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2024 - Archive of Education News Worldwide

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New dossier on international education reporting

Education Worldwide has relaunched its dossier on national education reports worldwide. The dossier offers an insight into education reports and education indicators from all 6 continents of the world. The focus is on education reports that were prepared in the respective country by the local authorities and institutes.

• National education reports worldwide

"Trump's election victory will have far-reaching consequences for women's rights, the economy, foreign policy and the continued existence of democratic institutions in the United States. But changes could also come to US schools. What influence could a President Trump have on them?" The article is only available in German. [Summary: Information provided by the [...]

USA Election 2024: Teaching materials and the topic of education in the election campaign

On 5 November 2024, the elections for the new American president will take place in the USA. Kamala Harris is running for the Democrats, Donald Trump for the Republicans. The elections are being watched with great interest around the world, including in schools and the education sector in general. The German Education Server has therefore prepared various dossiers and podcasts so that you, too, can find out more about the topic.

The web dossier of our school editorial team offers free teaching materials on the US presidential election. This is supplemented by a podcast with audio link recommendations on the election as a teaching topic. Furthermore, the Education Worldwide dossier deals with the topic of education in the US election campaign.

• [only in German] Dossier ‘Digital teaching materials and worksheets on the 2024 US presidential election’
• [only in German] Podcast: Audio link recommendations for the teaching topic US presidential election 2024
• Dossier "US presidential election 2024: What role does education play?"

For the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: New dossier on education in Italy

Italy is this year's guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Education Worldwide is marking the occasion with a web dossier on the Italian education system. In addition to information on education and schools in Italy, you will also find tips on educational holidays and educational trips to Italy. Another section of the dossier deals with developments in the Italian education system under the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni. The web dossier also offers you an insight into literature and reading culture in Italy.

• Please follow this link to the dossier "Education in Italy"

"A new competence network for interdisciplinary Ukraine studies in Frankfurt-Berlin is intended to bring more Ukraine research into science. For a long time, research into Eastern Europe has focused heavily on Russia, says Ulrich Schmid from the University of St. Gallen, Germany." German radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 11 July 2024. Audio only available in German.

Europe; Ukraine
"Building on the findings of the joint ETUCE – EFEE project “European Sectoral Social Partners in Education promoting effective integration of migrants and refugees in education” (2017-2019), the project ‘In and Through Education: Education Trade Unions support the inclusion of refugees and migrants’ aims to further [...]

Interview as part of the programme "Campus & Karriere" on the radio station Deutschlandfunk on 11.06.2024.

Available in german only. Report by the radio station Deutschlandfunk, programme ‘Campus & Karriere’ from 10.06.2024

New dossier on pro-Palestinian protests at universities worldwide

Emotions are running high at universities around the world. Some people feel reminded of the student protests of the 1960s/70s against the Vietnam War. The current student protests and campus occupations take place against the background of the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, which in turn were triggered by the attack on Israel by the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas on 7 October 2023.
You can find out what the students are criticising and what demands they are making of their universities in our new dossier.  It also offers an international press review of the demonstrations taking place at universities around the world, as well as statements from academic societies and other organisations in the field of education. 

• Read the dossier on "Pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities worldwide"

Palestinian Territories
The document linked here was created by the United Nations Education Cluster. The cluster system serves to coordinate humanitarian aid. In the field of education, it is jointly managed by UNICEF and Save the Children. In January 2024, this plan to coordinate the reconstruction of the education system in the Gaza Strip [...]

Gender and Technology 2024: further special edition of the Unesco Global Education Monitoring 2023 published

Unesco's Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) is supplemented with special thematic reports in subsequent months. A special edition on gender and technology has now been published for the GEM Report 2023. On the one hand, it examines the impact of technology on girls' educational opportunities and outcomes. Secondly, the report looks at the role of education in shaping future technological development. One of the findings of the report is the fact that the proportion of women among STEM graduates is 35% and has not changed in the last 10 years.

• Global Education Monitoring: Gender report ("Technology on her terms")
• Unesco GEM Report with the focus on "Technology in Education"

"These Guidelines developed by UNESCO provide recommendations on how to combat racism in textbooks and to develop learning materials that are free of prejudice and bias and do not perpetuate stereotypes or legitimize unequal social structures. Through a comprehensive analysis of recent studies of textbooks and other educational materials, the guide also demonstrates how [...]

Teacher shortage not only in Germany

A new UNESCO report shows that the shortage of teachers is a problem not only in Germany, but worldwide. New data suggests that 44 million additional teachers will be needed to achieve universal primary and secondary education for all children by 2030. This is one of the demands of Goal 4 "Quality Education" of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. From an international perspective, the UNESCO report provides answers to questions such as: "Where is the teacher shortage greatest?", "Why is there so much teacher shortage worldwide?" or "How can the teacher shortage be solved?"

• UNESCO Global report on teachers: addressing teacher shortages and transforming the profession.

"This report highlights both the potential benefits and risks associated with AI implementation. While AI can offer advantages like formative feedback and lesson planning assistance, there are also risks, especially when used without proper oversight. It is an outcome of the AI squad (working group) of the European Digital Education Hub which is an initiative of the European [...]

The policy brief provides an overview of various national and international studies on the topic and reveals the urgent need to intervene on current copyright laws to respond to teachers' needs regarding access to and use of digital materials in the physical and online environments. It includes key recommendations that aim to enhance current international and national legal [...]

"This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of education in China, covering 12 critical topics including basic education, higher education, professional education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, mental health education, and international education and excellence initiatives. Drawing from current research, theoretical [...]

Africa South of the Sahara; Ghana; Kenya; Uganda; Zambia
ESSA describes itself as "charity using evidence to improve education in sub-Saharan Africa". This is done primarily through evidence-based research. Focus countries in the period 2021-2026 are Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Priority topics are access to education, quality of [...]

Early education from an international trade union perspective

The November 2023 newsletter of the global union federation "Education International" focussed on the elementary sector. Various articles provide statistics and studies on the state of early childhood education and the staffing situation worldwide. Topics such as gender, inclusion and the Covid-19-crisis are also discussed. In addition, questions are asked about the state of decent working conditions for early childhood staff 10 years after the adoption of the International Labour Organization (ILO) guidelines.

Education International brings together organisations of teachers and other education workers from all over the world.

• Spotlight on Early Childhood Education (Education International Newsletter November 2023)

The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) has published an issue on the topic of 'AI in tertiary education: impacts for research and practice' in December 2023.

In mid-2023, the Australian Federal Government held an inquiry on potential uses, impacts and risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), calling for public submissions. This inquiry offers a lens onto the policy framing of GenAI in education and provides the object of investigation for this paper. We use the inquiry submissions, extracting structured claims from each. [...]