Education : Happy New Year 2013

"Everyone has the right to education."

"A quality education throughout life is the birthright of every woman, man and child. In turn, education, particularly that of girls and women, aids progress across 

all development goals."


Qian Tang, UNESCO 
Assistant Director-General for Education

Gender inequality is still an obstacle to Education for All. Two out of three countries in the world face gender disparities in primary and secondary education, and as many as half will not achieve the goal of gender parity in education by 2015, according to the 2010 Global Education Digest – the agship publication of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

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But there is still obstacles to Education inequality disparities in schools. 

There is a strong correlation between poverty and disability. For example, most children with disabilities live in developing countries and represent a third of all out-of-school children. Those who attend are less likely to complete their schooling. The education for children with disabilities for the most part continues to take place in separate educational settings.

Poverty in developed countries is going worst.Teachers report more children turning up for school hungry and unready to learn, every day. Immediate action is a moral imperative.

http://www.aide-et-action.org/

Inégalités sociales et territoriales, inégalités technologiques, discriminations, pédagogies inadaptées, pénurie d’enseignants, pauvreté sont aujourd’hui autant de raisons qui impactent l’accès de tous à une éducation de qualité et réduisent les perspectives d’avenir de toute une jeunesse. 

"Chaque enfant est différent, chaque famille aussi. L’uniformisation éducative amène à un appauvrissement des apprentissages et de la relation élève-enseignant. Avec des pratiques participatives comme les projets d’écoles, notamment sur l’éducation aux médias, l’enfant reprend confiance, s’engage dans un projet, apprend de ses pairs."

Alors, je finis l'année 2012 avec un message d'espoir! Je vous proprose de regarder la vidéo et de lire les vers de Jacques Prévert:

"Et les vitres redeviennent sable
l'encre redevient eau
les pupitres redeviennent arbres (...)." 

Jacques Prévert, Page d'écriture, 1945

We're in the last hours of 2012 and I would like to say thank you to all of you who have read and shared any or all posts that I have published on G-Souto's Blog this year.

After more than seven full years of writing this blog I'm still amazed by the support of all of you from all over the world. The satellite map is clear.

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."

Nicholas Murray Butler
1862-1947, Philosopher, Diplomat and Educator

I wish everyone the best! Happy New Year to all educators! 

Let's continue our beautiful work in 2013! 

G-Souto

31.12.2012

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References:

Credits; videos UNESCO | Aide et Action

Respecting the rights of persons with disabilities

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/resources/online-materials/single-view/news/respecting_the_rights_of_persons_with_disabilities/

UNESCO and Education: Everyone has the right to education
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002127/212715e.pdf 

Aide et Action
http://www.aide-et-action.org/ewb_pages/a/actu5384.php

Reading changed my life: a contest for students

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To mark the International Literacy Day, the Global Partnership for Education is organizing a photo and video contest entitled “Reading Changed My Life”, open to anybody aged 13 years or older.

The contest opened on September 7, 2012, the eve of International Literacy Day, and will close on November 7, 2012

The top five photos and five videos will be selected by the public. Winners will receive an e-reader and be eligible for the grand prizes, consisting of photo and video equipment.

Education:

• Level: Middle and Secondary Education

• Curricula: Cross-currlcula Languages, Literature, Arts (Graphics and Video)

Motivation:

The students like to participate in contests. By creating some projects, they develop a good number of curricular skills as I already wrote in different posts. Learning can be funny. 

• In the classroom, ask your students (in small groups) to watch on their devices (iPad or Smartphone) some videos on Youtube Global Partnership for Education about the theme "Reading changed my life".

• Let them choose a video per group and invite them to share their own ideas after watching.

• Discuss thr importance of reading showing them the infographic on my last post about children and adults that have not the skills of reading because they don't go to school.

• But, most of all for them that can read, discuss the huge amount of imagination we can reach when we read books or go to the movies and read the subtitles in a foreign language.

• Finally, ask them to watch on the contest website the photos and videos that are being submited since September 7, 2012.

• The students are ready to develop their own project:  a photo or a video.

• They can submit a personal photo, or from a family member, or from a friend (with permission, of course).

• They can interview people in the street or asking for some information in the local Library. There are plenty of true stories on public libraries.

Then, to take part in the contest, they must submit a photo or video that shows the impact of reading on their life or the life of someone they know.

Remember that they must complete the project with some text describing their submission.

https://www.facebook.com/globalpartnership/

About the Contest:

Who - The contest is open to anybody aged 13 years or older;

What - Submission a photo or video that shows how reading has impacted your life of someone you know;

When - The contest opened September 7, 2012 and will close on November 7, 2012;

Win - The top 5 photos and 5 videos selected by the public will win an e-reader and be eligible for the grand prizes, consisting of photo and video equipment.

If your school has already an equiped Video Club for students, the studetns can offer the new video equipment to a local social organization.

Submission:

Submit your entries through this site, the Global Partnership Facebook account, or on Twitter by tweeting @GPforEducation with hashtag #readingcontest and including your name, your country and how reading changed your life.

Don't forget! The students come back on the website or the Global Partnership's Facebook account on November 7, 2012 to vote for their favorite entries.

Reading propels the mind of children and adults. There is so much in our world to learn about. And although there will be many places we will not actually be able to travel to, we can read about them. When we read about such places, we get a sense of what it's like to be there. We can imagine, even more clearly.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one.” 

George R.R. Martin

G-Souto

10.09.2012
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Reading changed my life: a contest for students by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 

References:

Reading changed my life: 2012 photo and video contest
https://readingchangedmylife.org/landingpages/show/readingchangedmylife