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FCA & TWB Inclusive Education Manual
This Teacher Training Manual on Inclusive Education supports teachers and other education personnel’s continuous professional development in inclusive, quality education especially in diverse low resource contexts and is adaptable for use anywhere in the world. The Inclusive Education Manual directly contributes to realization of several targets of the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 “ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all”.
The manual was developed by Finn Church Aid (FCA) and Teachers Without Borders (TWB) Network Finland. The content has been collected and built on the numerous good materials and practices used and co-developed by FCA staff and TWB education experts in different countries and contexts.
The training manual consists of three (3) training modules that can be used flexibly:
- Education, Teacher and School Community,
- Inclusive Education, and
- Positive Classroom and Learning Environment for All Learners.
The content design allows the trainer or facilitator to pick individual modules or sessions and adapt the training content according to the context and target group’s needs.
We hope you find it useful!
FCA & TWB Distance Education & Digital Pedagogy Manual
This teacher training manual on Distance Education & Digital Pedagogy supports teachers and other education personnel’s continuous professional development in pedagogically high-quality distance education and remote learning especially in diverse, low resource contexts and is adaptable for use anywhere in the world.
The manual has been developed by Finn Church Aid (FCA) and Teachers Without Borders (TWB) Finland. The development of the training materials began already in 2020 as a response to the school lock-down situations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, when teachers and learners quickly had to adapt to remote education modalities. Even though the pandemic has subsided, the need for quality distance education prevails. Ensuring the continuity of learning for all learners is critical in all contexts, even and especially during crisis situations.
The training manual consists of eight (8) training modules that can be used flexibly:
- Distance Education,
- Distance Education Modalities,
- Pedagogy of Digital and Distance Education,
- Psychosocial and Emotional Wellbeing,
- Learner-Centred Methods in Distance Education,
- Home Support – Parents and Caregivers’ Role and Collaboration,
- Inclusive Education, and
- Assessment and Evaluation.
The content design allows the trainer or facilitator to pick individual modules or sessions and adapt the training content according to the context and target group’s needs.
We hope you find it useful!
Unlocking Potential: How Generative AI Can Help Enhance Career Readiness
Generative AI has the potential to make career education more accessible and impactful by offering personalized guidance and automating routine tasks. By leveraging AI, educators can design more efficient, tailored learning experiences, ensuring that every student—regardless of background—has access to the knowledge, tools, and opportunities they need to prepare for future success.
Join us on October 29th at 2:00pm GMT, as Sumit shares insights from his action research on how Generative AI can enhance career readiness for students from underserved communities, highlighting how one can leverage technology like GenAI to bridge educational gaps and equip students with the skills needed to thrive in future careers.
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A Guide to Using Play for Learning and Well-Being
Right To Play uses a variety of approaches to play to support children’s learning, development, and well-being, including sports, music, theatre, art, and play-based learning.
This document focuses on the play-based learning methodology and approach, and how it can be used for learning and development goals related to Right To Play’s core programmatic areas: early childhood care and education, primary education, gender equality and girls’ well-being, and psycho-social support.
A course for the ages: project-based learning with eTwinning/Erasmus+ for interculturality
In the blended-learning course, guest speakers such as eTwinning moderators and ITE ambassadors from Germany and Europe give motivating talks to the student teachers about their experiences. The course meets via Zoom once a week for 90 minutes. All the classwork and learning activities take place via a Moodle classroom, so students don’t travel anywhere.
This course won the eTwinning for future teachers – European Award for Initial Teacher Education and they are seeking to share their course with other Initial Teacher Education institutions. Access an OER syllabus for the course here.
For more information about the course, taking part in projects, registering for the October 2024 Stuttgart University course or becoming a guest speaker, please contact Professor Richard Powers at richard.powers@ilw.uni-stuttgart.de
Link for syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mi2qveVC3AZf33YJlB2P9AlO9-vrGREC/view?usp=drive_link
Free webinar: International Trends in Open and Distance Education
Massey University and Open Polytechnic present a free webinar with ICDE Secretary General, Torunn Gjelsvik. The Secretary General will discuss international trends in distance and open education related to access, equity and scalability. Dr Mark Nichols from Open Polytechnic, the President of ICDE, will also join the conversation, together with Professor Giselle Byrnes, Provost of Massey University. There will be an opportunity for questions at the end of the session
Equity in Education: The Role of Women Leaders
Global School Leadership Webinar featuring Kathy Bartlett, Suchetha Bhat, Olanrewaju Oniyitan, Kathleen Chew, and V. Jayalakshmi on the topic of Equity in Education: The Role of Women Leaders.
Role of Gender in School Leadership PART II: Impact of Female School Leaders on Educational Outcomes
Drawing from the 2024 Evidence Review on gender in school leadership (available here), the two-part webinar series “Role of Gender in School Leadership" aims to offer deep insights into effective strategies for fostering gender equity in educational leadership. Watch this webinar as practitioners, researchers and policymakers from the global education space unpack the potential of improving female representation in school leadership to enhance educational outcomes and foster inclusive learning environments. In this webinar Aashti Zaidi Hai talks to Eline Versluys, Sister Zeph, Franco Mosso, and Veronica Cabezas.
Role of Gender in School Leadership PART I : Underrepresentation of Female School Leaders- PART I
Drawing from the 2024 Evidence Review on gender in school leadership (available here), the two-part webinar series “Role of Gender in School Leadership" aims to offer deep insights into effective strategies for fostering gender equity in educational leadership. Watch this webinar with professionals, researchers, and policymakers to deep dive into the underrepresentation of female school leaders and explore actionable strategies for overcoming systemic barriers hindering gender equity in school leadership roles, and discuss ways to dismantle them. In this webinar Sonakshi Sharma talks with Vongai Nyahunzvi, Gala Díaz Langou y Michael Boakye-Yiadom.
The Digital Educator | A Primer
A course for educators interested in using digital technologies to create relevant, authentic, and engaging learning experiences. It enhances the knowledge of digital tools and the ways to use them meaningfully in teaching. Designed for both novice and expert users of technology to extend and supplement practice. This short course empowers educators on digital pedagogy. It focuses on using technology as an ecosystem to be leveraged for improved learner agency across virtual and hybrid learning scenarios. Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, educators learn to integrate digital tools to create impactful learning experiences. The course integrates social-emotional learning competencies promoting whole brain learning.
The Social Emotional Educator | A Primer
This self-paced interactive course provides educators with an introduction to social and emotional learning. Using a variety of interactive tools and pedagogies, educators experience the need and value of SEL for themselves and its powerful transformational role in cultivating safe, supportive, and inclusive classrooms for their learners. course builds knowledge and awareness of social and emotional competencies for educators themselves and supports the application of pedagogical practices in classrooms that build these competencies in learners. It is rooted in the importance of positive relationships between educators, learners, and the larger community.
Peace Education Manual. Lesson plans for Peace Clubs
This Peace Education Manual has been developed in collaboration with Finn Church Aid (FCA) Uganda, local partner Uganda Muslim Youth Development Forum (UMYDF) and Teachers Without Borders (TWB) Network Finland.
The manual was developed to strengthen the pedagogical and methodological quality of local peace clubs during the spring and summer of 2022. The contents of the manual were successfully piloted with more than 480 young people in eight lower secondary school peace clubs established and run by UMYDF with the support of FCA in Uganda. Two of the peace clubs are located in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, one of the largest refugee settlements in the world.
The material consists of 34 lessons plans and is primarily aimed for young people. The different sections and activities of the material can be used flexibly in training, clubs, or, for example, as individual lessons on peace building, socio-emotional skills, conflict resolution or cooperation skills. The exercises are functional, learner-centered and emphasize active participation of youth. The material is adaptable for use anywhere in the world.
FCA and UMYDF have been working together since 2016 in Uganda to promote the positive role of youth in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. In our work, peace education is defined as a holistic, multidisciplinary and transformative process that seeks to develop capacities that promote non-violent conflict resolution, respect for human rights and active participation.
Teacher booster videos
A series of learning videos for teachers and other actors in lifelong learning designed to boost their capacity to face the challenges of remote learning and raise awareness of the importance of key competences for all learners.It is an Open Education Resource produced under the European Training Foundation’s (ETF) Creating New Learning (CNL) initiative in close partnership with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
Reset earth teaching toolkits
This toolkit provides teachers with ideas, activities, games and discussions to engage students on the issues of the ozone layer. It includes comprehensive lesson plans for the age ranges of 7-12 and 13-18 and a simulation-style game, all accessible through the education portal of the Apollo's Edition of the Reset Earth campaign.
Introduction to computational thinking
Computational thinking is the sum of a set of thought processes, skills and attitudes that will provide the opportunity for children and young people to break the existing digital and social gap.
In order to access the course it is required to sign up (for free) in ProFuturo's platform.
Innovation route: Professional level
At the professional level, innovation will be discussed and it will be analyzed what has changed in pedagogical methodologies. There will also be success stories and proposals for the application of these methodologies that aim to guide the identification of improvement points, needs and problems in the classroom.
In order to access the course it is required to sign up (for free) in ProFuturo's platform.
Innovation route: Advanced level
The goal in this proposal is to develop teacher competencies for the transformation of the educational system. It is about implementing innovation through the creative development of technological applications.
In order to access the course it is required to sign up (for free) in ProFuturo's platform.
Innovation route: Medium level
In this professional development proposal innovation will be promoted as a primary competence for the implementation of a quality teaching-learning model. At this level teachers will learn about innovative educational experiences that they will be able to implement in their own practice.
In order to access the course it is required to sign up (for free) in ProFuturo's platform.