Blog Adapting approaches to deliver quality education in response to COVID-19 The crisis offers an important reflection point for education leaders to question the status quo and explore new approaches for delivering quality education to millions of children.
Resource Book Review: Developing Community-Referenced Curricula for Marginalized Communities by David Baine Caroline Ndirangu reviews Developing Community-Referenced Curricula for Marginalized Communities by David Baine. Ndirangu demonstrates that the book provides a needed foundation for the field of refugee education, which is grappling with how refugee youth experience education in national education systems.
Resource Paulo Freire and critical consciousness in conflict-affected contexts In this article, we introduce some of the key tenets of Paulo Freire’s pedagogical vision of education for peace, social justice and democracy, and some limitations in terms of its application. In doing so, we aim to demonstrate its relevance and importance to conflict-affected contexts.
News Aujourd'hui l'école est finie mais pour 262 milions d'enfants elle n'a jamais commencé Aujourd'hui en France l’école est finie mais pour 262 millions d’enfants et de jeunes dans le monde elle n’a jamais commencé ! Mariés de force, contraints de travailler ou enrôlés dans un conflit armé… trop d’enfants et de jeunes n'ont pas accès à l'école, accroissant les inégalités.
Resource Policy Document for Nigeria Ministry of Education, Education Boards, and Schools Schools have a position in society that could provide tools for students to move toward more positive intergroup relations and to shape their nation as desired. In this research, I present an analysis of how and whether schools in Nigeria, particularly unity schools (FUCs), achieve this.
Resource Fifi the Punishing Cat and Other Civic Lessons from a Lebanese Public Kindergarten School Across the world, education is tasked with rebuilding societies torn apart by violent conflict and riven by economic injustice. In this article, we focus on kindergarten education in the vulnerable, conflict-ridden Lebanese context.
Resource The Protective Role of Education: Mapping Critical Intersections with Child Protection The objective of this project was to conduct an issue mapping identifying critical intersections between child protection and education.
Resource Promising Practices in Refugee Education Synthesis Report Promising Practices in Refugee Education is a joint initiative launched in March 2017. The initiative set out to identify, document and promote innovative ways to effectively reach refugee children and young people with quality educational opportunities.
Resource School Code of Conduct Teacher Training Manual The School Code of Conduct (SCOC) training programme is designed to be used by Save the Children education staff to enable teachers and education personnel to implement governmental Teachers’ Codes of Conduct (TCOC) in schools. The training content relates to development and emergency contexts; to immediate and post conflict settings; and in response to natural disasters.
Resource Field Note: The Potential of Conflict-Sensitive Education Approaches in Fragile Countries: The Case of Curriculum Framework Reform and Youth Civic Participation in Somalia This field note presents the case of the review of the curriculum framework in Somalia, a UNICEF-supported education intervention that intentionally engaged with the drivers of conflict. The note outlines how this mainstream education intervention can help to build a capacity for peace at various levels (individual, group, and policy) in terms of substance and process.
