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Curriculum
AFRICA
United Arab Emirates
Arabic to get practical push in Dubai schools
gulfnews.com, 17 September
Angola
Mise en évidence des gains avec l'inclusion
d'échecs dans les programmes scolaires
Angola Press, 12 septembre
Nigeria
e-Curriculum Portal: Innovative Service
Delivery in Nigeria’s Education Sector
The National Law Review, 10 September
Sudan
Domestic Curriculum for Refugee Camp
Schools in Eastern Chad
Radio Dabanga, 17 September
Zimbabwe
Education curriculum review consultations start
next week
NewsDay, 10 September
ARAB STATES
Oman
Entrepreneurship to be introduced in school
curricula
Oman Daily Observer, 17 September
Saudi Arabia
Overhaul of school curriculum planned
Arab News, 13 September
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Australia
Primary school teaching 'based on
pseudoscience'
The Guardian, 11 September
Landcare program to be included in primary
school curriculum
ABC, 19 September
India
MP govt to introduce lesson on lifestyle in
school curriculum
Times of India, 15 September
Telangana not keen on Sanskrit teaching in
schools
Deccan Chronicle, 14 September
Malaysia
Agriculture To Become One Of Curriculum
Activities In Secondary School
Bernama, 10 September
Singapore
Students in Singapore alerted to cyber bullying
in revised cyber wellness curriculum
The Straits Times, 20 September
Tunisia
Apprentissage des langues - 70.500 lycéens
ont opté pour 6 langues étrangères
LaPresse, 22 septembre
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EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Israel
Myanmar
High Court: Ultra-Orthodox do not have to
learn core curriculum
Jerusalem Post, 17 September
Myanmar Teachers Back Student Opposition
to Education Draft Law
Radio Free Asia, 16 September
UK
Thailand
Ofsted: primary schools 'place too much focus
on three-Rs'
Telegraph, 19 September
Prayuth government's policy statement targets
11 areas for reform
Pattaya Mail, 12 September
USA
Turkey
Fact or Fiction?: Video Games Are the Future
of Education
Scientific American, 12 September
ECHR: Turkey must reform religious education
in schools
Anadolu, 16 September
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Argentina
Argentina
Una nueva ley educativa que abre el debate
La Prensa, 22 de septiembre
Teachers back BA reform
Buenos Aires Herald, 12 September
Chile
Education Reform
Mineduc anunció "Consejo de Liderazgo
Escolar" para analizar reforma educacional
Cooperativa.cl, 11 de septiembre
AFRICA
Democratic Republic of the Congo
EPSP-Mutation des écoles d'enseignement
général en écoles techniques - Le Katanga
sert de champ expérimental
Le Potentiel, 15 septembre
EducationSystem
AFRICA
Zimbabwe
Govt Admits Education Crisis
Financial Gazette, 18 September
ARAB STATES
Algeria
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Quelle réforme pour l’école ?
El Wata, 9 septembre
Nepal
Morocco
Réforme de l’éducation: 15 ans pour rien?
L'Economiste, 18 septembre
Nepal Confident Of Meeting UN Goal Of
Universal Primary Education
SSIG (Bernama), 9 September
Oman
Reform of education system in the pipeline
Zawya, 15 September
Tunisia
Reform in Tunisia: Overhauling the Education
System
Fair Observer, 9 September
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Inclusive Education
AFRICA
Ghana
Government to roll out inclusive education
spyghana.com, 22 September
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ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangladesh
Learning beyond 2015
Dhaka Tribune , 10 September
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Armenia
Some 160 children with special needs to
obtain education as part of “Knowledge for the
sake of prosperity” project
Arka, 10 September
Teacher education
ASIA
Viet Nam
Textbook reform faces challenges
VietNamNet Bridge, 15 September
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Organisation of school time in Europe: Primary
and secondary general education 2014/15
school year
European Commission, 2014
Denmark
The efficiency of educational production: A
comparison of Denmark with other OECD
countries
Peter Bogetoft et al. Rockwool Foundation
Research Unit, 2014
France
Les pratiques pédagogiques efficaces :
conclusions de recherches récentes
Pierre-Yves Cusset, France Stratégie, août
2014
Le retard scolaire à l’entrée en 6e : plus
fréquent dans les territoires les plus
défavorisés
Brigitte Baccaïni et al. Insee 2014
Les politiques éducative d’équipement du
numérique à l’école primaire. Entre
voeux et contraintes
Olivier Grugier, Symposium Ecole et TICE,
colloque JOCAIR, août 2014
Haiti
Haiti seeks teacher permits amid education
reform
New Zealand Herald, 9 September
Reports, publications, etc.
ASIA
Thailand
Challenges of Educators in the Context of
Education Reform and Unrest: A Study of
Southern Border Provinces in Thailand
K. Nitjarunkul et al. Asian Social Science
V.10(18), Sept 2014 (ProQuest)
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Charting Media and Learning in Europe
MEDEAnet Consortium , 2014
Rapport d'information fait au nom de la
Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité
des chances entre les hommes et les femmes
sur les stéréotypes masculins et féminins dans
les manuels scolaires
Roland Courteau, Sénat, juin 2014
Ressources éducatives libres en France:
regards, perspectives et recommandations
Sophie Touzé, UNESCO-IITE, 2014
English
Switzerland
Quel rôle pour le renfort pédagogique dans
l'intégration ? Analyse d'un nouveau dispositif
destiné à soutenir la scolarisation d'élèves à
besoins particuliers dans l'enseignement
régulier
Patricia Pulzer-Graf, URSP, 2014
7 minutes pour apprendre à lire : à la
recherche du temps perdu
Bruno Suchaut et al, URSP, 2014
Key Data on Early Childhood Education and
Care in Europe: 2014 Edition
EuropeanCommission/EACEA/Eurydice/Eurost
at, 2014
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USA
Examining the Relationship Between
Teachers' Instructional Practices and Students'
Mathematics Achievement
Janine M. Firmender et al. Journal of
Advanced Academics V25(3), Aug 2014
(ProQuest)
From adoption to practice: Teacher
Perspectives on the Common Core. Findings
from a National Survey
Education Week, 2014
INTERNATIONAL
OECD
Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators
OECD, 2014
French
UNESCO
BRICS: building education for the future;
priorities for national development and
international cooperation
Leclercq, François, UNESCO, 2014
Portuguese
Educación en pro de la 'ciudadanía mundial':
marco para el debate
S. Tawil, UNESCO, 2013
Reflexiones sobre el progreso, el desarrollo
sostenible y la ciudadanía mundial
G. Haddad, UNESCO, 2013
Sustainable development post-2015 begins
with education
UNESCO, 2014
Miscellaneous
Right to education global database: a new free
online global database on the legal status of
education
UNESCO Brochure
French
Todos los niños son científicos
VLC Noticias, 23 de septiembre
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