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Curriculum
AFRICA
Kenya
Parents Divided Over Language Policy
The Star, 13 February
Nigeria
Board to Introduce Computer-Based Tests
CajNews, 14 February
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s education system in the
spotlight again
Al Arabiya, 9 February
Tunisia
Enseignement secondaire - Choix des
matières à option
La Presse, 15 février
United Arab Emirates
Rwanda
Arabic Scrabble enhances Grade 6 curriculum
Gulf Today, 7 February
Sex Education Made Compulsory As Govt
Moves to Curb Teenage Pregnancies
New Times, 14 February
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Senegal
China (Taiwan)
Un guide sur l'éducation à la paix à la
disposition des acteurs de l'école
Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, 17 février
Academics slam curricula changes
Taipei Times, 12 February
L'enseignement des sciences et des
mathématiques, une préoccupation forte du
Président Sall
Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, 14 février
ARAB STATES
Jordan
Nationwide campaign launched to add KG to
compulsory education
Jordan Times, 4 February
Palestine
Hamas bashes UNRWA's human rights
curriculum
Times of Israel, 11 February
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Jiang backs curriculum changes
Taipei Times, 14 February
DPP cities, counties reject high school
curriculum guideline changes
Taipei Times , 6 February
Myanmar
Japan to help revise school curriculum
Myanmar Times, 5 February
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Bulgaria
Changes to history curriculum could be
introduced only after adoption of law on
secondary education and public approval:
Bulgarian Education Ministry
Focus News, 16 February
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Spain
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
¿Por qué fracasa el sistema educativo
español?
abc, 15 de febrero
Mexico
El trastocado camino de la reforma educativa
El Semanario Sin Limites, 13 de febrero
Educación quiere más esfuerzo en Lengua,
Matemáticas e Historia
MurciaEconomía, 17 de febrero
UK
New teachers' body aims to advise
government on curriculum
The Guardian, 8 February
Inclusive Education
ARAB STATES
Saudi Arabia
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Jamaica
Education Ministry Seeking to Incorporate
Vision 2030 in School Curriculum
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica
Information Service, 14 February
Schools should include Cultural studies in
curriculum, says Education Minister
Jamaica Observer, 4 February
Germans to help prepare special needs
curricula
Arab News, 6 February
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Australia
Australian schools must promote LGBTinclusive education
The Conversation, 17 February
Education Reform
ARAB STATES
Morocco
Pour une refonte du système éducatif
marocain
Le Reporter, 18 février
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Japan
More say to local heads in education reform
Japan Times, 15 February
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Sweden
News Analysis: Sweden primary education
reforms at crossroads
Shanghai Daily, 12 February
Reports
UNESCO
Learning to be resilient global citizens for a
sustainable world. Background paper prepared
for the Education for all global monitoring
report 2013/4
A. Allison, UNESCO 2013
Empowering women: education and the
pathways of change. Background paper
prepared for the Education for all global
monitoring report 2013/4
M Aslam, UNESCO 2013
Expanding TVET at the secondary education
level
UNESCO Office Bangkok, 2013
Holocaust education in a global context
UNESCO, 2014
UK
Gove battles the blob
The Economist, 8 February
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ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
All Children in School by 2015: Global Initiative
on Out-of-School Children: South Asia regional
study covering Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia,
2014
USA
Is Kindergarten the New First Grade? The
Changing Nature of Kindergarten in the Age of
Accountability
D. Bassok, A. Rorem, Center on Education
Policy and Workforce Competitiveness,
January 2014
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Europe
KeyCoNet 2013 Literature Review: Key
competence development in school education
in Europe
J. Gordon et al. KeyCoNeT, 2013
KeyCoNet 2013 Literature Review:
Assessment for key competences
D. Pepper, KeyCoNeT, 2013
Miscellaneous
KeyCoNet
Key Competence Network on School
Education
KeyCoNet is a European Policy Network on the
Implementation of Key Competence Development
(KCD) in School Education.
Charting Media and Learning in Europe
MEDEAnet Consortium, November 2013
Switzerland
Analyse de la charge de travail des
enseignant-e-s de l’enseignement spécialisé
(ATE IV)
F. Ducrey et al.Service de la recherche en
éducation, janvier 2014
Analyse de la charge de travail des
enseignant-e-s de l’enseignement primaire
ordinaire (ATE III)
F. Ducrey et al.Service de la recherche en
éducation, janvier 2014
La situation des diplômés vaudois du
secondaire II : enquête 18 mois après
l'obtention de leur titre (volée 2009)
K. Bachmann Hunziker,S Leuenberger
Zanetta, URSP, 2013
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Career 2020: Making Education Work
R. Anderson, Pearson Education Ltd.,
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Using Evidence in the Classroom: What Works
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J.Nelson, C. O'Beirne, National Foundation
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