World Day against Child Labour: Testimony of a teacher and former child worker. by Education International

In today’s podcast, we will be talking about Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET ) and how access to public TVET plays a crucial role in contributing to social justice and sustainable development. TVET links to the labour market, however, make it particularly vulnerable to policies of commercialisation and its teachers are often faced with inadequate funding, infrastructure, salaries, support and contracts.

Join us for a discussion on the value and importance of TVET with Gavin Moodie, Stephanie Matseleng Allais, John Buchanan & Leesa Wheelahan.

The status of teachers is one of the main factors that make an education system successful.

What do we know about it when it comes to the teachers in different parts of the world? What needs to change in order for education systems to perform better?

Listen to this podcast with Greg Thompson, professor at the University of Brisbane, Australia, to find out more.

Christina Colclough is a future of work expert. She discusses teacher adaptation to digitalisation, life-long learning, the digital divide, the relationship between virtual and physical learning, data, and related issues.

Suite à la pandémie de la COVID-19, le Mali a lancé pour la première fois un programme d’enseignement à distance, afin de pallier quelque peu la fermeture des écoles. Soumeila H Maiga, responsable du département à la formation du syndicat de l’éducation SNEC, est l’un des 20 enseignant∙e∙s sélectionné∙e∙s pour enregistrer les cours télévisés. Il témoigne sur cette expérience nouvelle, ses potentialités mais aussi ses limites.

On World Education Support Personnel Day, Ashanti Rankin & HaSheen Wilson from the USA share their experience as professional ESP at diverse education levels, explain how they contribute to quality education & vibrant communities, talk about the threat of growing privatisation in the sector and highlight the importance of EI resolution on ESP.

Researcher Ben Williamson highlights for EdVoices the importance to put students before profit in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this crisis, the use of remote learning and learning is increased and high tech companies are pushing their online tools and products.

On World Intellectual Property Day, we sat down with Mugwena Maluleke and Michael Geist for a conversation on copyright, Covid-19, knowledge sharing and fair access for educators and researchers. Tune in for insights into the battle for balanced copyright legislation in South Africa, Canada and around the world.

75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the distance in time may give us a false sense of comfort that lessons have been learned, that history will not be repeated. Yet the narratives that led to the Holocaust are re-emerging, reinvented for the 21st century.

Now more than ever, it is imperative to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust reach new generations, minds and hearts in classrooms across the world. Teachers and teacher training are the first line of defense in the fight for democracy, human rights and our collective future.

We sat down with Andrew Beiter and Kate W. English to talk about Holocaust education and their work on 4 continents with the Educators' Institute for Human Rights.

LGBTI teachers are often subject to discrimination and harrassment at their workplace. How we can overcome this and make schools safe for everybody is at the heart of our discussoin with Dr Debbie Hayton, NASUWT National Executive member.