World Teacher's Day : We are the beating of education !

World Teacher's Day

https://www.unesco.org/

"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”. 

World Teacher's Day

https://www.ei-ie.org/

“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

World Teacher's Day

https://www.unesco.org/

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."

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director-General

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• Celebrate World Teachers’ Day & join the movement to transform education!

Here are a some activities teachers can do in their school, or online to celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2022.

1. Print and display this year’s poster

In your school, make sure everyone knows it’s World Teachers’ Day. 

1.1.Poster 2022 in different languages:

Download the poster 2022 in different languages

Download the high resolution poster in several languages!

2. Speak up online!

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. 

https://www.ei-ie.org/

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!

credits video: UNICEF

G-Souto 05-10-2022

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Schools : World Humanitarian Day : #ItTakesAVillage !

World Humanitarian Day

https://www.un.org/

On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian aid workers, including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Five years later, the General Assembly designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day (WHD). 

World Humanitarian Day

https://www.un.org/

This year we shine a light on the hundreds of thousands of volunteers, professionals and crisis-affected people who deliver urgent health care, shelter, food, protection, water and much more. Because, as the saying goes: #ItTakesAVillage to support people in crisis.

For this year’s WHD, UN are using digital art to tell the stories of people in need and those who help them. At the centre of the campaign is a series of beautifully illustrated aid worker profiles that show the breadth and depth of humanitarian work and collectively symbolize the wider humanitarian village.

 

Whenever and wherever people are in crisis, there are others who help them.

From the affected people themselves - always first to respond when disaster strikes – to the global community that supports them as they recover, they come together to ease suffering and bring hope.

Because, as the saying goes: It takes a village to support people in crisis.

World Humanitarian Day 2022

#ItTakesAVillage

https://www.worldhumanitarianday.org/

Education:

"A lifeline for children in crises."

When crises hit, children lose loved ones, homes, and access to essentials such as water, health care and food. But they also lose safety, routine and access to education. In these situations, teachers are vital.

They help children to learn so they don’t risk losing their future, and they ensure children have safe environments, protecting them from physical dangers including abuse, exploitation and recruitment into armed groups.

Teachers also offer psychosocial support to children – especially girls, children with disabilities, internally displaced children, refugees and migrants – giving them stability and structure to help them cope with the trauma of living through a humanitarian crisis.

• Did you know?

In 2021, almost 110 million children in emergency settings accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning.

In 2021, over 896,900 refugee children and children from host communities were supported with connected or home-based learning in 80 countries,

The Teacher

https://www.worldhumanitarianday.org/

• Teachers:

It's urgent to include Climate Action into school and college curricula to reinforce the alert about all the catastrophes - violent forest fires, or floods -  to earth and to their and our lives.

Explore the different profiles with your students. 

Make question to young, listen their voices and ideas, discuss what it's going on around the world and why so much catastrophes are happening.

Activities:

The best way to join the campaign is to share (and create your own) #ItTakesAVillage content.

Resources:

Everything you need – from graphics to templates to suggested messaging – is available here.

G-Souto

19.06.2022

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June in Review & International Youth Day : Creating a World for All Ages !

International Youth Day 2022

https://www.un.org/

"On this important day, let’s join hands across generations to break down barriers, and work as one to achieve a more equitable, just and inclusive world for all people."

António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and to celebrate the potential of youth as active partners in the global society. 

International Youth Day 2022

https://www.un.org/

• Theme 2022:

"Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages."

The objective of International Youth Day 2022 is to amplify the message that action is needed across all generations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and leave no one behind. 

It will also raise awareness on certain barriers to intergenerational solidarity, notably ageism, which impacts young and old persons, while having detrimental effects on society as a whole.

Solidarity across generations is key for sustainable development. As we navigate the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is especially important to recognize and address these age-related barriers to "build back better" in a manner that leverages all generations’ strengths and knowledge.

@Vis_Im

Did you know?

• Half of the people on our planet are 30 or younger, and this is expected to reach 57% by the end of 2030.
• Survey shows that 67% of people believe in a better future, with 15 to 17 year-olds being the most optimistic about this.
• The majority of people agree that the age balance in politics is wrong. More than two thirds (69%) of people across all age groups agree that more opportunities for younger people to have a say in policy development/change would make political systems better.
• Globally, only 2.6% of parliamentarians are under 30 years old, and less than 1% of these young MPs are women.

International Youth Day 2022 

Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages

via Business Trumpet

Education:

Youth all over the world, be part of the celebrations Creating a World for All Generations by organizing your own event or activity! You can organize an event to celebrate International Youth Day in your community, school, youth club, or workplace.

Are your school or youth group celebrating #YouthDay? Planning a special activity?

Think about what you can do in you community and how you can effectively spread the message. Make it fun and relatable and use all your channels to spread the message. Think Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, university newsletters, local newspapers or radio stations.

By the way, I'm here to share with you the Review of June.

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And now here the posts of June 2022: 

Journée Internationale Le Petit Prince

Éducation : Festival d'Annecy : Cristal du long métrage 2022 - Le Petit Nicolas, de la poésie !

Some of my usual readers are in Summer holiday. However in some states of the United States, teachers and students are already back to school the 1st August.

Wherever you are back to school or still on holidays like the most of European countries, I hope that you're having a wonderful and safe time. 

I'll be back posting the normal roundup next week.

G-Souto

13.08.2022

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Mother Language Day : Let's use technology for multilingual learning !

International Mother Language Day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mother-language-day

Each year on 21 February, UNESCO invites people to recognize and celebrate mother languages on International Mother Language Day (IMLD). 

International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals’ focus on leaving no one behind. UNESCO believes education, based on the first language or mother tongue, must begin from the early years as early childhood care and education is the foundation of learning.

credits: UNESCO

https://en.unesco.org/

• Theme 2022:

“Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities.”

The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day, “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities,” raises the potential role of technology to advance multilingual education and support the development of quality teaching and learning for all. 

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redits: shangarey / Adobe stock

Technology has the potential to address some of the greatest challenges in education today. It can accelerate efforts towards ensuring equitable and inclusive lifelong learning opportunities for all if it is guided by the core principles of inclusion and equity. Multilingual education based on mother tongue is a key component of inclusion in education.

Miyotl app/The Miyotl Learn an Indigenous Language 

CINU Mexico/ Teresita Moreno

UN

https://news.un.org/

During COVID-19 school closures, many countries around the world employed technology-based solutions to maintain continuity of learning. But many learners lacked the necessary equipment, internet access, accessible materials, adapted content, and human support that would have allowed them to follow distance learning. 

Moreover, distance teaching and learning tools, programmes and content are not always able to reflect language diversity.

credits:  Dan Watson/The Signal

• The role of teachers:

The overall aim of IMLD 2022 is to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 by recognizing the role of teachers in promoting multilingual teaching and learning through technology. 

More specifically, IMLD 2022 aims to: 

• Consider the potential role of technology, including traditional media such as radio and television, in supporting multilingual teaching and learning; 

• Reflecting on technologies and its potential to support multilingual teaching and learning. 

Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Education: 

Education in the mother language is an essential part of achieving these goals, to facilitate learning and to bolster skills in reading, writing and mathematics.

It requires a sharper focus on:

• Teaching training 

• Revisions of academic programmes 

• Creation of suitable distance learning environments.

Quality education should be delivered in the language spoken at home. However, this minimum standard is not met for hundreds of millions, limiting their ability to develop foundations for learning. 

Increasingly, information and knowledge are key determinants of wealth creation, social transformation and human development. 

"Literacy programmes and methodologies are most relevant and respond to the needs of learners when they are context-related, bilingual and support intercultural understanding within the framework of lifelong learning."

Technology has the power to address some of the biggest challenges in education today.

This includes mother tongue-based multilingual learning, a key element for inclusion in education, which also fosters respect for diversity and a sense of interconnectedness between countries and peoples.

“Technology therefore makes it possible to be in a real situation, which we do not necessarily have with a book or a textbook."

Andriamiseza Noro, Education programme specialist at UNESCO

G-Souto

21.02.2021

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