3 Ways Young Women are Transforming a Continent
By 2100, the global population is forecast to stand at over 11 billion1, and 4 billion of that number could be Africans2. The current population of sub-Saharan Africa is already well over 1 billion3, with an estimated median age of 194. This youth bulge, caused as child mortality rates fall but birth rates remain […]
Why is Media Education Critical in Today’s Attention Economy?
Today, in 2018, being media literate is fast becoming an essential skill to have. Although propaganda and the shaping of opinion is not something new, the current media environment makes the process of influencing people’s mind and behaviour much more effective and works on a larger scale using sophisticated tools such as surveillance machinery […]
Preparing African Youth for a Post-Truth World
The Internet has changed the process of information gathering and dissemination around the world. Young people in Africa, like their counterparts in other parts of the world, have been impacted by this new phase in the evolution of communication. The Internet revolution has created opportunities and problems – “fake news,” hate speech, online radicalization, […]
Measure, Match and Mobilize: Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age
Digitization is both a challenge and part of the solution for lifelong learning. When we discuss its impact, we often focus on two questions: what and how we will (have to) learn in the future. Going beyond that I would like to draw attention to how these new technologies change our education system as […]
People and Policy: A comparative study of apprenticeship across eight national contexts
This comparative study examines apprenticeship –a globally recognized, work-based model of learning that links on-the-job training with institution-based or off-the-job training– in eight countries: Australia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, India, and South Africa. The report uses documentary analysis as its central methodological approach, citing, summarizing, synthesizing, analyzing and critically reflecting on existing literature and data produced […]
Developing Agile Leaders of Learning: School leadership policy for dynamic times
School leadership policies are key to improving the quality of teaching and learning, which impacts student achievement and well being. While the development of principals remains a core component of leadership training, this report focuses on the under-explored area of how to develop leadership for learning capabilities across a broader range of educators – both […]
How to Deliver Improved Outcomes for School Systems
The author elaborates on his previous work, How to Run a Government (2016), to offers guidance for policymakers and education ministries seeking to implement education reform for improved student outcomes. It focuses on adopting a mindset of delivering results, which will be of value to governments and educators, and frames a practical approach to reform grounded […]
To Capture the Benefits of AI, Schools Need to Rethink Their Models
Technological advances over the last two decades now bring machines knocking on employers’ doors. Artificial intelligence (AI) software can already prepare taxes, drive cars, write news articles, and compose poetry; and recent reports suggest that roughly half to two-thirds of jobs today are at risk of computer automation. As AI handles a growing number […]
Global Citizenship Education: a New Ethics for the World System?
Putting every child in school, improving the quality of learning and fostering global citizenship are the three principles of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) launched by the United Nations in 2012. The three principles are intimately interrelated, and a cornerstone of the post-2015 development model advocated by the United Nations and its specialized […]
Encouraging More Play-Based Learning
“Play is the highest form of research.” — Albert Einstein Early childhood education (ECE) is a new and growing field of study and research in Qatar. However, there is a growing body of literature and research that demonstrates that both the quantity and quality of care and interaction that a child has in the early years […]