In my experience the most powerful framing for the purpose of education is the evolution, cultivation and growth of a future society. We need to go beyond a cognitive model to support our precious young to find deeper meaning, to know what they value and to know their value. 🙏🏼

what we want them to be – compliant classes fit for menial jobs, who do not challenge social order or hierarchy. What else can explain the continued non-transformation of school in a world rendered unrecognisable in a matter of three decades?

Now published in full. The special issue of Comparative Education on "Global Governance and the Promissory Visions of Education", co-edited with @c_ydesen tandfonline.com/toc/cced20/cur… Thank you to the brilliant contributors Evelyn Kim Audrey Bryan Kirsi Yliniva Kristiina Brunila

Making the Most of Read‐Alouds to Support Primary‐Grade Students' Inference‐Making - Hwang - 2023 - The Reading Teacher - Wiley Online Library ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…).

The NISSEM Global Briefs series: a vital reference for research & insights into social and emotional learning & SDG Target 4.7, particularly in textbooks. Today brought contributors together for Vol.5 to examine ways to implement the 2023 Recommendation. Publicaton June 2025.

Dreams from East Africa worldkidlit.org/2024/09/13/dre… via World Kid Lit: global literature for young people

China is fostering a ‘climate generation’ but more support is needed dialogue.earth/en/climate/chi…

“It’s important to meet kids where they are. To care about the planet you first have to love it.” - Mindy Thomas, co-host of the kids' science podcast “Wow in the World” Anya Kamenetz The Hechinger Report Kids Don't Know Enough About Climate Solutions. Children's Media Could Help.

🧵Why do we separate cognition and emotion? In 2023, about 1 in 5 children and YP aged 8 to 25 years had a probable mental disorder. This was 20.3% of 8 to 16 year olds, 23.3% of 17 to 19 year olds and 21.7% of 20 to 25 year olds. A story... #edutwitter

1/3 Have you noticed how most Indian non-fiction for children somehow ends up involving an adult telling children about the topic? Whether it is general children’s literature or texts in a textbook or even a comic seeking to engage children – the common pattern is that

Community libraries. #librariesforall

Learning to read in a language children understand blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/l… via World Bank

"We have found markers of emotional engagement to be particularly important [with respect to job satisfaction & retention]. These largely focus on inter-personal relationships with colleagues. This includes whether they meaningfully collaborate with others in school..." 1/2

Action for Life Skills and Values in East Africa leaders met the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education & Vocational Training in Zanzibar Mr. Khamis Said. We shared on the upcoming system change initiative through which #ALiVE supports governments to embed #Lifeskills & #Values in education curricular

🔔 Register now for KIX EMAP Webinar 21: Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 📆 27 November 2024 ⏰ 5:00 – 7:00 AM Geneva (CET) 📍 Online event Learn more: ow.ly/O9Wy50U7CNh Register: ow.ly/tEtp50U7CNl @NORRAG IDRC | CRDI IDRC in Asia

🔔 Remember to register for next week's Webinar 21: Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific 📆 27 November ⏰ 5:00 – 7:00 AM Geneva (CET) 📍 Online event Learn more: ow.ly/qHgC50UazHv Register: ow.ly/zYYL50UazHw @NORRAG IDRC | CRDI IDRC in Asia

Action for Life Skills and Values in East Africa is at the 3rd KIX Continental Symposium on Research in Education in Africa in Addis Ababa.Mary Goretti Nakabugo presents, “Collaborating & Innovating Contextualised Tools for Assessing Life Skills & Values: Insights from the Action for Life Skills and Values in East Africa.”