Empowering Teachers to Build a Better WorldHow Six Nations Support Teachers for 21st Century EducationEditors: Reimers, Fernando M. (Ed.)This open access book presents a comparative study on how large-scale professional development programs for teachers are designed and implemented. Around the world, governments and educators are recognizing the need to educate students in a broad range of higher order cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies, and providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop the expertise needed to teach these skills is a crucial aspect of effective implementation of curricula which include those goals. |
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Educating Students to Improve the WorldAuthors: Reimers, Fernando M.This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. Offering a comprehensive and multidimensional framework for designing and implementing a global education program that combines cultural, psychological, professional, institutional and political perspectives the book integrates an extensive body of empirical literature on the practice of global education |
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Audacious Edcuation PurposesHow Governments Transform the Goals of the Education SystemsEditors: Reimers, Fernando M. (Ed.)This open access book offers a comparative study of eight ambitious national reforms that sought to create opportunities for students to gain the necessary breath of skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. It examines how national governments transform education systems to provide students opportunities to develop such skills. It analyses comprehensive education reforms in Brazil, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal and Russia and yields original and important insights on the process of educational change. The analysis of these 21st century skills reforms shows that reformers followed approaches which are based on the five perspectives: cultural, psychological, professional, institutional and political. |
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Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole StudentsAn International Comparative StudyEdited by Fernando M. Reimers and Connie K. Chung Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole Students offers a wide-ranging comparative account of how innovative professional development programs in a number of countries guide and support teachers in their efforts to promote cognitive and socio-emotional growth in their students. The book focuses on holistic educational outcomes in an effort to better serve students in the twenty-first century and examines seven programs in all—in Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, the United States, and Singapore. |
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Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-first CenturyEducational Goals, Policies, and Curricula From Six NationsEdited by Fernando M. Reimers and Connie K. ChungAll author proceeds are donated right back into our initiative to fund more research and related activities so young people all over the world hopefully have a greater chance at getting an education that is powerful, engaging, meaningful, and relevant to their lives. We appreciate your future partnership in this endeavor! |
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Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore: Reflections from a Visit to SingaporeWhen a group of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to visit schools and talk to teachers, teacher educators, and school and system-level leaders in the fall of 2015, they were determined to learn how Singapore had built a high-performing education system. In this series of letters, members of the delegation identify the educational practices and policies that have enabled Singapore to become a prosperous knowledge economy. Get the Kindle book for free or order apaperback copy at Amazon.com |
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Quince cartas sobre la educación en Singapur.La línea educativa de Singapur tiene seis puntos clave: seleccionar y atraer a los educadores de mayor calidad; proporcionarles paquetes de compensaciones y salarios competitivos; profesionalización de la docencia; el desarrollo del liderazgo escolar; coherencia sistémica, y un énfasis en aprender siempre de otros sistemas. En quince ensayos se explica la concepción y el funcionamiento del sistema educativo en Singapur; un sistema que ha llevado al país a obtener excelentes calificaciones mundiales en ese rubro Obtenga la versión Kindle en Amazon.com |
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Empowering Global Citizens: A World CourseThis book presents The World Course, a curriculum on global citizenship education designed to equip students with the competencies they need to thrive and contribute to sustainable development in an era of globalization. Order it on Kindle or in paperback format at Amazon.com |
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Empowering All Students At ScaleBased on a Think Tank convened by the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University, this book aims to stimulate broad social dialogue on how to support students and teachers to live fulfilling lives in the volatility and complexity of our times. Get the Kindle version or paperback book at Amazon.com |
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Empowering Students to Improve the World in Sixty Lessons. Version 1.0This book offers three tools to assist student, teachers and school leaders in educating global citizens. The first is a protocol to design and adapt global citizenship curriculum. The second is a protocol to design a school wide strategy for global education. The third is an actual curriculum prototype, a sixty lesson global citizenship curriculum, developed following the process presented in the book. Get the Kindle or paperbook version at Amazon.com |
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Empoderar estudiantes para la mejora del mundo en sesenta leccionesLa globalización requiere un nuevo énfasis en la educación para la ciudadanía global. Esto significa ayudar a los alumnos a entender y apreciar los derechos humanos y los desafíos globales compartidos y, por consiguiente, convertirse en ciudadanos globales comprometidos. Obtenga la versión Kindle en Amazon.com |
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One Student at a Time. Leading the Global Education Movement.This is a study of the challenges faced by education leaders who are working around the world to expand educational opportunities, with an analysis of the lessons they have learned in addressing these challenges. Get the Kindle or paperbook version at Amazon.com |
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Educacion para todos: Un estudiante a la vezEste es un estudio del papel que juegan los lideres educativos en expandir las oportunidades educativas alrededor del mundo. El estudio examina la labor de egresados del programa de politica educativa internacional de la Universidad de Harvard y los desafios que estos confrontan, asi como las lecciones que han aprendido al confrontar dichos desafios. Obtenga la versión Kindle en Amazon.com |