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Twenty-First-Century Teacher Competencies and Trends in Teacher Training
This article examines the evolving role of teachers amid rapid technological and social changes. It highlights key 21st-century skills identified and promoted by the OECD, including learning skills...
Policy brief
Policy Brief: Leveraging MOOCs for Teacher Development in Low-Income Countries and Disadvantaged Regions
This policy brief looks at open digital distance learning and the potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs) to deliver and support teacher development in low-income countries and disadvantaged...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Resource guide for teacher professional development reforms
Successful design and implementation of a teacher professional development (TPD) program require more than getting the technical details of an intervention right. What is required is to understand the...
Report
The price of inaction: the global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning
This report calculates the costs, globally and by region, of children and youth that are not in school or gaining basic skills. Calculations are also provided for twenty selected countries in which...
Policy brief
Revisión de las políticas públicas del sector de educación en Guatemala
Este informe dedica el tercer capítulo a la política docente en Guatemala como uno de los componentes fundamentales para una educación de calidad. Se hace una revisión de las políticas existentes...
Policy document
Plan Nacional de Formación Permanente, Ecuador
El presente documento consolida el Plan Nacional de Formación Permanente presentado en 2021, que plantea la formación docente como un “proceso permanente y continuo de reflexión de la práctica...
Report
The global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning
This is the first global report to illustrate the monetary costs to economies around the world of leaving children and youth behind in education, and it has been jointly produced by UNESCO, the OECD...
Policy brief
La formación docente en Colombia - Nota técnica
Esta nota técnica presenta la situación de la formación docente en Colombia, tanto inicial como continua. Se proporcionan indicadores para evaluar las fortalezas del sistema de formación del...
Article
Training teachers on the job: what works and how to measure it
This paper reviews the existing body of evidence on what kinds of in-service teacher training interventions are most effective, and highlights the knowledge gaps. It reveals the dearth of detail on...
Article
Using student and teacher assessments to design more pertinent in-service teacher training: the case of Ecuador
The development of pertinent and effective in-service teacher training remains a policy challenge for many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ecuador stands out as a country in the region...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
How do we know teacher professional development is working?: Measuring changes in teaching practices in the classroom
This note provides guidance on how to establish a numerical indicator to measure teaching practices through classroom observation tools, and how to benchmark this indicator to track changes in...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Effective teacher professional development using technology: technology-based strategies from across the globe to enhance teaching practices - A guidance note
This note presents common barriers that teachers and pedagogical leaders face at each teacher professional development (TPD) stage and offers operationally feasible, tech-based mitigation strategies...