Browsing Education by Issue Date
Now showing items 1-20 of 62
-
Landscapes Of Literacy
(UNESCO Institute for Educatio/ LUZAC ORIENTAL, 1996)Thirteen marginal Philippine communities were examined in an ethnographic study of the meaning of functional literacy and whether literacy invariably promotes development. The 13 sites were purposely selected to provide ... -
The Education Of Nomadic Populations In African
(UNESCO, 1997)Efforts have been made to determine who the nomads are, and the nature of their living conditions. This will enable us to consider what nomadic education is, the structure and scope of nomadic education in some African ... -
National Education Policies And Programmes And International Cooperation
(UNESCO, 2001)One can but rejoice at the progress made in the field of education in the course of the last fifty years. Yet many countries are still below the basic education minima and have great needs, despite concerted efforts at ... -
Financing Secondary Educationin Developing Countries
(UNESCO, 2001)At the World Conference on Education for All in 1990, most developing countries reaffirmed their commitment to providing universal access to a first cycle of education to their school-age children. As a result, primary ... -
International And National Trends In Local Governance Of Education
(UNESCO, 2002)Trends can be defined as linear or directional changes, in this instance in policies and practices with respect to location of governance. What in the short run looks like a trend, however, may turn out to be merely another ... -
Towards An Open Learning World
(UNESCO, 2002)An historical account of the creation and development of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) is presented. Written in honor of the 50th anniversary of UIE, this institutional history begins with a series of seven ... -
Guidelines For Education In Situations Of Emergency And Crisis
(UNESCO, 2002) -
Best Practices Of Non-Violent Conflict Resolution In And Out-Of-School
(UNESCO, 2002)“Good practices”, “better practices”, “best practices”… these are words often used in the field of education and in international jargon when alluding to development projects. But what are we trying to say when we employ ... -
Non-Violenece In Education
(UNESCO, 2002)Le 14 mai 1985, dans une "recommandation aux États membres", le Conseil de l'Europe avait déjà plaidé en faveur de l'éducation à la résolution non-violente des conflits : "Les concepts liés aux droits de l'homme - affirmait ... -
Towards Inclusive Practices In Secondary Education
(UNESCO, 2003)To promote inclusive education as part of the ‘Education for All’ initiative, the International Working Group on Disability and Development (IWGDD) worked collaboratively with UNESCO to identify and describe illustrative ... -
Using International Surveys Of Achievement And Literacy
(UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2004)Recent years have seen an increasing number of international surveys of learning achievement of children and of functional literacy of adults. These include the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), the Trends ... -
UNEVOC In Action 2002-2003
(UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, 2004)In 1991, the General Conference of UNESCO decided to launch the International Project on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC). Two years later an Implementation Unit became operational in Berlin. The ... -
‘Scaling Up’ Good Practices In Girls’ Education
(UNESCO, 2005)This publication focuses on the key issues to address and strategies to put in place in order to meet international targets and national goals for universalizing girls’ access to, retention in and completion of quality ... -
Education For Citizenship In The Caribbean
(UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2005)This study aims to describe teacher training and curricular policy for the primary and secondary levels in relation to education for citizen ship in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and make practical recommendations ... -
Corrupt schools, corrupt universities
(UNESCO, 2007)In a context of budget austerity and pressure on international flows of funds, there is a clear demand for more efficiency in the use of public resources. Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries ... -
Literacy, Knowledge And Development
(UIL and INEA, 2007)This publication contains the results of the conference South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People that took place in Mexico City in 2005. Articles were written by participants who ... -
The Right To Education
(UNESCO, 2008)Today the international community is faced with increasingly serious problems: proliferating acts of violence and conflicts; poverty and illiteracy; the gap between rich and poor; and marginalization and social exclusion ... -
Caring and Learning Together
(UNESCO, 2010)Early childhood care and education (ECCE) services embody two different traditions: care and education. The former was often developed as a welfare measure for working-class children who needed care while their parents ... -
Accounting For Variations In The Quality Of Primary School Education
(UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2011)This paper reports on the use of multivariate analyses procedures to examine pupil- and school-level factors that contributed to variations in reading and mathematics achievement among Grade 6 pupils in 15 African ... -
Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Education
(UNESCO, 2011)The format of this publication presents the main strands concerning the role of human rights education as well as the key elements for its implementation. Each strand addresses current issues and challenges faced when ...
