Call fo**Deadline expired** Articles – Enabling Education Review – Issue 11 (Deadline 30 June 2022)

The COVID-19 pandemic turned education upside down during much of 2020 and 2021. Schools have reopened in most places, but our education systems will never be the same again. We all experienced not just disruption and challenges but innovations and achievements that can shape the future of education for the better.

The theme for the 2022 edition of Enabling Education Review will be:

 “Inclusion in the new normal”

The deadline for submitting first drafts of articles is 30 June 2022. Details of suggested topics and how to submit articles are provided below.

Contact info@eenet.org.uk with any questions and your submissions.

We want to share your experiences of transitions back into school, what the situation is like in the ‘new normal’, and what we have learned that could help us rebuild education systems better and more inclusively. For example:

  • What has been done to support learners transitioning back into schools?
  • How have approaches to teaching and learning changed because of the pandemic?
  • As a teacher, what did you do to reach and support all your learners when schools reopened? What challenges and opportunities have you experienced? Who has helped you?
  • How have adaptations to the new normal been financed and managed, and by whom?
  • As a parent/caregiver/learner, how have you advocated at the local or national level for approaches to education to be more inclusive after schools re-opened?
  • For learners who were already learning at home before the pandemic, how has their home learning been affected (positively or negatively) by the changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic?
  • How has the pandemic affected the mental and physical well-being of learners, parents, families, and teachers? What has been done to support them?
  • What lessons have we learned that we could use to improve the design and inclusivity of education systems long term?

**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Able Child Africa ‘Investing money in children with disabilities’ – 26 May 2022

Date: 26 May 2022

Time: 10.30 GMT

Join Able Child Africa for the fifth live event in their Momentum series.

This event is hosted by Lauren Watters, Head of Programmes and Advocacy at Able Child Africa and will discuss how disability-inclusive programming can provide value for money for NGOs and donors.

To register please visit the event website.

Please contact info@ablechildafrica.org.uk with any questions.

Flyer to advertise the webinar held by Able Child Africa on investing in children with disabilities.
Flyer to advertise the webinar held by Able Child Africa on investing in children with disabilities.

Register now! – Inclusive Beginnings online courses

During 2020 and 2021 EENET used a  grant from OSF to develop 4 online courses called Inclusive Beginnings. The online courses are available free-of-charge on EENET’s LearnLink platform.

‘Inclusive Beginnings’ courses:

  • Inclusive practice – you will learn about making pre-school teaching and learning environments and practices more inclusive. Many of the ideas are relevant for primary schools too.
  • Inclusive transition  – you will earn about supporting learners when they transition between classes or levels.

‘Versatile Videos’ courses

  • Training – you will explore simple ways to use videos during inclusive education training workshops.
  • Advocacy – you will look at how to use videos within your inclusive education advocacy activities.

All 4 courses involve light reading, watching short video clips, and doing fun activities, and you will get a certificate for completing each course.

All 4 courses involve light reading, watching short video clips, and doing fun activities, and you will get a certificate for completing each course.

For more information and to complete the course please do have a look at EENETS webpage all about it.

Enjoy the new courses!

Bernard van Leer Foundation releases its Annual Report 2021

The 2021 Annual Report for the Bernard ven Leer Foundation is now online in an interactive format.

It focuses on sharing powerful stories about supporting scaling policies and programmes that impact the wellbeing of babies, toddlers and their families.  The selected stories highlight the most important achievements and learnings related to the strategic goals in Parents+, Urban95 and Early Years Thought Leadership.

Summaries are available in Arabic, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Portuguese and Spanish.

**Deadline expired** Call for Articles: Enabling Education Review – Issue 11 – 2022 (Deadline 30 June 2022)

Call for Articles – Enabling Education Review  – Issue 11 – 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic turned education upside down during much of 2020 and 2021. Schools have reopened in most places, but our education systems will never be the same again. We all experienced not just disruption and challenges but innovations and achievements that can shape the future of education for the better.

The theme for the 2022 edition of Enabling Education Review will be:

 “Inclusion in the new normal”

We want to share your experiences of transitions back into school, what the situation is like in the ‘new normal’, and what we have learned that could help us rebuild education systems better and more inclusively. For example:

  • What has been done to support learners transitioning back into schools?
  • How have approaches to teaching and learning changed because of the pandemic?
  • As a teacher, what did you do to reach and support all your learners when schools reopened? What challenges and opportunities have you experienced? Who has helped you?
  • How have adaptations to the new normal been financed and managed, and by whom?
  • As a parent/caregiver/learner, how have you advocated at the local or national level for approaches to education to be more inclusive after schools re-opened?
  • For learners who were already learning at home before the pandemic, how has their home learning been affected (positively or negatively) by the changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic?
  • How has the pandemic affected the mental and physical well-being of learners, parents, families, and teachers? What has been done to support them?
  • What lessons have we learned that we could use to improve the design and inclusivity of education systems long term?

The deadline for submitting first drafts of articles is 30 June 2022. Details of suggested topics and how to submit articles are provided on the EENET website.

Contact info@eenet.org.uk with any questions.

[Report] UNESCO ‘Inclusion in Education’ evaluation report published

UNESCO has released an Inclusion in Education evaluation report.  A two-page summary is also available in English and in French, highlighting the key messages of the evaluation. 

The evaluation aimed to identify what has been achieved so far, whether UNESCO is on the right track as a standard-setting organization towards achieving the 2030 inclusion agenda, and reconfirm the Organization’s comparative strengths and optimal positioning in this area of work. It provides programmatic and strategic level recommendations to feed into the formulation of future strategic directions for the Organization’s work on inclusion in education and inform the way forward.

The evaluation builds on the momentum of increased policy attention to inclusion, and addresses inclusion-related challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and concludes that the UNESCO Education Sector shall further improve the visibility and use of data on vulnerable and marginalised learners and strengthen the focus on inclusion consistently across all thematic strands in education.

 

 

7 new episodes of ‘Behind the Pages’ podcast!

The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) has released an exciting new season of its podcast, Behind the Pages.

Seven new episodes are now live!

This season on Behind the Pages, JEiE authors join perspectives on child protection, emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction, caregiver mental health and psychosocial support, and responsive caregiving with rigorous methods for assessing ECD interventions. They examine how planned and improvised program adaptations, participatory approaches, and deeper understanding of culture and context contribute to early learning for children living in conflict and crisis settings.

Behind the Pages is available to stream in English on:

Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Stitcher.

The articles discussed on this season of Behind the Pages and all issues of JEiE can also be accessed, for free, in their entirety on the INEE website.

 

**Deadline expired** [Conference]: The SEND Summit – vital insight for all professionals – 29 June 2022

Date: 29 June 2022

The SEND Summit takes place on 29th June 2022 in central London. Organised by Children & Young People Now magazine, this event is designed for practitioners and leaders right across the system of SEND support — in all schools, local authorities, and other settings.

Experts in the field will guide participants through the SEND review and what it means on the ground. The review, published this spring, paves the way for significant policy reform at a time when professionals face an unprecedented level of challenge in achieving the best outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

There is an early bird offer for all those that secure a place by 27th May.

Please read more about the programme and book your place.

Free online training by Deaf Child Worldwide – enrol now for June!

Join the Deaf Child Worldwide ‘Introduction to Deafness’ training – for free!

This free online training course will be held from 21-23 June 2022.

It’s for those who work or are planning to work with deaf children in the Global South. Participants will learn more about the basics of deafness and the impact it can have on a child’s life.

The course is delivered in three sessions and is free, and there is a short application process as it is limited to NGO and charity staff only. This course is not suitable of professionals working with deaf children in the UK or other high-income countries. Please register for more details.