My thoughts about Education Humanities, Technology and Digital Culture. Interested on social media tools in educational contexts and
gamification in education.
Being a teacher provides a unique opportunity to make a transformative and lasting impact on the lives of others, contribute to shaping sustainable futures and achieve personal fulfillment.
"The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage".
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the importance of putting at the top of the global agenda stopping the decline in the number of teachers and starting to increase that figure.
"We call upon countries to ensure that teaching is transformed everywhere into a more attractive and valorised profession where teachers are valued, trusted, and adequately supported to meet the needs of every learner. Bold actions must be taken, if we are to reverse the current decline and successfully increase teacher numbers."
The 2023 celebrations will aim to put the importance of stopping the decline in the number of teachers and then starting to increase that number at the top of the global agenda.
Through various activities, all the countries will advocate for a dignified and valued teaching profession, analyse their challenges, and showcase inspiring practices to attract, retain and motivate teachers and educators.
It will also examine the ways in which education systems, societies, communities, and families recognise, appreciate, and actively support teachers.
Teachers, don't give up! There a lot of difficulties in the present era we are living! War, human rights, violence, freedom, climate change, students suffering the burnout of the last two, three years.
We are a reference to our students ! How many of boys and girls we saved along our life as teachers by helping them to work about their inner aspirations.
Happy Teacher's Day! Don't give up! You're the beat of education!
"You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow"
John Dewey
UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, in cooperation with the ILO.
It is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally
World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and Education International (EI)
Theme 2022:
“The transformation of education begins with teachers”.
“To truly celebrate World Teachers’ Day, we must go beyond thanking teachers. We must invest in quality public education systems. We call on governments everywhere to invest in teachers, guarantee labour rights and good working conditions, involve teachers in decision-making, and trust their pedagogical expertise. The transformation starts with teachers. We are the beating heart of education.”
David Edwards, General Secretary, Education International
Worldwide, 69 million teachers are needed to reach universal basic education by 2030. The largest deficit is in sub-Saharan Africa.
"Lack of training, unattractive working conditions and inadequate funding all undermine the teaching profession and aggravate the global learning crisis. (...) There is an urgent need to better recognise this profession on which the future of our children depends."
Teachers, make your voice heard on social media and highlight teacher leadership in transforming education.
Feel free to use the suggested post and image below:
"Teachers are the beating ❤️ of education."
Education systems were already failing our children even before the pandemic. COVID-19 has exacerbated this learning crisis and children in almost every country have fallen behind in their learning.
We need a global effort to tackle the learning crisis head on. Together, we can help every child gain basic reading and math skills and unlock their potential.
Everyone can help by celebrating the profession, by generating awareness about teacher issues, by ensuring that teacher respect is part of the natural order of things.
Take the opportunity of the day to discuss, compare, learn, argue, share and improve.
Happy Teacher's Day! Don't give up! You're the beat of education!
