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Fostering governmental support for open educational resources |
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Author: Sir John Daniel
Open Educational Resources (OER) are part of a wider trend towards greater openness and sharing that has been gathering momentum for over 20 years…
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How mobile technology can benefit learning for development |
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Author: Venkataraman Balaji
The growth of mobile telecommunications has been spectacular. When it reached the consumer market in the late 1980s…
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Promoting excellence in education through Commonwealth teacher exchange |
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Author: Helen Jones
The unique value of the Commonwealth is that it is ideally placed to share expertise, resources and best practices in education as a vital component in attaining the individual and collective goals and aspirations for countries…
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Respect, understanding and human rights education: a fair exchange? |
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Author: Steve Sharra
More than 60 years since human rights entered the education agenda, some groups of human beings are still denied existential attributes of their humanity and
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Learning from Commonwealth small states |
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Author: Michael Crossley, Mark Bray, Pearlette Louisy, Steve Packer and Terra Sprague
For all those involved in education development in small states, Mauritius is a particularly significant location for the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers…
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Increasing access to higher education in small states |
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Author: John Lesperance
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is a groundbreaking initiative that is transforming lives and livelihoods in some of the smallest and poorest states…
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Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2012 |
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Author: Hipolina Joseph
At the 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (15CCEM), ministers of education recommended that good practices in education…
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Managing teacher migration |
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Author: Kimberly Ochs and Akemi Yonemura
The migration of teachers has a considerable impact on the development of Africa. There is broad consensus among the international community about…
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Teacher recruitment and teacher mobility in Sri Lanka |
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Author: BM Jayantha Balasooriya
Teachers have a crucial role to play in preparing young people not only to face future challenges with confidence but also…
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Learning for all of Africa’s children – but in whose language? |
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Author: Birgit Brock-Utne
There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In most classrooms in Africa…
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The challenge of delivering quality education in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Author: Stephen Blunden
In June 2012, a seminar took place in Kampala, Uganda, entitled ‘Achievable Education for All’…
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Bringing citizens’ voices to Commonwealth education ministers |
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Author: Vijay Krishnarayan
The Commonwealth is much more than an association of governments. It is at least as much the networks, associations and organisations…
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Teacher training in Rwanda and the shift of English-medium education |
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Author: John Simpson and Emmanuel Muvunyi
Teachers are the most important educational resource, as quality education cannot happen without the…
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How sport and exercise contribute to education goals |
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Author: Oliver Dudfield
Sport is a key component of the Commonwealth’s identity and central among members’ shared traditions…
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Informal education for citizenship |
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Author: The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Association (IAA)
Since the 1990s, the IAA has joined the Commonwealth, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
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Education and the Commonwealth: saving the jewel in the crown |
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Author: Peter Williams
The context of this brief essay is the Secretary-General’s proposal that education should cease to be regarded as a priority area for…
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