The first section that I explored on the website is the IIEP, International Institute for Educational Planning. This area of the UNESCO advocates the importance of countries working together to educate their children. When countries have little to no resources to help their community they want them to reach out to others. If a country has figured out a way to help their community, share that information with others, so that can have a thriving community as well. "Cooperation among countries to better manage the challenges and reap the
benefits of the growing internationalization of education" http://norrag.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/funding-global-public-goods-in-the-education-sector-a-growing-challenge/.
Next I went to the Governance and Management section. This area talks about holding the government accountable to different representatives in various areas. It does not just matter about making changes in the government, but all the people that are responsible below the highest power as well.
The third area that I looked into was the Highlights: ETICO, HIV&AIDS. It was interesting to read about how teachers deal with children that have HIV and AIDS. There is a disconnect on how teachers should work with, and teach these children. There are things that they need to prepare for, that they do not have the knowledge about. Not only do the teachers have to prepare for teaching children with this disease, children have to learn how to learn with it.
This is a challenge that needs to be faced by the government, and the information needs to work its way to the teachers. There needs to be a correlation between the two so that they can have the best outcomes for these children and families. I would not know how to approach teaching in this situation. It definitely makes you think about how to approach children and families to accommodate their differences.
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteThe section about teachers being prepared to teach children with HIV and AIDS and the children learning with those diseases sounds interesting. In the U,S. I don't know how much we actually think about these things. I know that other countries are effected much more severely then we might be so it's good to know there is an organization getting this information out to teachers.
Aloha Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI have always found that collaboration is always such a good tool. Even within a community when organizations come together to help work on an issue like we are struggling with here in Hawaii. School readiness has always been hard to work through and recently we had the elementary school teachers, principals, school liaisons, military teachers come together to address such topic. We took a step in the right direction, but still from over. I love your quote you shared.
"Cooperation among countries to better manage the challenges and reap the benefits of the growing internationalization of education"
Thank you for your post.