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Access and Inclusion

Education’s Role in Eliminating Racism

Note: This article was originally published on Asia Society (link) Police brutality in black communities is nothing new. As a young black man growing up in 1970’s Los Angeles, I felt the mix of panic and outrage when those blue lights went on. I knew I had done nothing wrong – but I also knew that […]

June 16, 2020
Anthony Jackson
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Emerging Technologies and Edtech

Changing the EdTech Narrative Among Schools and Teachers

Edward Keller is the co-founder of SmartScience Lab, a California-based EdTech startup that provides students and teachers with the opportunity to learn STEM through virtual labs. Due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, SmartScience Lab experienced a surge in demand from teachers and schools. We asked Edward to share with us what the potential […]

June 15, 2020
Edward Keller
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Emerging Technologies and Edtech

Three Ways Technology Can Improve Student Learning

We have witnessed an unprecedented scale and intensity of disruptions to teaching practices in the last five months. Many teachers who had limited opportunities for training and guidance had to bring their classes online almost overnight. As a teacher, you may now feel ready to shut down your laptop and walk away from your desk […]

June 8, 2020
Kara Gardner
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Early Childhood

Global Day of Parents: Celebrating our Community-level Activists

A child’s first teacher is, almost always, a parent or carer. Parents are central in the development of a child’s social, moral, and cultural learning journey. Today, on Global Day of Parents, we celebrate parents worldwide, and recognize their role as activists within local communities, especially during a time of crisis. When United World Schools (UWS) […]

June 1, 2020
Tim Howarth
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Designing an Effective Training Program

Lessons Learned from China: Bridging the Digital Divide During COVID-19

The future of learning is here before we know it. The COVID-19 social distancing measures resulted in many education systems having to shut down their facilities and move learning and instruction online. While a three-way blend of technology, internet, and education presents an enormous opportunity for education systems to embrace the future, there is a […]

May 25, 2020
Prof. Jian Liu
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Designing an Effective Training Program

‘Education cannot just go back to business as usual after COVID-19’ – QF educator

‘Virtual’ international conference by QF’s WISE analyzes what coronavirus may mean for the future of education. Global education will not be able to return to “business as usual” in a post-coronavirus world, and must take the opportunity that the crisis has offered to rethink and reshape itself, a Qatar Foundation educator has told an international […]

May 25, 2020
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Learning Ecosystems and Leadership

Education systems ‘must build futures around resilience’, virtual conference by QF’s WISE told

Online event with Salzburg Global Seminar brings together international education experts to discuss COVID-19 responses and opportunities. Education systems around the world should use the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to constructively build for the future and focus on “resilience, innovation, and social cohesion”, an online conference organized by Qatar Foundation’s global education think tank […]

May 25, 2020
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Learning and Behavioural Sciences

Putting on Our Own Masks First: Helping the Helpers

As many as nine in ten children are currently out of school as a result of the global novel Coronavirus pandemic, requiring millions of learners to make the transition to at-home learning. But it is not just the students themselves who need to make this adjustment – teachers need help too. At the two-day online […]

May 25, 2020
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Designing an Effective Training Program

Maslow Before Bloom: Educators Need to Meet Learners’ Basic Needs in Time of Pandemic

Teachers are being called on to do more than just teach during the Coronavirus crisis. While long-held by some educators, the maxim “Maslow before Bloom” has never been more relevant than now, in the midst of the global novel Coronavirus pandemic. More than 95% of children have had their learning disrupted due to the pandemic, […]

May 25, 2020
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Access and Inclusion

Intercultural Education: What We Learn from Others

In our interdependent world, there are many challenges that we can tackle together. We need global cooperation more than ever, yet we find we are living an era of tribalism and identity politics. Continuing to neglect the importance of intercultural understanding will prevent us from rising to meet the challenges ahead. We need to rethink […]

May 18, 2020
Maximo Plo Seco
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Learning Ecosystems and Leadership

In Search of a Compass To Chart An Education Path During and After The COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused severe disruptions to the lives of people around the world in many domains imaginable. It is not just the harmful damage the Pandemic has caused to the health of millions, and the irreparable loss of the lives it has taken. The Pandemic has also caused ripple effects extending to relationships, […]

May 14, 2020
Fernando Reimers
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Learning Ecosystems and Leadership

School Leaders Pivot To Ensure Student Well-Being During COVID-19

“We give out learning and revision materials to our learners and we do phone follow-up since we cannot afford online lessons. Teachers are on a WhatsApp group so they discuss a lot about the next lesson learners should be doing while at home. We also take turns to call parents to know if the learners […]

May 11, 2020
Azad Oommen

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