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9 JULY 2013
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CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM CONTD.
AFRICA
3000 schools set to pilot new curriculum
Bangkok Post, 1 July
ANGOLA
La langue nationale Cokwe sera insérée dans le
système éducatif
AngolaPress, 1 juillet
NIGERIA
NCE Approves 1-6-3-3-4 System
Daily Trust, 30 June
ARAB STATES
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
UK
New national curriculum to introduce fractions to fiveyear-olds
The Guardian, 8 July
Robotics lessons in new curriculum
Telegraph, 7 July
KUWAIT
Proposal to reduce class hours from 30 to 22.5
hrs/week : MoE cancels automatic pass system
Arab Times, 26 June
New school curriculum includes climate change, but
not sustainability
WWF, 8 July
MAROC
Forum de l'ISESCO pour les enfants du monde
islamique
Libération, 1 juillet
HONDURAS
Una hora más de clases en las nuevas jornadas
La Tribuna, 5 de Julio
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
“The classroom teacher is a major stakeholder”
gulfnews, 23 June
Award-winning curriculum specialist talks about ideal curricula
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
JAMAICA
Gay material now expunged from school curriculum,
says Thwaites
Jamaica Observer, 8 July
Ministry of Education has made it mandatory that schools, …
teach Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) as a core subject.
AUSTRALIA
Primary school hours set to get shorter for new
workplace agreement
The Australian, 23 June
MEXICO
La escritura se suma al Programa Nacional de Lectura
Milenio, 8 de Julio
INDIA
Mother tongue in primary education: SC wants
Constitution Bench to decide
Indian Express, 6 July
EDUCATION REFORM
Local biodiversity to be part of primary syllabus
curriculum from primary level
Times of India, 2 July
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka introduces technology stream to the school
curriculum
Colombo Page, 20 June
THAILAND
Educators urge halt to reforms
Bangkok Post, 4 July
AFRICA
BURKINA FASO
Transfert du prescolaire et du post-primaire au mena
Le Pays, 8 juillet
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
CHINA
China’s new education reform: Reducing importance
of test scores
Washington Post, 25 June
TAIWAN CHINA
Catholic schools saved by Taiwan's educational
reform
AsiaNews.it, 28 June
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
REPORTS CONTD.
Inclusive Education: A Rising Tide Floats all Boats
Allison Anderson, Carol Grigsby, Brookings, 17 June
INTERNATIONAL
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
PAKISTAN
Special education degree programme launched
Dawn, 25 June
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Disparity in education between aboriginal, nonaboriginal Canadians persists: survey
Winnipeg Free Press, 26 June
La complétion des études secondaires devrait être
une priorité nationale
L'infobourg, 25 juin
UK (N.IRELAND)
Integrated education is no threat to pupils' beliefs
Belfast Telegraph, 2 July
TEACHER EDUCATION
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
Comenzó una formación para tutores del Plan Vuelvo
a Estudiar
lt10digital, 8 de Julio
UNITED NATIONS
A new global partnership: eradicate poverty and
transform economies through sustainable
development: The Report of the High-Level Panel of
Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development
Agenda
United Nations Publications, 2013
UNESCO IBE
Porqué importa hoy el debate curricular
IBE Working Papers on Curriculum Issues; 10
Massimo Amadio, Renato Operttii, Juan
CarlosTedesco, UNESCO-IBE, 2013
UNICEF
Sustainable development starts and ends with safe,
healthy and well-educated children
UNICEF, May 2013
PUBLICATIONS, TOOLS
FRANCE
Les effets de l'assouplissement de la carte scolaire
Revue Éducation et formations - n° 83, juin 2013
MISCELLANEOUS
French high school curriculum includes pitfalls U.S.
should try to avoid with its Common Core
Peter Gumbel, Japan Times, 23 June
MEXICO
Cancún cuenta con licenciatura en educación
preescolar
Sipse.com, 8 de Julio
School curriculum teaches South African children
Mandela's story
AFP, 20 June (Youtube video)
REPORTS
Putting learning at the centre of education
Unicef, 20 June (Podcast)
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
SRI LANKA
Out-of-School Children in Sri Lanka: Country Study
Unicef Sri Lanka, 2013
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
CZECH REPUBLIC
Supervision as a Prevention and Support to
Teachers in Inclusive Education
Petra Potmesilova et al. Electronic Journal for
Inclusive Education, V.2(11), Spring/Summer 2013
FRANCE
Journée défense et citoyenneté 2012 : un jeune sur dix
rencontre des difficultés de lecture
Note d'information - DEPP. N°13.09, juin 2013
SWITZERLAND
Deuxième évaluation de l’expérience de soutien
scolaire proposée par l’association Reliance
Jean-Marc Jaeggi, Irène Schwob, Service de la
recherche en éducation, avril 2013
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