First Regional Meeting of the UNESCO-initiated Basic Education in Africa Programme (BEAP)

(21-25 April 2008, Banjul, The Gambia)

The First Regional Meeting of the BEAP will be held from 21 to 25 April 2008 in Banjul, The Gambia.

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The sixth edition of World Data on Education is now available

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Inclusive Education in Nordic Countries
(Helsinki, Finland, 6-7 March 2008)

This Workshop will focus on analyzing the Nordic case, notably lessons learned and current challenges regarding Inclusive Education. Discussion of this topic will help to explain the advances of the Nordic region in carrying out Inclusive Education, and how these advances can be good references for other regions.

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Leveraging E-learning to promote Diversity and Inclusion
Geneva, Switzerland, 11-12 February 2008)

Experts gathered to plan for the implementation of a new joint pilot project: “Diversity and Inclusion in the Community”. The project aims to foster Learning to Live Together (LTLT) and inclusion based on using new technologies (namely GigaPan) in the context of student-friendly curricula and teaching and learning approaches.

GIGAPAN consists of an advanced digital camera and appropriate software allowing for both the capturing of broad panoramas and the exploration of details based on zooming. During the pilot phase teachers and students of four schools (two in the United States, one in Trinidad-Tobago and one in South Africa) will be trained to use the GigaPan device as a tool to carrying out action-research activities in their local communities.

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Regional Conference on Inclusive Education-
Europe and North America Region
(Riga, Latvia, 24 – 26 February 2008)

The Regional Preparatory Conference for the 48th session of the International Conference on Education for Europe and the North American Region will address the topic of “Inclusive Education: from Policy Dialogue to Collaborative Action”.

It will focus primarily on policy issues related to inclusive education. Over three days, the Conference will include expert presentations, country presentations, two roundtable discussions with representatives from the Ministries of Education of the European and North American Region on Inclusive Education Policies and Practices and four simultaneous workshops on Inclusive Education: Conceptual and Practical Issues.

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Teaching Science - Educational Practices Series #17

The Educational Practices Series focuses on describing universally applicable principles in specific aspects of education. This issue on "Teaching Science" at subjects like: complexity of learning, construction of scientific knowledge, expectations for learning, students' anxieties and conflicts.

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The Minister of Education of Ecuador elected President of the IBE Council

His Excellency, Mr. Raúl Vallejo Corral, the Minister of Education of Ecuador was elected President of the Council. The 56th session of the Council was attended by the Ministers of Education of Cameroon, Ecuador, Mali and Latvia; as well as by high level officials from the ministries of education of several countries.

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"Curriculum Change and Competency-based Approaches: A Worldwide Perspective"-Prospects # 142

Prospect's is UNESCO’s quarterly review of comparative education. Examples of the articles found in this issue are: the role of the competency based approach in the Cameroon, recent Chinese experiences in curriculum reform, the process of developing a new curriculum in Guatemala, and an analysis of the IBE E-Forum on competency based approaches.

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56th session of the IBE Council

The fifty-sixth session of the IBE Council is taking place in Geneva from 23 to 25 January 2008. The Working Group for the preparation of the forty-eight session of the ICE and Administrative Group of the Council will meet on 21 and 22 January.

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