N°273 AFRICA Inclusion of Dance At Educational System Defended
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N°273 AFRICA Inclusion of Dance At Educational System Defended
ONLINE ALERT N°273 6 NOVEMBER 2012 NEWS ARTICLES Please note that some of these links will only remain active for a few days. Articles are arranged by subject and then by region and country, or by country of publication if more than one country is covered. Reports and other items are arranged geographically. PROQUEST DIRECT Articles marked ‘ProQuest’ - Access ProQuest through UNESCO Library or IBE Intranet. (Those who do not have access to ProQuest will need to use the online or interlibrary loan services of their local libraries). CURRICULUM CURRICULUM CONTD. AFRICA Abu Dhabi making school system responsive to the changing community Global Arab Network, 1 November ANGOLA Inclusion of Dance At Educational System Defended AngolaPress, 23 October ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BURKINA FASO Afrique: Langues africaines - Bientôt une réalité dans les systèmes éducatifs Le Pays, 29 octobre AUSTRALIA Govt to let Asian language program expire Australian, 29 October DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO EPSP - Les programmes nationaux du cours d'éducation à la vie enfin disponibles Le Phare, 26 octobre Lake Mungo recognised in Australian school curriculum ABC, 26 October NIGERIA What Nigeria Stands to Gain From Basic Education Curriculum Revision - Obioma, NERDC Boss Vanguard, 1 November SOUTH SUDAN Govt Launches Primary School Text Books Government of South Sudan, 25 October TANZANIA Ministry Set to Revisit School Curricula Tanzania Daily News, 31 October PM wants engineering taught in upper primary CapitalFM News. 30 October ARAB STATES EGYPT New Egyptian curriculum uses holy texts to promote tolerance and equality WND.com, 26 October JORDAN Teachers dismayed at new hours for two-shift schools Jordan Times, 30 October "Each class will be 35 minutes, which is not enough to cover the whole curriculum…" UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Schools fall short of exercise guidelines Khaleej Times, 5 November State school pupils in Abu Dhabi lift skills in language The National, 2 November “The New School Model, introduced in 2010 to provide a bilingual, modern education, has had an impact.” (See report below) BANGLADESH Road safety may become part of school curriculum Deccan herald, 2 November INDIA CBSE aims to promote cultural learning, launches heritage portal Times of India, 30 October Expert panels formed to revise curriculum in schools Times of India, 29 October INDONESIA Teachers are more important than curriculum, experts say Jakarta Post, 25 October MALDIVES Cabinet advises formation of ‘National Institute of Education’ Minivannews, 31 October “A national curriculum is very important for the development of the country” PAKISTAN Education to be provided to drop-out students at primary level Pakistan Observer, 5 November “...development of Curriculum for Open Schooling System...” SINGAPORE Education Ministry to review PSLE: Heng Swee Keat Channel News Asia, 31 October Primary School Leaving Examination CURRICULUM CONTD. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Pre-schools to have common Mother Tongue framework Channelnewsasia, 6 November AFRICA EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ROMANIA Comparative Study on the Finalities of Preschool and Primary Education in the Romanian Educational System Cojocariu, Venera-Mihaela. Euromentor Journal V.2(4) Dec 2011 (Proquest) SPAIN Gobierno y CCAA se dan un mes más para pactar la reforma educativa Elmundo.es, 30 de Octubre UK Definately or definitely? Why can't our children spell?: A new study shows that many bright children -- some as old as 14 -- cannot spell very basic words. So what can we do to help? The Times, 27 October (Proquest) USA Sharpening Our Focus on Family Life Education: Evidence-based Curricula for Strengthening Close Relationships G. Randall, G Kevin, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences V.104(2), Spring 2012 (Proquest) LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN CHILE Nuevo currículo en enseñanza básica adelanta en un año el aprender a leer y escribir Latercera, 5 de Noviembre SENEGAL Les vraies raisons d'une déperdition croissante Sud Quotidien, 25 octobre La scolarisation des filles à l'épreuve de la guerre et de la pauvreté en Casamance ASIA AND THE PACIFIC INDIA Board to study draft for RTE in pre-school, secondary education Times of India, 30 October KYRGYZSTAN Schools Wrestle with Equal Access Issue Eurasianet, 24 October PAKISTAN Development of instrument for measuring the attitude of teachers, administrators and policy makers towards inclusive education L. Ahmad, Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research In Business V.4(5), Sept 2012 (Proquest) Regular schools' teachers attitude towards inclusive education in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan M. Anwer, N. Sulman, Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research In Business V.4(5), Sept 2012 (Proquest) PHILIPPINES An inclusive education that respects indigenous cultures Inquirer, 5 November EDUCATION REFORM SINGAPORE New counselling options for parents of special needs kids Today, 3 November AFRICA “... the MOE has also formalised a curriculum framework for SPED schools” UGANDA Uganda Starts New Education Programme New Vision, 3 October ASIA AND THE PACIFIC CHINA A road to education system reform China Daily, 5 November SRI LANKA President gets major education reform proposal Daily News, 31 October The Policy Framework lays emphasis on strengthening English teaching and Trillingualism INCLUSIVE EDUCATION UN Launches New Initiative For Achieving Universal Primary Education RTT News, 26 October More pursuing studies after secondary school AsiaOne, 2 November EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ARMENIA Armenia’s schools to provide inclusive education by 2022 – Education Minister News.am, 23 October USA Assistive Technology Competencies for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments: A National Study Zhou, Li et al. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, V.106(10), Oct/Nov 2012 (ProQuest) REPORTS REPORTS CONTD. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN A Situation analysis of the education sector response to HIV, drugs and sexual health in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste: synthesis report, 2012 UNESCO Office Jakarta, 2012 La situación educativa de la población indígena y afrodescendiente en América Latina SITEAL, Noviembre 2012 AUSTRALIA Australia in the Asian Century White Paper Australian Government, October 2012 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM A situation-response analysis of the education sector's response to HIV, drugs and sexual health in Brunei Darussalam UNESCO Office Jakarta, 2012 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA MISCELLANEOUS How it's done: Incorporating Digital Citizenship Into Your Everyday Curriculum Jon Orech. Tech & Learning. V.33(1) Aug 2012. (Proquest) Education in the News National Foundation for Educational Research;Eurydice These bulletins contain a collection of recent education news items, presented in alphabetical order by country. They have been collected from international education websites, ministry websites, and other publications. FRANCE Des savoirs à la maternelle. Oui, mais lesquels? Claire Margolinas, XXXIX COLLOQUE COPIRELEM, Quimper : France (2012) AFRICA Démarches d'investigation et collectifs dans la formation des enseignants Centre de Recherche sur l'Education, les apprentissages et la didactique, octobre 2012 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO japprends.eduquepsp.cd Influence de la musique sur les capacités cognitives et les apprentissages des élèves en maternelle et au cours préparatoire Aurélie Lecoq, Bruno Suchaut, IREDU-CNRS et Université de Bourgogne, 2012 SPAIN Las cifras de la educación en España. Estadísticas e indicadores. Estadística 2012 Ministerio de educación, cultura y deporte, Octubre 2012 USA Rural high school mathematics teachers' response to mathematics reform curriculum integration and professional development Cox, Teodora B.. University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, 2009 (Proquest) (PhD Dissertation) INTERNATIONAL OECD Assessment for Qualification and Certification in Upper Secondary Education: A Review of Country Practices and Research Evidence S. Dufaux, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 83, OECD Publishing, 2012 Looking Beyond the Numbers: Stakeholders and Multiple School Accountability Edith Hooge et al. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 85, OECD Publishing, 2012 UNESCO Youth and skills: putting education to work, EFA global monitoring report, 2012 UNESCO, 2012 Africa's growth sparks controversial rise of private secondary schools The Guardian, 30 October « Ce site Web : japprends.eduquepsp.cd est une mine d’or pour les élèves, les enseignants et tout autre opérateur pédagogique en ce qu’il est constitué des branches, des matières, des chapitres, des leçons modèles et des questions se rapportant à l’ensemble du savoir dispensé et à dispenser aux élèves. » ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Student Learning Assessment (Asia-Pacific Education System Review Series No. 5) UNESCO Bangkok, 2012 AUSTRALIA Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum Queensland Government NEW ZEALAND National Standards data now online New Zealand Government, September 2012 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA UK Measuring the Impact of Digital Resources: The Balanced Value Impact Model Simon Tanner,King’s College London, October 2012 Courtesy of the IBE Documentation Centre To subscribe or unsubscribe to the IBE Alert services please email: [email protected] Please note: Hyperlinks to online materials imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the content contained in these materials on the part of UNESCO IBE. 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