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Policy brief
Establishing effective teacher policies: guidelines for action
This document is a call to actively step up the implementation of more effective teacher policies in Latin America, building on the efforts that many countries in the region have already set in motion...
Report
How can teaching be professionalized?
In recent decades, several educational systems in Latin America have undertaken reforms to professionalize teaching. In this current study, the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence, in...
Report
Teaching for success: Teacher policies in Shanghai and lessons for Central America
This report reviews Shanghai’s education system, in particular the aspects related to teachers as a critical element in the system, and compare them with the situation in Central America to identify...
Report
Teachers in Ibero-America. Insights from PISA and TALIS
This report uses OECD data, primarily from the PISA 2015 and TALIS 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American teaching profession in support of policy makers across the region. It provides...
Article
Organization Constraints on Professional Development: An Exploration into How Institutional Frameworks Hold Back Teacher Training
SDG 4.c calls for increasing the supply of qualified teachers while many countries face teacher shortages. Using TALIS 2018 data, this article argues that the problem is two-fold: increasing the...
Article
A Regional Approach to Improving Teacher Policy: Lessons from Latin America
In Latin America, as in other regions of the world, the expansion of education coverage has led to concern about safeguarding the quality of instruction. In particular, the selection, training, and...
Book
UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers
The ICT CFT Version 3 is intended to inform teacher-training policies and programmes to strengthen the use of ICT in Education. Its target audience is teacher-training personnel, educational experts...
Book
Global managerial education: Reforms and teachers - Emerging policies, controversies and issues in developing contexts
This publication, which has resulted from a collaboration between the Education International Research Institute and the University of Amsterdam’s IS Academie, reveals a global trend of educational...