N°254 AFRICA Umbundu and Nganguela Vernacular Languages

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N°254
17 JANUARY 2012
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CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM CONTD.
AFRICA
INDONESIA
Govt to include tree planting at schools
Jakarta Post, 3 January
ANGOLA
Umbundu and Nganguela Vernacular Languages
Introduced in School
AngolaPress 10 January
GAMBIA
FGM and Girl's Right Base Education to be Included in
the School Curriculum
FOROYAA Online, 29 December 2011
“...introducing the teaching of Female Genital Mutilation and Girls'
rights as one of the life skills subjects in schools”
KENYA
e-Learning Project for Primary and Secondary
Education On Course
Business Daily, 4 January
MAURITIUS
Integrating ICT in Pre-Primary Education: The Case of
Mauritius
Pudaruth, S., Bahadoor, B.R . International Journal of
Education V.3(2), 2011, (ProQuest)
NIGERIA
Senator Opposes Removal of CRK/IRK From School
Curriculum
Daily Trust, 28 December
ARAB STATES
LIBYA
Libyan students return to Gadhafi-free schools
USA Today, 8 January
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
More to PE than games of football, schools chiefs told
The National, 11 January
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan schools open, but under the Taliban's rules
The National, 5 January
"curriculum approved by the Taliban ... the number of hours of
religious subjects being taught nearly doubles."
BHUTAN
Teaching happiness: Bhutan’s ‘wellbeing’ concept
essential part of curriculum
UNESCO VOICES, No.28 Oct - Dec 2011, p.18
NEPAL
School curriculum devoid of national philosophy : No
policy guideline from political leadership
The Himalayan, 9 January
NEW ZEALAND
Sociology in New Zealand Secondary Schools and the
development of standards based assessment. Where
to if the Sociology Unit Standards are retired?
Dixon, L. New Zealand Sociology V26(2), 2011
(ProQuest)
SINGAPORE
Early start to Primary 1: Kids as young as three years
are learning skills taught in primary schools to ensure
they can keep pace later
The Straits Times, 8 January (ProQuest)
SRI LANKA
Trendy secondary education curriculum from 2013
Daily News, 24 December
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
UK
Michael Gove to scrap 'boring' IT lessons
The Guardian, 11 January
Schools to be given freedom to run cutting-edge computer
classes under plans for open source curriculum
Assessment of composing in the lower secondary
school in the English National Curriculum
M. Fautley, J. Savage. British Journal of Music
Education. V. 28(1) (ProQuest)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
CHILE
Chile pulls term ‘dictatorship’ from school curriculum
Santiago Times, 5 January
Consejo de Educación de Chile revisará cambio del
concepto "dictadura" en textos escolares
TeleSur, 5 de enero
PANAMA
Menos fracasos se debe a curriculum exigente que
ahora tienen las escuelas
La Estrella, 12 de enero
EDUCATION REFORM
TEACHER EDUCATION CONTD.
ARAB STATES
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Education sector takes great strides
Gulf news 30 December
PAKISTAN
The Dimensionality of Teacher Collegiality and the
Development of Teacher Collegiality Scale
Shah, M.. International Journal of Education V.3(2)
2011 (ProQuest)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
HONDURAS
Aprobada la ley de la transformación educativa
La Tribuna, 17 de enero
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Questioning the homogenization of irregular migrants
in educational policy: from (il)legal residence to
inclusive education
Hemelsoet, E. Educational Theory V.61(6),2011,
(ProQuest)
AFRICA
UGANDA
Govt to Develop a Special Needs Education Policy
New Vision, 2 January
Gender Inequality Still a Challenge in Education Report
The Monitor, 16 January
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
CHINA
Trilingual Literacy for Ethnic Groups in China: A case
study of Hani People in Yuanyang County of Yunnan
Duan, Y. English Language Teaching V.4(4), Dec 2011
(ProQuest)
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
USA
New State Standards? Now What?
Umphrey, Jan. Principal Leadership, V12(3), November
2011 (ProQuest)
Common Core State Standards
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MINERD reitera reto de enfrentar el analfabetismo en
la población mayor de 15 años
Hoy Digital, 13 de enero
REPORTS
AFRICA
Transformation-Ready: The strategic application of
information and communication technologies in Africa
Education Sector Study: Final Report
Lishan Adam,et al. African Development Bank, World
Bank, African Union, December 2011
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Literacy initiative for empowerment (LIFE) 2010 Regional mid-term evaluation: Summary Report
UNESCO Bangkok, 2011
INDONESIA
The Implementation of Inclusive Education for
Students with Special Needs in Indonesia
Sunardi,a,* Mucawir Yusuf, et al. Excellence in Higher
Education, V.2(1), June 2011
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
USA
The long-term impacts of teachers: Teacher valueadded and student outcomes in adulthood
Raj Chetty et al. National Bureau of Economic
Research Working Paper No. 17699, December 2011
GREECE
Educational Inequalities and School Dropout in
Greece
Kyridis, Argyris et al. International Journal of
Education V.3(2), 2011, (ProQuest)
USA
9th Grade - Make or Break for High School Success
Cooper, Mary. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher
Education. V.22(5), November 2011 (ProQuest)
"Racial disparities highlight the ninth grade bulge and tenth grade
dip...most pronounced for African American and Latino students"
TEACHER EDUCATION
AFRICA
GHANA
Integrating CT in the pedagogical skills of teachers in
some basic schools in the Ga south district in the
greater-Accra region of Ghana
Ameyaw, Y; Sarpong, L. Journal of Education, V.1(1),
2011 (ProQuest)
HAITI
Children of Haiti: Two Years After
UNICEF, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Creating and sustaining literate environments
UNESCO Bangkok, 2011
Perfiles de países
SITEAl, Enero 2012
Situación educativa de cada país de la región, contextualizados a
través de indicadores socioeconómicos.
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