{"id":1911,"date":"2013-09-13T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T10:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cedol.org\/?page_id=1911"},"modified":"2013-09-16T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:46:12","slug":"the-commonwealth-factor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cedol.org\/commonwealth-education-partnerships\/articles-201213\/the-commonwealth-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commonwealth factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		Fostering governmental support for open educational resources<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Sir John Daniel<\/span>
\nOpen Educational Resources (OER) are part of a wider trend towards greater openness and sharing that has been gathering momentum for over 20 years…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHow mobile technology can benefit learning for development<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Venkataraman Balaji<\/span>
\nThe growth of mobile telecommunications has been spectacular. When it reached the consumer market in the late 1980s…
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\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPromoting excellence in education through Commonwealth teacher exchange<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Helen Jones<\/span>
\nThe 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…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRespect, understanding and human rights education: a fair exchange?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Steve Sharra<\/span>
\nMore than 60 years since human rights entered the education agenda, some groups of human beings are still denied existential attributes of their humanity and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLearning from Commonwealth small states<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Michael Crossley, Mark Bray, Pearlette Louisy, Steve Packer and Terra Sprague<\/span>
\nFor all those involved in education development in small states, Mauritius is a particularly significant location for the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIncreasing access to higher education \u00a0in small states<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0John Lesperance\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe 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…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCommonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Hipolina Joseph<\/span>
\nAt the 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (15CCEM), ministers of education recommended that good practices in education…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nManaging teacher migration<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Kimberly Ochs and Akemi Yonemura<\/span>
\nThe migration of teachers has a considerable impact on the development of Africa. There is broad consensus among the international community about…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTeacher recruitment and teacher mobility in Sri Lanka<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0BM Jayantha Balasooriya<\/span>
\nTeachers have a crucial role to play in preparing young people not only to face future challenges with confidence but also…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLearning for all of Africa’s children – \u00a0but in whose language?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Birgit Brock-Utne<\/span>
\nThere seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In most classrooms in Africa…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nThe challenge of delivering quality education in sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Stephen Blunden<\/span>
\nIn June 2012, a seminar took place in Kampala, Uganda, entitled ‘Achievable Education for All’…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBringing citizens’ voices to Commonwealth education ministers<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Vijay Krishnarayan<\/span>
\nThe Commonwealth is much more than an association of governments. It is at least as much the networks, associations and organisations…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTeacher training in Rwanda and the shift of English-medium education<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0John Simpson and Emmanuel Muvunyi<\/span>
\nTeachers are the most important educational resource, as quality education cannot happen without the…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHow sport and exercise contribute to education goals<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Oliver Dudfield<\/span>
\nSport is a key component of the Commonwealth’s identity and central among members’ shared traditions…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nInformal education for citizenship<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0The Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award International Association (IAA)<\/span>
\nSince the 1990s, the IAA has joined the Commonwealth, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEducation and the Commonwealth: \u00a0saving the jewel in the crown<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Peter Williams<\/span>
\nThe context of this brief essay is the Secretary-General’s proposal that education should cease to be regarded as a priority area for…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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