Respect for education in development
A blog by: Ingrid Lewis, Managing Director, EENET. In my last blog I reflected on the tendency within inclusive education and international development programmes to view teachers as programmable machines rather than as adult learners. This dehumanising of teachers inevitably leads to inappropriate approaches to teacher education and thus to limited change in teaching practice. … Continue reading Respect for education in development Teachers are adult learners, not machines!
A blog by: Ingrid Lewis, Managing Director, EENET. Training teachers to be inclusive is a growing industry. NGOs, UN agencies, governments and consultancy businesses around the world are involved. The majority of work so far focuses on in-service training – aiming to bring new ideas and skills to existing teachers. Happily, there is also growing … Continue reading Teachers are adult learners, not machines! Learning from colleagues to improve inclusive education
In this blog, Peter Grimes and Els Heijnen-Maathuis tell us about an innovative monitoring and evaluation approach for Save the Children’s inclusive education programmes, using peer review rather than external evaluation consultants. You can find out more in the full report (PDF 1.7mb): Developing Inclusive Practices through Action Learning: Inclusive education cross-country peer review Bangladesh … Continue reading Learning from colleagues to improve inclusive education Street-connectedness and returning to mainstream education
At EENET we see inclusive education as encompassing the inclusion of many different marginalised groups into education. One group that I actively advocate for is street-connected children. I am currently completing a PhD in education at the University of Manchester, exploring the experiences of transition of children and youth leaving the street in Kenya. I … Continue reading Street-connectedness and returning to mainstream education Gaza: an education system under siege
Students in many countries are preparing to start the new academic year as I write this (August 2014). However, in Gaza the latest war means the start date for the new year remains uncertain for some learners. The Israeli assault (which lasted nearly 2 months) means … Continue reading Gaza: an education system under siege
A blog by: Ingrid Lewis, Managing Director, EENET. In my last blog I reflected on the tendency within inclusive education and international development programmes to view teachers as programmable machines rather than as adult learners. This dehumanising of teachers inevitably leads to inappropriate approaches to teacher education and thus to limited change in teaching practice. … Continue reading Respect for education in development Teachers are adult learners, not machines!
A blog by: Ingrid Lewis, Managing Director, EENET. Training teachers to be inclusive is a growing industry. NGOs, UN agencies, governments and consultancy businesses around the world are involved. The majority of work so far focuses on in-service training – aiming to bring new ideas and skills to existing teachers. Happily, there is also growing … Continue reading Teachers are adult learners, not machines! Learning from colleagues to improve inclusive education
In this blog, Peter Grimes and Els Heijnen-Maathuis tell us about an innovative monitoring and evaluation approach for Save the Children’s inclusive education programmes, using peer review rather than external evaluation consultants. You can find out more in the full report (PDF 1.7mb): Developing Inclusive Practices through Action Learning: Inclusive education cross-country peer review Bangladesh … Continue reading Learning from colleagues to improve inclusive education Street-connectedness and returning to mainstream education
At EENET we see inclusive education as encompassing the inclusion of many different marginalised groups into education. One group that I actively advocate for is street-connected children. I am currently completing a PhD in education at the University of Manchester, exploring the experiences of transition of children and youth leaving the street in Kenya. I … Continue reading Street-connectedness and returning to mainstream education Gaza: an education system under siege
Students in many countries are preparing to start the new academic year as I write this (August 2014). However, in Gaza the latest war means the start date for the new year remains uncertain for some learners. The Israeli assault (which lasted nearly 2 months) means … Continue reading Gaza: an education system under siege