jungle will be torn down.”
Earlier this year authorities dismantled the southern half of the camp, where thousands of migrants fleeing war or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia have massed, hoping to make their way to Britain. About 4,500 migrants were still living in the remaining northern half of the camp as recently as June, according to the regional prefecture, which would be responsible for issuing an order to tear the camp down, declined to comment on the matter. Up to 5,000 migrants are currently living rough in Calais as they try and get to Britain, where they hope to claim asylum. It is currently a lot barer than the sprawling shanty town that gained notoriety. School Bus Project | Mobile Education for Refugees. Calais migrants: a day in the life of the Jungle.